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Emily's List is a political network for pro-choice Democratic women. |
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The Feminist Majority is a resource center providing information and training for women candidates and women's issues. |
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National Federation of Republican Women is a political network for women in the Republican party. |
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National Women's Political Caucus (NWPC) is a multi-partisan national grassroots membership organization dedicated to identifying, recruiting, training, and supporting pro-choice women for elected and appointed office at all levels of government. |
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The Public Leadership Education Network (PLEN) is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to engage college women in public policy and prepare them for public leadership. PLEN hosts several programs a year in which women college students come to DC for a week or weekend to meet and network with women leaders. These programs give women students the opportunity to speak with prominent women leaders working in the policy arena and learn about the career options open to them in public policy. |
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The White House Project is a non-profit, non-partisan public awareness campaign to change the political climate so that women can launch successful campaigns for the U.S. presidency and other key positions. The project is committed to raising awareness of women’s leadership in American politics and mobilizing Americans of all ages to participate in civic life. |
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Winning Women is an initiative of the Republican National Committee to work with and for women. |
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WISH List is a political network for pro-choice Republican women. |
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Women in Congress: Historical information on women elected to Congress, contains biographical profiles of former women Members of Congress, links to information about current women Members, essays on the institutional and national events that shaped successive generations of Congresswomen, and images of each woman Member, including rare photos. Based on information from the book, Women in the U. S. Congress, 1917-2006. |
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Women in Congress: Historical information on women elected to Congress, including biographies; provided through the Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. |
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Women Voters and the Gender Gap is a page established by the American Political Science Association with information discussing the gender gap in the current election and historically and links to books and articles with more detailed information. |
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The Women's Campaign Forum is a non-partisan pro-choice, national membership organization dedicated to ensuring women become leaders in public life. |
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The Women's Campaign School (WCS) at Yale University: WCS is a non-partisan, non-agenda based school providing classes for women who wish to enter politics. Classes are taught by seasoned campaign strategists and include the latest in campaign techniques. |
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Women's Enews is a nonprofit independent news service covering the issues that are of particular concern to women. |
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Women's Leadership Forum of the Democratic National Committee provides training and recruitment of women, through its Women's Vote Center, to build a national network of women leaders and activists. |
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Women's Legislative Network of the National Conference of State Legislatures is a highly respected organization of women legislators from across the nation, whose mission is to promote the participation, empowerment, and leadership of women legislators. The web site includes information about the organization, events and other information of interest about/for women state legislators. |
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The Women's Media Center (WMC) works to assure that women are included as sources for and subjects of the media, and that women media professionals are afforded equal opportunities for employment and advancement. WMC interests are local, national, and international . They include: television, radio, film, print, (newspapers, magazines, book publishing), the Internet, advertising, and public relations. |
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Young Democrats of America's Women's Caucus is dedicated to bringing young women into the Democratic party and educating its membership on the issues of importance to women.
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Center for Asia-Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP) is a non-partisan, non-profit and non-governmental regional organization (NGO) dedicated to promoting equal participation of women in politics and decision-making. CAPWIP was established in 1992 by a group of women from the Asia-Pacific region who share a vision of governance that affirms gender equality, integrity and accountability, excellence, sustainable development and peace. |
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Center for Legislative Development (CLD) engages in training and capability needs assessment of legislatures in the Asia-Pacific region and selected countries across the globe. It serves as the Secretariat of ILSSA, a network of parliament secretariats and nongovernmental organizations engaged in providing training and research support services to parliaments. ILSSA has individual and organizational members in Bangladesh, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Thailand. |
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Center for Women's Global Leadership develops and facilitates women's global leadership toward women's human rights and social justice worldwide. |
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Centre for Advancement of Women in Politics aims to foster an appreciation of women's contribution to politics, government and public decision making in the UK and Ireland. They maintain regularly-updated figures on women in parties, government, parliament and local government in the UK and Ireland, and include information on relevant elections, latest news and research. |
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Council of Women World Leaders is an organization that promotes good governance and enhance the experience of democracy globally by increasing the number, effectiveness, and visibility of women who lead at the highest levels in their countries. Read about their activities and other information on this web site. |
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Global Database of Quotas for Women provides information on quotas used to increase women's political participation in numerous countries around the world, detailing the percentages and targets and various types of quota systems. |
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Online Women in Politics is an Asia Pacific online network of women in governance, politics and transformative leadership. |
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Win With Women Global Initiative is a movement focused on promoting women’s political participation worldwide. The website provides resources for political leaders and activists interested in pursuing avenues which will ensure the greater participation of women in public life through political parties. |
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Women and International Politics: The Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance site has one of its focuses on women in politics. This includes not only the quantitative aspects, but also the qualitative impact of women on political decision-making. The Institute's objective is to improve and enhance women's effectiveness in political positions and to strengthen their impact in decision-making forums. |
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Women and Parliaments: The International Parliamentary Union is the world organization of parliaments of sovereign States. It was established in 1889. The Union is the focal point for world-wide parliamentary dialogue and works for peace and co-operation among peoples and for the firm establishment of representative democracy and focuses on gender balance in parliaments as one of its issues. |
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Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) is an international organization that advocates for women’s equality in global policy. It seeks to empower women as decision makers to achieve economic, social and gender justice, a healthy, peaceful planet and human rights for all. |
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Women in Decision-Making - European provides information about women in political decision-making positions in the European Union. Data are collected on national and regional levels of Member States as well as on the European level, including the EU-Parliament and other selected European Institutions. |
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World Wide Guide to Women in Leadership provides a listing of women in leadership position throughout the world, both current and historical.
