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Introduction
Forwards
Representation of Women Overview
State-by-State Review
Focus Facts and 2020 Index
Statewide Executive, Congress, State Legislature, Local
Representation 2020 Pledge Elements
Rejection of Gender Stereotypes
Training, Recruiting and Funding Women Candidates
Encouraging Women Candidacies in Executive Elections
Promoting Gender Conscious Party Rules
Enacting Electoral Reforms that Encourage Election of Women
Ensuring Gender Accommodations within Legislatures
Global Representation of Women
Featured Topic (to vary every year; to be grounded in sharing important research – examples to
include a focus on women of color; differences by party; candidates and representatives under
40; trends in previous professions of successful women candidates; factors that might affect
success in executive elections; and impact of term limits)
Indicators of Success for Coming Year
Key Elections to Watch
Indicators of Success in Areas of Representation 2020 Pledge
Sign the Representation 2020 Pledge
Glossary
Acknowledgments, Contributors and Resources:
Representation of Women, State-by-State
The Center for American Women in Politics
Rejecting Gender Stereotypes
Organizations: She Should Run (Name It, Change It), Women’s Media Center, Miss
Representation
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Academics: Dr. Martha M. Lauzen, Executive Director of the Center for the Study of Women in
Television and Film; Dr. Gigi Durham, author of the Lolita Effect; Dr. Stacy L. Smith and
Crystal Allene Cook, authors of Gender Stereotypes: An Analysis of Popular Films and TV.
Recruiting and Supporting Women
Organizations: Emily’s List, National Federation of Republican Women, Annie’s List, Ready to
Run, National Women’s Political Caucus, Women’s Campaign Fund, Feminist Majority
Academics: Dr. Richard Fox and Dr. Jennifer Lawless, authors of It Still Takes a Candidate:
Why Women Don't Run for Office and Men Rule.
Calling for Women Candidacies in Executive Elections
Organizations: Political Parity, Executive Women in Government
Academics: Dr. Clyde Wilcox and Dr. Sue Thomas, authors of Women and Elective Office: Past,
Present and future; Dr. Georgia Duerst-Lahti, author of Rethinking Madame President
Gender Conscience Party Rules and Actions
Organizations: FairVote (Representation 2020), Quota Project
Academics: Dr. Pippa Norris, author of Gender Equality in Elective Offices; Leslie SchwindtBayer, author of The Gendered Effects of Electoral Institutions; Dr. Miki Caul Kittilson, author of
The Gendered Effects of Electoral Institutions and Changing Parties, Changing Parliaments; Dr.
Mark Jones, author of The Desirability of Gender Quotas: Considering Context and Design.
Electoral Reforms for Increased Opportunities
Organizations: FairVote (Representation 2020), British Electoral Reform Society (Counting
Women In), Californians for Electoral Reform, League of Women Voters
Academics: Dr. Joseph Zimmerman, author of The Effect of Electoral laws and Other Political
Institutions on Governance, Representation and Voting; Dr. Morris Coats, Dr. Thomas R.
Dalton, Dr. Gokhan Karahan and Dr. Chad Turner, authors of Entry Barriers for Women in State
Legislature.
Ensuring Gender Accommodations within Legislatures
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Organizations: Inter-Parliamentary Union, Women’s Policy, Inc.; National Women’s Political
Caucus
Academics: Dr. Pippa Norris and Dr. Mona Lena Krook, authors of Gender Equality in Elected
Office; Dr. Arlie Hochschild, author of The Second Shift; Engström, H., author of Gender Sensitive
Parliaments: The Swedish Experience.