A Turning Tide

A record-breaking 500 women are currently running for major office in the US, but activists have greeted the so-called ‘year of the woman’ cautiously in a country that lags behind in representation internationally, saying much more needs to be done. Siobhán Brett reports

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at a fundraiser in Los Angeles last week: the 28-year-old is poised to become the youngest ever woman elected to the US Congress Pic; PA