About Equal Representation in Government and Democracy

Our elected officials should represent all of their constituencies.  But, when all the representatives have similar backgrounds, we do not benefit from the richness of experiences and perspectives that make America great.  50-50 by 2020^® is the goal for 50% women and 50% men in government by the year 2020, the 100th anniversary of the right to vote for women.  Equal representation is the essence of democracy.  Equal Representation in Government and Democracy is dedicated to education to help achieve the goal of 50-50 by 2020^®.

About the Research

Equal Representation in Government and Democracy uses research made publicly available from a variety of national and international sources including:

• Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University www.cawp.rutgers.edu

• Inter-Parliamentary Union – Women in Politics www.ipu.org/iss-e/women.htm

• International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance – Women in Politics www.idea.int/gender

• Barbara Lee Foundation www.barbaraleefoundation.org

• Center for Asia-Pacific Women in Politics www.capwip.org

• Center for Legislative Development International www.cld.org

• Center for Women in Government and Civil Society at Albany University www.cwig.albany.edu

• Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts www.mccormack.umb.edu/cwppp

• Institute for Women’s Policy Research www.iwpr.org

• International Women’s Democracy Center www.iwdc.org

• Taubman Center for Public Policy Brown University www.brown.edu/Departments/Taubman_Center

• The White House Project www.thewhitehouseproject.org

• United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women www.un.org/womenwatch/daw

• United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women www.un-instraw.org

• University of Michigan Political Science polisci.lsa.umich.edu

• University of Wisconsin Political Science www.polisci.wisc.edu

• Win with Woman – National Democratic Institute www.winwithwomen.ndi.org

• Women and Politics Institute at American University wandp.american.edu

• Women and Public Policy Program of Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government www.ksg.harvard.edu/wappp

• Women’s Environment and Development Organization www.wedo.org

• Women's Voices. Women Vote. www.wvwv.org

About the Logo

The logo is intended to depict a window to the future.  The colors, forest green and ocean blue, represent the breadth and depth of what is possible when all Americans participate equally.  The lower half is a mirror image of the upper half, because the strength of American democracy is a reflection of the strength of the American people.

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Equal Representation –The Essence of Democracy                       Updated 2009-02-08