| July Wed, 2017
New CAWP Research Confirms: For Women in Congress, Representation Matters
Women in Congress–across partisan lines--know their presence makes a difference. That is a key finding in a new research report, Representation Matters: Women in the U.S. Congress, from CAWP with generous financial support from the Political Parity program at the Swanee Hunt Alternatives Fund.
| July Sat, 2017
Women Candidates Step Forward in NJ and VA: Record Number of Women Run for NJ Legislature
Just two states, New Jersey and Virginia, have statewide and state legislative elections in 2017. But they could foreshadow candidacies of women in 2018, when many more states will hold elections.
| June Wed, 2017
Health Matters Poll Series: New Jersey Voters Support Insurance Coverage For Women’s Reproductive Health Services, Federal and State Funding for Low-income Women’s Health
As officials consider changes to Medicaid funding at the state and federal levels, and as Congress weighs health insurance reform, large majorities of New Jersey registered voters want to maintain federal and state funding for women’s reproductive health services for lower-income women, as well as current health insurance requirements related to such services.
| March Fri, 2017
Serving their States, Building Potential for the Future: Women of Color in State Legislatures
When the story of women in 2016 congressional elections was written, the overall number of women serving in Congress remained the same, but the number of women of color grew significantly. Of the 14 new women elected to Congress, nine were women of color.