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#WomenLead (Issue 14): Your weekly round-up on women in politics

Hello, and welcome to Issue 14!

When it comes to women in leadership positions (and not just in politics), ambition is not always seen as a desirable thing.  Women often face backlash for being “too ambitious”. But who has the problem with ambition, really? Is it voters? Probably not, if we go by the findings of a new study. In their research, Saha and W…