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Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics offers leadership development, mentoring and educational opportunities to Iowa State University students interested in politics, public service and women's issues; fosters research on issues related to women and politics; and brings prominent women leaders, national and international scholars, and political activists and practitioners to campus for lectures, programs and seminars. |
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Center for Women Policy Studies is the nation’s first feminist policy research organization. Their research on issues like women and AIDS, violence against women and girls, welfare reform, access to health care, educational equity, work/family and workplace diversity policies, reproductive rights and health, and much more is available on this web site. |
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Feminist.com is a site setup to provide a networking opportunity for women. They offer information and resources on services for women, connections to other sites of interest to women, and a place to exchange ideas and information. |
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Feminist.org is a comprehensive online resource of the Feminist Majority Foundation, which utilizes research and action to empower women economically, socially, and politically. The web site provides access to their programs and actions, such as a Feminist Career Center, and Feminist Take
Action Center; as well as daily news of interest to women in the U.S. and globally, on subjects such as global feminism, breast cancer, and reproductive rights. |
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Institute for Women's Policy Research is an independent, non-profit, scientific research organization. Their research and public education programs focus on public policy issues important to women and their families. |
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League of Women Voters: This website covers the activities of the League of Women Voters of the United States and the League of Women Voters Education Fund. State and local chapters may also have their own websites. |
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National Council for Research on Women is a working alliance of 84 women's research and policy centers, more than 3,000 affiliates and a network of over 200 international centers. NCRW's mission is to enhance the connections among research, policy analysis, advocacy, and innovative programming on behalf of women and girls. |
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National Organization for Women (NOW) is the largest organization of feminist activists in the United States. NOW works to eliminate discrimination and harassment in the workplace, schools, the justice system, and all other sectors of society; secure abortion, birth control and reproductive rights for all women; end all forms of violence against women; eradicate racism, sexism and homophobia; and promote equality and justice in our society. |
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Women and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association serves the profession by organizing traditional research panels and thematic roundtables at APSA's annual meeting, by publishing a newsletter, by representing section members' interests to the APSA, and by honoring distinguished scholarship with annual awards for the best paper and best dissertation. |
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WomensNet is a global community of women, activists and organizations using computer networks for information sharing, broadcast and collaboration with the intent of increasing women's rights. |
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Women Leaders Online has links to many prominent women's home pages. |
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WomenMatter is a nonpartisan web-centric organization that is designed to educate women about political processes and help them to use those processes to better their own lives. |
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The Younger Women's Task Force, a project of the National Council of Women's Organizations, is a nationwide, diverse and inclusive grassroots movement dedicated to organizing younger women and their allies to take action on issues that matter most to them.
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In a number of states there are political leadership training programs that prepare women for elective and appointive officeholding and active engagement in politics.
