Women, Law & Politics

American Association for University Women
Information on grants, resources, and research on gender equity in education. AAUW's Title IX at 30: Report Card on Gender Equity is particularly useful.
www.aauw.org

Center for American Women and Politics
This site provides fact sheets on women in politics including a detailed list by state of women candidates from recent U.S. congressional and statewide elections, statistics about the gender gap, and details about the number of women in elective office.
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~cawp/index.html

Congresswomen's Biographies
This site contains brief biographies of all female members, past and present, of the U.S. House of Representatives. Members are indexed alphabetically, chronologically, and by state.
http://bioguide.congress.gov/congresswomen/index.asp

Emily's List
This is a site dedicated to electing pro-choice women to congress and other positions. This list provides information about women candidates as well as allows you to donate to their campaigns. Emily's list is the largest financial resource for minority women seeking federal office. Available in ten different languages, including English.
http://emilyslist.org/

Feminist Majority Foundation
This organization, founded in 1987, is an organization dedicated to women's equality, reproductive health, and non-violence. FMF utilizes research and action to empower women economically, socially, and politically. This site allows you to view information regarding legislation pertinent to women's issues. The site also provides form letters that can be sent from the website to your state senators and representatives so that you may easily voice your concern regarding pending legislation.
http://www.feminist.org/

The Gender Gap
An award-winning site dedicated to the issues of gender gaps in government, politics and the government. Lots of information, including a state-by-state analysis of gender constitution of elected and appointed officials.
http://www.gendergap.com/

Global Fund for Women
This organization is a "grantmaking foundation supporting women's human rights organizations around the world working to address critical issues such as gaining economic independence, increasing girls' access to education and stopping violence against women." Available in ten different languages, including English.
http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/

International IDEA (Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance)
This organization seeks to promote sustainable democracy and to improve electoral processes internationally. Their page on "Gender and Political Participation" contains links to press releases, articles, and information on their Gender Project, the name of their effort to increase participation and representation in political life.
http://www.idea.int/gender/index.htm

League of Women Voters
The companion site for this nonpartisan organization, provides numerous resources including The National Voter, their national publication.
http://www.lwv.org

Women Leaders Online
The mission of this organization is to empower women "in politics, media, society, the economy and cyberspace." They provide action alerts, a mechanism by which you can easily e-mail your congressperson, resources on voter education, and links to lots of political information, including information on international women's issues.
http://wlo.org/

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