Women's Empowerment

The most "democratic" nation in the world has not yet achieved proportional representation of women in its democratic institutions.

In 1998, the United States ranked fiftieth among the 132 countries surveyed by the United Nations.

In this critical indicator of women's empowerment, just 12.9 percent of the seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, and nine Senate seats were occupied by women.

State and Local Democratic Party Contacts:

Indiana Democratic Party County Chairs
Hamilton
Mr. Keith Clock
(317) 576-0392
keithaclock@sbcglobal.net

State Central Committee 5th District:

Indiana Democratic Party Headquarters
One North Capitol, Suite 200
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Toll Free (800) 223.3387 (in Indiana)
Phone (317) 231.7100
Fax (317) 231.7129

Indiana Election Division
302 W. Washington Street, Room E204
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 232.3939
Toll Free (800) 622.4941
elections@iec.state.in.us

Hamilton County, Indiana Official website

Hamilton County Information: Demographic Info, Schools, Statistics
etc. from Government Gateway from Capitol Impact

Local Organizations:

Education and Research Centers for Women in Politics

Center for Women in Government & Civil Society
Women's Campaign School at Yale
Center for Women in Politics & Public Policy
Women & Politics Institute American Universityy
Center for Women's Global Leadership
Institute for Women's Policy Research
National Council for Research on Women

Promoting Women's Leadership:

The White House Project - http://www.thewhitehouseproject.org
Ms. Foundation for Women - http://ms.foundation.org
Gender Gap - http://www.gendergap.com/
Women Leaders On-line - http://www.wlo.org/
Institute for Women's Leadership at Rutgers University - http://iwl.rutgers.edu/
Institute for Women's Leadership - http://www.womensleadership.com
Center for Policy Alternatives - http://www.stateaction.org/

WOMEN & POLITICS:
Center for American Women in Politics - http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu/
Women in Politics Institute - http://www.american.edu/oconnor/wandp/
Democracy Net - http://dnet.org
National Foundation for Women Legislators - http://www.womenlegislators.org
National Women's Political Caucus - http://www.nwpc.org
Women's Campaign Fund - http://www.wcfonline.org/
Women's Campaign Research Fund - http://www.womenlead.org
Yale Campaign School - http://www.yale.edu/wcsyale/index.html
Women Matter - http://www.womenmatter.net/index.htm
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/

WOMEN & POLITICS in the GLOBAL COMMUNITY:
Center for Women's Global Leadership - http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/
Women and Politics: A Global Perspective: http://www.auburn.edu/outreach/womenandpolitics/
The Globalist; Women and Globalization http://www.theglobalist.com/DBWeb/Community.aspx?FeatureId=19
United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/

WOMENS NEWS:
http://www.womensenews.com/

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
NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund - http://www.nowldef.org/

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

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

YOUNG WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS:
National Hispanic Institute's Young Leaders Conference - http://www.nhi-net.org/Programs/YLC_intro.asp
New Leadership at Rutgers - http://www.newleadership.rutgers.edu
The Woodhull Institute - http://www.woodhull.org/
YWCA Institute for Public Leadership - http://www.ywca.org/html/B4d5.asp
Emerge - Women Leaders For A Democratic Future -
http://www.emergeca.org/

FOR GIRLS:
Girl Scouts - http://www.girlscouts.org
Girls Pipeline to Power - http://www.girlspipeline.org/
Girls Inc. - http://www.girlsinc.org
New Moon - http://www.newmoon.org/
Eleanor Roosevelt Vall-Kill Home Leadership Program for Girls - http:// www.ervk.org

Center for Gender Equity - http://www.wri-edu.org/equity/