Guest: Johanna Leblanc, CEO of J. Leblanc Global Consulting  

It’s a new year and after a historic US midterm election, America has a newly divided government. The new session of Congress began on the 3rd of January, with Republicans in control of the House of Representatives, while Democrats have managed to retain the Senate.

 

Another interesting thing about this new congress is that women make up more than a quarter of all members of the 118th Congress – the highest percentage in U.S. history and a considerable increase from where things stood even a decade ago. Counting both the House of Representatives and the Senate, women account for 153 of 540 voting and nonvoting members of Congress. Though it remains far below women’s share of the overall U.S. population, the increase is significant as it indicates a 59% increase from the 96 women who were serving in the 112th Congress a decade ago.