Research Links

The topic of women and leadership is garnering national attention with the White House Project "Benchmarking Women's Leadership" report and the Shriver Report:

THE WHITE HOUSE PROJECT:

Learn more about this study and download a copy of "Benchmarking Women's Leadership."

SHRIVER REPORT:

View the report online.

Check out MSNBC's "A Woman's Nation" Web site with video clips and articles.

Watch the Oct. 18 "Meet the Press" interview with Maria Shriver.

View Today's Show and NBC Nightly News "A Woman's Nation" reports:

When She Earns More, He Aims to Please article
Much Left Unsaid in the Workplace Gender Dialogue video
Women's Roles on TV video
Are Women Making Themselves Sick? video
Yale Grad Inspires Young Women video


Following are Web sites that provide information to help advance the understanding of issues that affect women and girls:

WOMEN & LEADERSHIP:
The White House Project - http://www.thewhitehouseproject.org
Ms. Foundation for Women - http://ms.foundation.org
Institute for Women's Leadership at Rutgers University - http://iwl.rutgers.edu
Institute for Women's Leadership - http://www.womensleadership.com
The Woodhull Institute - http://www.woodhull.org

WOMEN & POLITICS:
Center for American Women in Politics - http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu
Women in Politics Institute - http://wandp.american.edu/
National Foundation for Women Legislators - http://www.womenlegislators.org
National Women's Political Caucus - http://www.nwpc.org
Women's Campaign Forum - http://www.wcfonline.org
Women Matter - http://www.womenmatter.com/
League of Women Voters - http://www.lwv.org
Women and Public Policy Program - http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/wappp
Center for Women in Politics & Public Policy at University of Massachusetts Boston - http://www.mccormack.umb.edu/cwppp
Elect Women magazine - http://www.electwomen.com/
She Should Run - http://www.sheshouldrun.org/
Women Count - http://www.womencount.org/

WOMEN & GLOBAL POLITICS:
Center for Women's Global Leadership - http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu
Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership - http://www.guide2womenleaders.com
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance - http://www.idea.int/gender

GENERAL POLITICAL INFORMATION:
Politics One - http://www.politicsone.com
DC’s Political Report - http://www.dcpoliticalreport.com
Center for American Women & Politics - Candidate List - http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu/facts/elections/Can2006.html
Vote 411 - http://www.vote411.org/

ADVOCACY:
Center for Women Policy Studies - http://www.centerwomenpolicy.org/
The Women's Conference - http://www.californiawomen.org/
NCJW Action Center - http://action.ncjw.org/ncjw/home.html
50-50 by 2020 - http://www.ergd.org/index.html

WOMEN & MEDIA:
Oxygen Media - http://www.oxygen.com
Lifetime TV - http://www.lifetimetv.com
Girls, Women, + Media Project - http://www.mediaandwomen.org
Women in News & Media - http://www.wimnonlne.org
Media Report to Women - http://www.mediareporttowomen.com
The Women’s Media Center - http://www.womensmediacenter.com/

WOMEN & FINANCES
Worth for Women - http://www.worthforwomen.com/worth/index.action

WOMEN & BUSINESS:
Advancing Women - http://www.advancingwomen.com
AFL-CIO Working Women - http://www.aflcio.org/women
National Women's Business Council - http://www.nwbc.gov
Women's Business Enterprise National Council - http://www.wbenc.org
Women's Leadership Exchange - http://www.womensleadershipexchange.com/index.php
Woman Owned: Business Networks for Women - http://www.womanowned.com
9 to 5: National Association of Working Women - http://www.9to5.org/

WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS:
National Council of Women's Organizations - http://www.womensorganizations.org
National Organization for Women - http://www.now.org
Feminist Majority - http://www.feminist.org
American Association of University Women - http://www.aauw.org
Legal Momentum - http://www.legalmomentum.org
Executive Women in Government - http://www.execwomeningov.org/
National Association of Commissions for Women - http://www.nacw.org/
National Council of Women's Organizations - http://www.womensorganizations.org/

WOMEN’S HISTORY:
About.com Women's History - http://womenshistory.about.com
National Women's History Project - http://www.nwhp.org

WOMEN OF COLOR ORGANIZATIONS:
National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials - http://www.naleo.org

YOUNG WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS:
New Leadership at Rutgers - http://www.newleadership.rutgers.edu

FOR GIRLS:
Girl Scouts - http://www.girlscouts.org
Girls Inc. - http://www.girlsinc.org
Girl Summit - http://www.girlsummit.org
Mind on the Media - http://www.tbio.org
Daughters.com from New Moon - http://www.daughters.com
TV by Girls - http://www.tvbygirls.com
Girls for a Change – www.girlsforachange.org
 
RESEARCH ON WOMEN:

National Council for Research on Women - http://www.ncrw.org
Catalyst - http://www.catalystwomen.org
Institute for Women's Policy Research – http://www.iwpr.org

STATISTICS:
Federal Statistics - http://www.fedstats.gov
Polling Report - http://www.pollingreport.com

SUBJECT GUIDES:
Internet Public Library – Contains many links to sites of interest to women. - http://www.ipl.org
Femina Web Search for Women – A comprehensive, searchable directory of links to female friendly sites and information on the World Wide Web. - http://femina.cybergrrl.com

BLOGS:
BlogHer - http://www.blogher.com/
BlogsByWomen - http://www.blogsbywomen.org/
Political Voices of Women - http://politicsanew.com/
Women + Politics - http://womenandpolitics.org/
Women on Business - http://www.womenonbusiness.com/
Womenstake.org - http://www.womenstake.org/


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