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RepresentWomen

January 01, 1970

RepresentWomen is a 501(c)(3) organization that argues in favor of institutional reforms to help women achieve gender parity in public office in the United States. The organization conducts research and advocacy work to advance women's representation through candidate recruitment rules (i.e. gender quotas for political parties and political action committees),[1] electoral reforms (i.e. ranked choice voting),[2] and the modernization of legislative rules (i.e. onsite childcare and nursing rooms).[3][4] Their mission, according to their website, is to "strengthen our democracy by advancing reforms that break down barriers to ensure more women can run, win, serve, and lead."[5]

RepresentWomen
Formation2018
FounderCynthia Richie Terrell
Type501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
82-1933696
PurposePromoting reforms to increase women's representation in political office
HeadquartersTakoma Park, Maryland, US
Executive Director
Cynthia Richie Terrell
Parent organization
FairVote
AffiliationsReflectUS Coalition
Staff (2023)
11
Websitewww.representwomen.org
Formerly called
Representation2020

RepresentWomen, originally called Representation2020, started in 2013 as a project of FairVote, a nonprofit that advocates for electoral reform in the United States. The organization changed its name to RepresentWomen and achieved nonprofit status in 2018.[6]

RepresentWomen is based in Takoma Park, Maryland.

Research projects edit

The Gender Parity Index edit

RepresentWomen has put out a Gender Parity Index every year since 2014.[7][8] This report scores local, state, and federal U.S. governments on the degree to which they are composed of women.[9] Each state is given a letter grade reflecting how close they are to gender parity.[10] Grades are based on a point system measuring the proportion of women in Congress, state legislatures, state executive positions, and local executive positions.[11]

States receive an "A" grade if they score a 50.0 and above, a "B" if they score between 49.9 and 33.0, a "C" if they are between 32.9 and 25.0, a "D" if they are between 24.9 and 10.0, and an "F" if they score below 10.0.[12] "A"-grade states are considered to have reached gender parity across all levels of elected government. The only state to have received an "A" grade on their index is New Hampshire.[13][14]

With the majority of states ranking between a "C" and "D", the report consistently finds that "women are underrepresented at the national, state, and local level, and that parity for men and women in elected office is unlikely to occur without structural changes in recruitment, electoral, and legislative rules."[15] The 2019 report found that women are less likely to be represented, despite the fact that "women in 2018 filed to run, became party nominees, and won against other candidates like never before."[16][17]

According to the 2019 index, the 2018 "Year of the Woman" yielded record breakthroughs for women, including the largest-ever class of women in the U.S. Congress, gender-balanced state legislatures in Nevada, and new firsts for women of color, members of the LGBT community, and young people. Still, no state achieved gender parity.[18]

Ranked Choice Voting edit

In 2016, RepresentWomen released a report titled "The Impact of Ranked Choice Voting on Representation" that tracked how ranked choice voting (RCV) impacted the descriptive representation of women and people of color in the California Bay Area between 2004 and 2014.[19] In San Francisco, for example, the study found that the representation of people of color in 2016 was eight seats higher than it had been before ranked choice voting was adopted. Overall, the report found that women of color won 23% of all seats determined by ranked voting in 2016, compared with 14% before the system was adopted.[20]

In 2020, RepresentWomen released an updated analysis that tracked the impact of ranked choice voting on the descriptive representation of women and people of color in 19 U.S. cities between 2010 and 2019.[21] According to this report, as women won 45% of all ranked choice elections that featured three or more candidates in this frame of time.[22] Overall, the report found that the use of ranked choice voting in U.S. cities "correlates with representation that more closely matches the demographics of America's increasingly diverse voter population."[23]

International Voting Rules edit

RepresentWomen released an international report in 2018, titled, "Why Rules and Systems Matter: Lessons from Around the World". This report reviewed how different policies and systems affect women's representation in 193 countries and ranked countries based on their levels of women's representation.[24] The research found that proportional representation voting systems and gender quotas were associated with the increased representation of women.[25]

In 2019 and 2020, RepresentWomen produced new iterations of this report.[26][27]

