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Founded in 1971 as the first organization focused on monitoring the status of women in American politics, the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) at Rutgers University continues its tradition of providing information and programs about and for women in public office. The Web site includes fact sheets and papers exploring recent trends in gender and politics as well as information about CAWP’s ongoing programs (such Elección Latina, a project supported by the Hispanic Bar Association). For more information, visit www.cawp.rutgers.edu.

In support of its clarion call that “the world needs more women leaders—you should be one of them,” the Women & Politics Institute at American University provides an array of programs for young women interested in becoming public policy leaders. The institute offers leadership development opportunities to undergraduate students, young women interested in public leadership, and international women leaders, including year-long training programs and one-day research conferences.  For more information, visit wandp.american.edu.

The Office of Women in Higher Education (OWHE) at the American Council on Education (ACE) conducts several initiatives in support of their mission to “identify women leaders, develop their leadership abilities, encourage the use of those abilities, advance women's careers, link them to other women and mentors, and support women in mid- and executive-level positions throughout their careers.” For information about these initiatives, including leadership forums, a Women of Color summit, and the OWHE state network, visit www.acenet.edu/AM/Template.cfm?Section=OWHE.

Operating under the banner “Add women, change everything,” the White House Project offers nonpartisan support to women seeking to transform the political arena. In order to “advance women’s leadership in all communities and sectors, up to the U.S. presidency,” this nonpartisan nonprofit works to establish a critical mass of diverse women in all sectors of public leadership. For more information about training and events, visit www.thewhitehouseproject.org.

The Women and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association (APSA) hosts roundtable forums, awards outstanding scholarship, and publishes both a biennial newsletter and the journal Politics & Gender (first published in 2005). Back issues of the newsletter are available online, as is information about upcoming meetings and calls for papers. For information, visit www.apsanet.org/~wpol/index.htm.

The American Association of University Women (AAUW) encourages women to show grass-roots leadership through such initiatives as its Woman-to-Woman Voter Turnout Campaign. The full campaign manual is available for PDF download at the Web site, which also includes congressional voting records and links to other educational information. For these and other resources, visit www.aauw.org/advocacy/issue_advocacy/voter_ed/.