News Item-女性的政界地位
The U.S. Congress, a place of power that is still dominated by men.
美国国会，一个仍然由男性主导的权力场所。
“Women only got the right to vote since 1920 and government moves very slow.”
"女性自 1920 年才获得投票权，政府的行动非常缓慢。"
“Yet women are making gains,” says freshman Congresswoman Mimi Walters, “though not enough.” Walters was part of a panel discussing why more women are not in Congress or public life.
"然而，女性正在取得进步，"新任众议员米米-沃尔特斯（Mimi Walters）说，"尽管还不够。沃尔特斯是讨论为什么没有更多女性进入国会或公共生活的小组成员之一。
“One reason is the negative perception of government,” says Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii. “There is a disconnect, especially from the millennial( 千 禧 年 )generation, from highly successful, highly talented people, great innovators, who are saying why should I get involved with this dysfunctional entity(实体)called government. ”
"夏威夷州众议员图尔西-加巴德（Tulsi Gabbard）说："原因之一是人们对政府的负面看法。夏威夷众议员图尔西.加巴德说，"有一种脱节，尤其是千禧年一代，非常成功、非常有才华的人，伟大的创新者，都在说我为什么要参与这个功能失调的实体，即所谓的政府。"
Even if women are interested in running for office, they may not have the tools to win an election campaign.
即使妇女有兴趣竞选公职，她们也可能没有赢得竞选的工具。
“You can’t get your message out if you don’t have any money and I think part of the problem for women in raising."
"如果你没有钱，你就无法把你的信息传递出去。”
money is a lot of times women will be in the workforce and do what I did, leave their job and stay home with their kids and then they lose that network of people.
我认为，女性在筹款方面的部分问题在于，很多时候，女性在参加工作后会像我一样，离职在家带孩子，然后她们就失去了人际网络。
And it’s those networks that fund a campaign. While some challenges women face do not have simple solutions, the panelists(专家)say there are things that can be done to get more qualified women to successfully run for office.
而正是这些网络为竞选活动提供了资金。虽然女性面临的一些挑战并没有简单的解决方案，但是小组成员（专家）说，可以采取一些措施，让更多合格的女性成功竞选公职。