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Center for Women and Work at the School of Management and Labor Relations is dedicated to advancing women across the education, income, ethnic, and occupational spectrums, and to challenging the status quo in organizations that educate, train, and employ them. The Center addresses these issues through research, education, skills development, outreach, and advocacy. |
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The Center for Women's Global Leadership (Global Center) develops and facilitates women's leadership for women's human rights and social justice worldwide. |
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Department of Women's and Gender Studies has grown from a few courses offered at the University in 1973 to become one of the strongest interdisciplinary graduate and undergraduate programs in the United States. Faculty members expertise in Women's and Gender studies is enriched by specializations in the arts, anthropology, comparative literatures in English, French, and Spanish, philosophy, political science, and sociology. |
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Douglass College is a college for women within a major research university – the best of two worlds; that’s the Douglass difference. Douglass College is where women learn to lead and meet new challenges in whatever they pursue. |
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Institute for Research on Women promotes innovative scholarship on women and gender by hosting interdisciplinary seminars, lectures, symposia and conferences that bring together Rutgers University researchers with top visiting scholars from the U.S. and abroad. |
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Institute for Women's Leadership: A consortium of teaching, research and public service units at Douglass College and Rutgers. Includes links to all of the member units. |
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Women's Studies Research Resources: A page with links to library resources, Rutgers University programs, and other resources related to women's studies.
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APSA Organized Section on Women and Politics Research: This section serves the profession by organizing traditional research panels and thematic roundtables at APSA's annual meeting, by publishing a newsletter, by representing section members' interests to the APSA, and by honoring distinguished scholarship with annual awards for the best paper and best dissertation. |
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Founded in 1978, the Center for Women in Government and Civil Society is part of the Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany, State University of New York. They offer programs in public policy leadership, nonprofit management and research, youth capacity development, and research and policy information serving multiple audiences. |
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Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy provides education, research and online resources to advance women's participation in the public life of Massachusetts, the New England region, and the nation. |
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Institute for Women's Leadership is a consortium of teaching, research, and public service units at Douglass College, the women's college of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. The Institute focuses on the study of how and why women lead. |
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National Council for Research on Women is a working alliance of 95 women's research and policy centers, more than 3,000 affiliates and a network of over 200 international centers. NCRW's mission is to enhance the connections among research, policy analysis, advocacy, and innovative programming on behalf of women and girls. |
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The Women and Politics Institute at the School of Public Affairs at American University, is dedicated to advancing the study and discussion of women and politics, promoting opportunities for women in politics, and training young women to become political leaders. |
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Women's Studies Research Resources is a research guide in women's studies, providing a list of basic resources for conducting a research in Women's Studies at Rutgers University, New Brunswick Libraries. |
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U.S. Federal Government Agencies: A list of federal agencies on the Internet. |
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U.S. House of Representatives: The U.S. House of Representatives' World Wide Web service provides public access to legislative information as well as information about members, committees, and organizations of the House and to other U.S. government information resources. |
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U.S. Senate The U.S. Senate web site provides provides public access to legislative information as well as information about members, committees, and organizations of the U.S. Senate and other governmental resources. |
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State Search: This list contains links to many states' home pages.
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League of Women Voters New Jersey has a resource library of online guides for voters and a special New Jersey section. |
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MSNBC |
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National Public Radio (NPR) |
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National Voter Mail Registration Form is a government form available from this site, which allows you to register to vote from anywhere in the United States. |
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New Jersey Policy Perspective provides research and analysis on New Jersey issues. NJPP aims to help develop sound, progressive policies to provide New Jersey with a strong fiscal foundation and an equitable way of raising the money the state needs. |
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NJVoterinfo.org provides voter information for the New Jersey voter. |
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New York Times |
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Overseas Vote Foundation works to make the right to vote accessible and simple for all Americans living outside of the United States. They provide secure Internet-based voter registration services and support to the millions of Americans who want to participate in US federal elections.. |
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Polling Report is a free, nonpartisan site that reports the results of the latest national polls. The data come from major research organizations, such as Gallup, Harris, Yankelovich, and Princeton Survey Research Associates. |
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Political Information is a search engine for politics, policy and political news. Links are provided to a wide variety of sites categorized in general areas such as campaigns, news, issues, political parties, government info and research tools. |
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Politics1 is a non-partisan site covering election news and general political information, including sections on political parties, politcal headlines and news, and state by state candidate information. |
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Washington Post |
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Women's Enews covers news about issues of importance to women. It is a project of the Women, Policy and Media Program of NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund. |
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USA Today |
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Votenet provides political news on election 2000, minority issues, federal election campaign finance information, and more, including a search engine of candidate web sites for all levels of office. |
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Vote Smart is a national non-partisan, non-profit research effort, which tracks and provides to the public independent factual information on over 13,000 candidates and elected officials. Voting records, campaign issue positions, performance evaluations by special interests, campaign contributions, backgrounds, previous experience, and contact information are available at this site. |
