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The Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) is a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Established in 1971, it is nationally and internationally recognized as the leading source of scholarly research and current data about U.S. women's political participation. Its mission is "to promote greater knowledge and understanding about women's ...
Center for American Progress Action Fund Formerly known simply as the American Progress Action Fund, the Center for American Progress Action Fund (CAP Action) is a "sister advocacy organization" [14] and is organizationally and financially separate from CAP, although they share many staff and a physical address.
Concerned Women for America (CWA) is a socially conservative, [1] evangelical Christian non-profit women's legislative action committee in the United States. Headquartered in Washington D.C., [2] the CWA is involved in social and political movements, through which it aims to incorporate Christian ideology. [3]
Eagleton staff Elizabeth C. Matto - director of the institute, director of the Center for Youth Political Participation John Weingart – associate director and author of Waste is a Terrible Thing to Mind Debbie Walsh – director of the institute's Center for American Women and Politics
The incarceration of women in the United States refers to the imprisonment of women in both prisons and jails in the United States. There are approximately 219,000 incarcerated women in the US according to a November 2018 report by the Prison Policy Initiative, [1] and the rate of incarceration of women in the United States is at a historic and ...
The Pew Research Center (also simply known as Pew) is a nonpartisan American think tank based in Washington, D.C. It provides information on social issues, public opinion, and demographic trends shaping the United States and the world. [2] It also conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, random sample survey research, and panel based surveys, [4] media content analysis, and other ...
The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor is an American award presented by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. annually since 1998, except for the years 2020 and 2021. Named after the 19th-century humorist Mark Twain, it is presented to individuals who have "had an impact on American society in ways similar to ...
Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America is an American Jewish volunteer women's organization. Founded in 1912 by Henrietta Szold, it is one of the largest international Jewish organizations, with nearly 300,000 members in the United States. [4] Hadassah fundraises for community programs and health initiatives in Israel, including ...