Quotas for PACs and Donors edit

In 2016, RepresentWomen partnered with OpenSecrets (CRP) and Common Cause to explore political giving to congressional candidates with a gender lens and create transparency on how political giving impacts the "viability" of candidates. This partnership terminated with the release of a report titled, "Individual and PAC Giving to Women Candidates",[28][29]

In 2020, RepresentWomen released an update to this report, "The Cost of Electing Women: How PACs and Donors can Make a Difference". The 2020 report measured the impact of campaign finance in the 2018 midterm election cycle and found that political action committees tend to "hedge their bets" when it comes to funding congressional candidates.[30][31]

Advocacy edit

Fair Representation Act edit

RepresentWomen advocates for the implementation of proportional representation in the United States through the use of ranked choice voting and multi-member districts.[32][33] They identify the Fair Representation Act (HR 4000), introduced by Rep. Donald Beyer Jr., as a way to achieve this reform to electoral systems.[34][35][36] The Fair Representation Act emerged from talks between Representative Beyer and FairVote, an organization dedicated to electoral reform. RepresentWomen's executive director Cynthia Richie Terrell played a key role in creating the Fair Representation Act.[37]

Ranked Choice Voting edit

In addition to advocating for the Fair Representation Act, which would implement single transferable vote in the United States House of Representatives, RepresentWomen participates in advocacy geared towards advancing ranked choice voting efforts in the presidential election.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Lublin, David (2018-03-05). "Democratic Party Chair Kathleen Matthews Defends New Gender Balance Rules". Seventh State. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  2. ^ "Engaged Citizen Corner: Ranked Choice Voting". Wicked Local. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  3. ^ Ellefson, Lindsey (July 11, 2019). "RepresentWomen's Cynthia Terrell on How American Women Can Win at the Ballot Box". The Wrap. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  4. ^ Tuma, Mary (March 11, 2017). "SXSW Panel: Women's Representation: Five Steps to Win Gender Parity". www.austinchronicle.com. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  5. ^ "Our Mission". RepresentWomen. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  6. ^ "RepresentWomen". www.guidestar.org. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  7. ^ Hill, Steven (2014-03-07). "Why Does the US Still Have So Few Women in Office?". ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  8. ^ Reilly, Maura (November 2, 2020). "This Index Scores All 50 States on Women's Representation. Just One State Scored an A. - Ms. Magazine". msmagazine.com. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  9. ^ Bland, David Travis. "When It Comes to Women in Office, South Carolina Scores a D". Post and Courier. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  10. ^ Stevens, Allison (2019-02-22). "Stronger together, Pa.'s 'Fab Four' women lawmakers make their mark on Capitol Hill". Pennsylvania Capital-Star. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  11. ^ Richie Terrell, Cynthia (February 2018). "2018 Gender Parity Index". RepresentWomen. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  12. ^ Ahrens, Corinne (October 22, 2019). "Ms. Magazine". Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  13. ^ Hellmich, Rebecca (November 4, 2014). "How Can We Get More Women In Elected Office? Look to New Hampshire". In These Times. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  14. ^ Richie Terrell, Cynthia; Geist, Gilda (November 11, 2019). "Where does your state fall on the Gender Parity Index?". Gender on the Ballot. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  15. ^ "2018 Gender Parity Index". Representation2020.com. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  16. ^ Queram, Kate Elizabeth (October 31, 2019). "Women Still Underrepresented in Elected Office at All Levels of Government, Report Says". Route Fifty. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  17. ^ Richie Terrell, Cynthia; Lamendola, Courtney (July 2019). "2019 Gender Parity Index". RepresentWomen. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  18. ^ Demas, Susan J. (October 30, 2019). "Michigan Vaults to the 6th-Best State for Women in Office". Michigan Advance. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  19. ^ John, Sarah (August 2016). "The Impact of Ranked Choice Voting on Representation". fairvote.app.box.com. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  20. ^ Burton, Lynsi. "Ranked Choice Voting Gains Traction For 2020". Yes! Magazine. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  21. ^ Lamendola, Courtney (July 2020). "In Ranked Choice Elections, Women WIN". fairvote.app.box.com. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  22. ^ Young, Lauren. "This Voting Method Could Solve a Lot of Problems With Elections". Teen Vogue. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  23. ^ Lee, Jeannette (2020-10-09). "A Guide to Alaska's Ballot Measure on Election Reforms". Sightline Institute. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  24. ^ "Current Projects". RepresentWomen. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  25. ^ Olson, Lynn (May 29, 2020). "Sustained Progress toward Gender Balance in Government Requires Systems Strategies Used Around the World". Montgomery County, MD Women's Democratic Club. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  26. ^ Risch, Emily (March 8, 2019). "Celebrate International Women's Day with electoral reform". FairVote. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  27. ^ Vento, Jen (October 30, 2020). "A Conversation with RepresentWomen's Cynthia Richie Terrell: Why Is the U.S. So Far Behind on Parity in Elected Office?". GenderAvenger. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  28. ^ OpenSecrets, Common Cause and Representation2020. "Individual and PAC Giving to Women Candidates" RepresentWomen. (2016-11). Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  29. ^ "Individual and PAC Giving to Women Candidates". Common Cause. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
  30. ^ Reilly, Maura (2020-07-15). "The Cost of Electing Women: How PACs and Donors can Make a Difference". Gender on the Ballot. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  31. ^ Dittmar, Kelly (October 2020). "Advancing Women's Political Power in the Next Century" (PDF). Boston University Law Review. 100:1165: 1665–1687.
  32. ^ Dittmar, Kelly (2018-06-12). "Ranked Choice Voting and Women: Q&A with Cynthia Terrell (RepresentWomen)". Gender Watch 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  33. ^ Dittmar, Kelly (2020-08-12). "Crafting U.S.-specific Solutions". Boston Review. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  34. ^ "Text - H.R.3057 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): Fair Representation Act". www.congress.gov. 2017-07-14. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  35. ^ "All Info - H.R.4000 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): Fair Representation Act". www.congress.gov. 2019-08-28. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  36. ^ "Opinion | Should We Expand the House of Representatives?". The New York Times. 2018-11-14. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  37. ^ Richards, Parker (2018-10-27). "There's a Better Way to Elect House Members". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

