new Women Under Forty Political
Action Committee - What is WUFPAC?
WUFPAC is a non-partisan U.S. political action committee that
supports women under 40 running for state and federal public
office. WUFPAC’s mission is to elect women under 40 to
public office so that women can achieve an equal voice in shaping
public policy
http://www.wufpac.org/index.html |
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"A Mixed Member Proportional Model for Canada" by
Wilfred Day.
http://www.wilfreddaylawoffice.com/Page1.htm |
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Young Women Vote' encourages
Canadian women between the ages of 18-30 to vote in the next
federal election,and to become more educated about politics
and the government. The website offers all the tools young
women need to get started.
http://www.youngwomenvote.ca |
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www.fairvotecanada.org
http://www.fairvotecanada.org |
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European Women's Lobby
http://www.womenlobby.org/index2.htm |
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The YWCA of Edmonton has launchied the new
One Woman One Vote website.
http://www.onewomanonevote.org |
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Groupe femmes, politique et democracie www.femmes-politique-et-democratie.com
http://www.femmes-politique-et-democratie.com |
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PAR-L which stands for Policy, Action, Research
List - focus is issues of
interest to women in Canada.
http://www.unb.ca/PAR-L
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Still Counting - Women in Politics Across
Canada - stillcounting.athabascau.ca |
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This is the website of Collectif Feminisme
et Democratie, a Quebec group pushing for equality for women
in political life. www.cybersolidaires.org/democratie
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The Women and Politics Centre at the University
of Ottawa has a website with useful research. It is www.crfp-rcwp.uottawa.ca
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| The Canadian Women's Internet Directory links
users with Canadian women's equality resources online. The
directory connects organizational and individual sites promoting
awareness of women's equality issues, debates, campaigns,
activism, creativity, services, research and policy issues.
The Canadian Women's Internet Directory is
a resource created by Womenspace Association, with support
from Status of Women Canada.
http://directory.womenspace.ca |
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| The case against Canada's election law has
a website. The address is:
www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/testcase/
The site includes web-versions of:
- our factum
- affidavits filed in support of the claim by Joan Russow,
Marian Coyne,
Douglas Amy and Alan Cairns
- copies of the exhibits filed in support of the witnesses'
affidavits,
including the full texts of a number of studies in political
science
- Extra resources and links, including Trevor Knight's original
article in
the U of T Faculty of Law Review, and
- a Frequently Asked Questions page, dealing with some of
the technical
questions and substantive concerns we have encountered
More material will be added as the case proceeds.
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| Are Women Really the "Fairer" Sex?
Corruption and Women in Government
By David Dollar, Raymond Fisman, and Roberta
Gatti
This article is available in PDF format from
the World Bank website:
http://www.worldbank.org/gender/prr/wp4.pdf |
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| For more information on the following publication,
follow the link provided below:
Women in Parliament: Beyond Numbers.
Outlines practical strategies women parliamentarians
can use to impact on political decision-making.
Click
here to read more about this title |
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| The Center for American Women and Politics
at Rutgers
Check the following site for Facts and Research
on the Center for American Women and Politics, and read about
Women Governors Making Strides, Women Make Strides in State
Politics, Many Seeking Governors' Seats.
www.cawp.rutgers.edu |
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| The Women's Representation Bill: Making it
Happen (July 2001)
The report will be available from late July,
priced £10.00. If you would
like to order a copy please print and return the attached
flyer.
This new briefing from the Constitution Unit
sets out some of the key issues surrounding the drafting of
the proposed Women's Representation Bill. It is designed to
offer practical guidance to policy makers implementing the
change, as well as a clear explanation of the issues which
should be useful to campaign groups, lawyers, students and
other interested
individuals.
Click here to order
this title
(Microsoft Word Format) |
