Mayors Innovation Project
@mayorsinnovation.bsky.social
National peer-learning network for mayors & their trusted advisors. We help put cities on the high road of equity, sustainability & democracy. Based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
This isn’t just a problem for women mayors, it’s a problem for all mayors and for the communities they serve. Fortunately, there are things that systems and individuals can do to support mayors and strengthen our democracy.
🔗Learn how you can take action: bit.ly/WMN-25
🔗Learn how you can take action: bit.ly/WMN-25
Under Pressure: How the Unique Challenges Faced by Women Mayors Undermine Democratic Governance
Over the course of our 20 year history as an organization, we’ve heard countless stories from women mayors that inspired us to study and document the challenges and systemic barriers that mayors face ...
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December 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This isn’t just a problem for women mayors, it’s a problem for all mayors and for the communities they serve. Fortunately, there are things that systems and individuals can do to support mayors and strengthen our democracy.
🔗Learn how you can take action: bit.ly/WMN-25
🔗Learn how you can take action: bit.ly/WMN-25
Over half the women mayors we surveyed (54%) and over 1/3 of men (34%) reported being harassed at least once per month. Additionally, 39% of women and 20% of male mayors reported that their family experienced threats and harassment while they were in office.
December 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Over half the women mayors we surveyed (54%) and over 1/3 of men (34%) reported being harassed at least once per month. Additionally, 39% of women and 20% of male mayors reported that their family experienced threats and harassment while they were in office.
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🔗Register for our Winter 2026 Meeting: bit.ly/MIPW26
Winter 2026 Meeting: January 30-31, Washington, DC
Mayors Innovation Project Winter 2026 Meeting: January 30-31, Washington, DC
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November 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Looking for more ways to get involved?
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🔗Register for our Winter 2026 Meeting: bit.ly/MIPW26
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Fortunately, as researcher @betsyhodges.bsky.social points out, "The solution to the problem is good for all mayors... Our democracy depends on making sure we have access to women's genius."
🔗Read the report to learn the barriers women mayors are up against and how to address them: bit.ly/WMN-25
🔗Read the report to learn the barriers women mayors are up against and how to address them: bit.ly/WMN-25
How America's female mayors lead in face of adversity
Former Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges joined "The Final 5" to discuss a new study from the Women Mayors Network showing women mayors face substantially more harassment than their male counterparts. Fr...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Fortunately, as researcher @betsyhodges.bsky.social points out, "The solution to the problem is good for all mayors... Our democracy depends on making sure we have access to women's genius."
🔗Read the report to learn the barriers women mayors are up against and how to address them: bit.ly/WMN-25
🔗Read the report to learn the barriers women mayors are up against and how to address them: bit.ly/WMN-25
The Regulatory Justice Initiative: Expanding Access to Small Business Opportunity cohort will offer five cities the opportunity to engage in a peer learning cohort with technical support, analysis, and expertise from Cities Work. Learn more and apply today ➡️ lnkd.in/gxNtasKN
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August 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The Regulatory Justice Initiative: Expanding Access to Small Business Opportunity cohort will offer five cities the opportunity to engage in a peer learning cohort with technical support, analysis, and expertise from Cities Work. Learn more and apply today ➡️ lnkd.in/gxNtasKN
Check out our guest blog from
@paigecognetti.bsky.social
on how she's working to ensure that every child has the healthy food they need to thrive through initiates like summer meals proclamations and participation in the Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger➡️bit.ly/4kQEXMG
@paigecognetti.bsky.social
on how she's working to ensure that every child has the healthy food they need to thrive through initiates like summer meals proclamations and participation in the Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger➡️bit.ly/4kQEXMG
July 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Check out our guest blog from
@paigecognetti.bsky.social
on how she's working to ensure that every child has the healthy food they need to thrive through initiates like summer meals proclamations and participation in the Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger➡️bit.ly/4kQEXMG
@paigecognetti.bsky.social
on how she's working to ensure that every child has the healthy food they need to thrive through initiates like summer meals proclamations and participation in the Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger➡️bit.ly/4kQEXMG