External links edit

  • Official website
  • Gender Parity Index
  • Fair Representation Act

January 01, 1970
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RepresentWomen is a 501 c 3 organization that argues in favor of institutional reforms to help women achieve gender parity in public office in the United States The organization conducts research and advocacy work to advance women s representation through candidate recruitment rules i e gender quotas for political parties and political action committees 1 electoral reforms i e ranked choice voting 2 and the modernization of legislative rules i e onsite childcare and nursing rooms 3 4 Their mission according to their website is to strengthen our democracy by advancing reforms that break down barriers to ensure more women can run win serve and lead 5 RepresentWomenFormation2018FounderCynthia Richie TerrellType501 c 3 nonprofit organizationTax ID no 82 1933696PurposePromoting reforms to increase women s representation in political officeHeadquartersTakoma Park Maryland USExecutive DirectorCynthia Richie TerrellParent organizationFairVoteAffiliationsReflectUS CoalitionStaff 2023 11Websitewww wbr representwomen wbr orgFormerly calledRepresentation2020 RepresentWomen originally called Representation2020 started in 2013 as a project of FairVote a nonprofit that advocates for electoral reform in the United States The organization changed its name to RepresentWomen and achieved nonprofit status in 2018 6 RepresentWomen is based in Takoma Park Maryland Contents 1 Research projects 1 1 The Gender Parity Index 1 2 Ranked Choice Voting 1 3 International Voting Rules 1 4 Quotas for PACs and Donors 2 Advocacy 2 1 Fair Representation Act 2 2 Ranked Choice Voting 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksResearch projects editThe Gender Parity Index edit RepresentWomen has put out a Gender Parity Index every year since 2014 7 8 This report scores local state and federal U S governments on the degree to which they are composed of women 9 Each state is given a letter grade reflecting how close they are to gender parity 10 Grades are based on a point system measuring the proportion of women in Congress state legislatures state executive positions and local executive positions 11 States receive an A grade if they score a 50 0 and above a B if they score between 49 9 and 33 0 a C if they are between 32 9 and 25 0 a D if they are between 24 9 and 10 0 and an F if they score below 10 0 12 A grade states are considered to have reached gender parity across all levels of elected government The only state to have received an A grade on their index is New Hampshire 13 14 With the majority of states ranking between a C and D the report consistently finds that women are underrepresented at the national state and local level and that parity for men and women in elected office is unlikely to occur without structural changes in recruitment electoral and legislative rules 15 The 2019 report found that women are less likely to be represented despite the fact that women in 2018 filed to run became party nominees and won against other candidates like never before 16 17 According to the 2019 index the 2018 Year of the Woman yielded record breakthroughs for women including the largest ever class of women in the U S Congress gender balanced state legislatures in Nevada and new firsts for women of color members of the LGBT community and young people Still no state achieved gender parity 18 Ranked Choice Voting edit In 2016 RepresentWomen released a report titled The Impact of Ranked Choice Voting on Representation that tracked how ranked choice voting RCV impacted the descriptive representation of women and people of color in the California Bay Area between 2004 and 2014 19 In San Francisco for example the study found that the representation