--- description: This is why women don’t run for office, how text messaging can tackle childhood obesity and more. title: This Is Why Women Don’t Run for Office image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Five Best Ideas](/tag/five-best-ideas/) ## Five Best Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Is Why Women Don’t Run for Office by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 14, 2017 4:00 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 14, 2017 4:00 PM CUT **1\.** [**This is why women don’t run for office.**](http://www.politico.com/interactives/2017/women-rule-politics-graphic/ "undefined") By Janie Boschma in _Politico_ **2\.** [**How text messaging can tackle childhood obesity.**](http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/06/mgh-tested-interventions-help-improve-weight-management-in-overweight-obese-children/ "undefined") By Susan McGreevey at the _Harvard Gazette_ **3\.** [**Your local pharmacy is about to get some serious competition.**](http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2017/06/07/how-amazon-can-position-itself-as-the-pharmacy-of-the-future/ "undefined") By Ryan Marling in the _Health Care Blog_ **4\.** [**Scientists have found the killer protein that helps Ebola spread so quickly.**](http://news.tulane.edu/pr/tulane-researchers-help-find-possible-explanation-unparalleled-spread-ebola-virus "undefined") By Carolyn Scofield at _Tulane University_ **5\.** [**To bring justice to America’s mass incarceration crisis, a philanthropist aims to inspire others by selling art.**](http://www.fordfoundation.org/ideas/equals-change-blog/posts/announcing-the-art-for-justice-fund/ "undefined") By Darren Walker at the _Ford Foundation_  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ "undefined") _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4817913/this-is-why-women-dont-run-for-office/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4817913/this-is-why-women-dont-run-for-office/"},"headline":"This Is Why Women Don’t Run for Office","datePublished":"2017-06-14T16:00:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:58:45.921Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4817913/this-is-why-women-dont-run-for-office/","keywords":["Five Best Ideas","Amazon","Innovation","politics","health","ebola"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/five-best-ideas/","name":"Five Best Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4817913/this-is-why-women-dont-run-for-office/","name":"This Is Why Women Don’t Run for Office"}}]}] ```