of people of color in 2016 was eight seats higher than it had been before ranked choice voting was adopted Overall the report found that women of color won 23 of all seats determined by ranked voting in 2016 compared with 14 before the system was adopted 20 In 2020 RepresentWomen released an updated analysis that tracked the impact of ranked choice voting on the descriptive representation of women and people of color in 19 U S cities between 2010 and 2019 21 According to this report as women won 45 of all ranked choice elections that featured three or more candidates in this frame of time 22 Overall the report found that the use of ranked choice voting in U S cities correlates with representation that more closely matches the demographics of America s increasingly diverse voter population 23 International Voting Rules edit RepresentWomen released an international report in 2018 titled Why Rules and Systems Matter Lessons from Around the World This report reviewed how different policies and systems affect women s representation in 193 countries and ranked countries based on their levels of women s representation 24 The research found that proportional representation voting systems and gender quotas were associated with the increased representation of women 25 In 2019 and 2020 RepresentWomen produced new iterations of this report 26 27 Quotas for PACs and Donors edit In 2016 RepresentWomen partnered with OpenSecrets CRP and Common Cause to explore political giving to congressional candidates with a gender lens and create transparency on how political giving impacts the viability of candidates This partnership terminated with the release of a report titled Individual and PAC Giving to Women Candidates 28 29 In 2020 RepresentWomen released an update to this report The Cost of Electing Women How PACs and Donors can Make a Difference The 2020 report measured the impact of campaign finance in the 2018 midterm election cycle and found that political action committees tend to hedge their bets when it comes to funding congressional candidates 30 31 Advocacy editFair Representation Act edit RepresentWomen advocates for the implementation of proportional representation in the United States through the use of ranked choice voting and multi member districts 32 33 They identify the Fair Representation Act HR 4000 introduced by Rep Donald Beyer Jr as a way to achieve this reform to electoral systems 34 35 36 The Fair Representation Act emerged from talks between Representative Beyer and FairVote an organization dedicated to electoral reform RepresentWomen s executive director Cynthia Richie Terrell played a key role in creating the Fair Representation Act 37 Ranked Choice Voting edit In addition to advocating for the Fair Representation Act which would implement single transferable vote in the United States House of Representatives RepresentWomen participates in advocacy geared towards advancing ranked choice voting efforts in the presidential election See also editFairVote Women in governmentReferences edit Lublin David 2018 03 05 Democratic Party Chair Kathleen Matthews Defends New Gender Balance Rules Seventh State Retrieved 2021 01 05 Engaged Citizen Corner Ranked Choice Voting Wicked Local Retrieved 2021 01 05 Ellefson Lindsey July 11 2019 RepresentWomen s Cynthia Terrell on How American Women Can Win at the Ballot Box The Wrap Retrieved November 19 2019 Tuma Mary March 11 2017 SXSW Panel Women s Representation Five Steps to Win Gender Parity www austinchronicle com Retrieved 2021 01 05 Our Mission RepresentWomen Retrieved 2019 07 11 RepresentWomen www guidestar org Retrieved 2019 07 11 Hill Steven 2014 03 07 Why Does the US Still Have So Few Women in Office ISSN 0027 8378 Retrieved 2021 01 05 Reilly Maura November 2 2020 This Index Scores All 50 States on Women s Representation Just One State Scored an A Ms Magazine msmagazine com Retrieved 2021 01 05 Bland David Travis When It Comes to Women in Office South Carolina Scores a D Post and Courier Retrieved 2019 07 02 Stevens Allison 2019 02 22 Stronger together Pa s Fab Four women lawmakers make their mark on Capitol Hill Pennsylvania Capital Star Retrieved 2019 07 02 Richie Terrell Cynthia February 2018 2018 Gender Parity Index RepresentWomen Retrieved 2019 07 02 Ahrens Corinne October 22 2019 Ms Magazine Retrieved November 19 2019 Hellmich Rebecca November 4 2014 How Can We Get More Women In Elected Office Look to New Hampshire In These Times Retrieved 2021 01 05 Richie Terrell Cynthia Geist Gilda November 11 2019 Where does your state fall on the Gender Parity Index Gender on the Ballot Retrieved November 19 2019 2018 Gender Parity Index Representation2020 com Retrieved 2019 07 02 Queram Kate Elizabeth October 31 2019 Women Still Underrepresented in Elected Office at All Levels of Government Report Says Route Fifty Retrieved November 19 2019 Richie Terrell Cynthia Lamendola Courtney July 2019 2019 Gender Parity Index RepresentWomen Retrieved November 19 2019 Demas Susan J October 30 2019 Michigan Vaults to the 6th Best State for Women in Office Michigan Advance Retrieved November 19 2019 John Sarah August 2016 The Impact of Ranked Choice Voting on Representation fairvote app box com Retrieved 2021 01 05 Burton Lynsi Ranked Choice Voting Gains Traction For 2020 Yes Magazine Retrieved 2021 01 05 Lamendola Courtney July 2020 In Ranked Choice Elections Women WIN fairvote app box com Retrieved 2021 01 05 Young Lauren This Voting Method Could Solve a Lot of Problems With Elections Teen Vogue Retrieved 2021 01 05 Lee Jeannette 2020 10 09 A Guide to Alaska s Ballot Measure on Election Reforms Sightline Institute Retrieved 2021 01 05 Current Projects RepresentWomen Retrieved 2019 07 02 Olson Lynn May 29 2020 Sustained Progress toward Gender Balance in Government Requires Systems Strategies Used Around the World Montgomery County MD Women s Democratic Club Retrieved 2021 01 05 Risch Emily March 8 2019 Celebrate International Women s Day with electoral reform FairVote Retrieved 2021 01 05 Vento Jen October 30 2020 A Conversation with RepresentWomen s Cynthia Richie Terrell Why Is the U S So Far Behind on Parity in Elected Office GenderAvenger Retrieved 2021 01 05 OpenSecrets Common Cause and Representation2020 Individual and PAC Giving to Women Candidates RepresentWomen 2016 11 Retrieved 2019 11 13 Individual and PAC Giving to Women Candidates Common Cause Retrieved 2019 11 19 Reilly Maura 2020 07 15 The Cost of Electing Women How PACs and Donors can Make a Difference Gender on the Ballot Retrieved 2021 01 05 Dittmar Kelly October 2020 Advancing Women s Political Power in the Next Century PDF Boston University Law Review 100 1165 1665 1687 Dittmar Kelly 2018 06 12 Ranked Choice Voting and Women Q amp A with Cynthia Terrell RepresentWomen Gender Watch 2018 Retrieved 2019 07 02 Dittmar Kelly 2020 08 12 Crafting U S specific Solutions Boston Review Retrieved 2021 01 05 Text H R 3057 115th Congress 2017 2018 Fair Representation Act www congress gov 2017 07 14 Retrieved 2019 07 02 All Info H R 4000 116th Congress 2019 2020 Fair Representation Act www congress gov 2019 08 28 Retrieved 2021 01 05 Opinion Should We Expand the House of Representatives The New York Times 2018 11 14 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2019 07 02 Richards Parker 2018 10 27 There s a Better Way to Elect House Members The Atlantic Retrieved 2019 07 02 External links editOfficial website Gender Parity Index Fair Representation Act Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title RepresentWomen amp oldid 1190480694, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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