Rhode Island Standard of Need Report

"The Status of Women in Rhode Island: All Ahead Slow in the Ocean State" This article by Tom Ahern highlights the findings of the Women's Fund 2002 study, The Status of Women in Rhode Island

Kitchen Table Entrepreneurs: How Eleven Women Escaped Poverty and Became Their Own Bosses by Martha Shirk and Anna S. Wadia. Release date August 15, 2002. Developed by the Ms. Foundation and published by Westview Press. Available at www.ms.foundation.org/issues-kitchentablebook.html

“Gender, Redistricting, and Other Aspects of Election 2002,” a new study conducted by Beloit College political scientist Georgia Duerst-Lahti, finds that the expansion of women’s representation in American legislatures appears to be losing ground. The report concludes, “the most prominent facet of gender and election 2002 is the fact that when it is over men will still overwhelmingly rule.”

Raise the Floor: Wages and Policies that Work for All of Us
By Holly Sklar, Laryssa Mykyta and Susan Wefald
Tele: (800) 533-8478

The White House Project
110 Wall Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10005
Tele: (212) 785-6001
The White House Project works to create a climate in America where it is normal for women to be governors, CEOs and President. Includes research findings such as “Barriers & Opportunities to Women’s Executive Leadership”

Ask a Woman Policy Studies
1211 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 312
Washington, DC 20036
Tele: (202) 872-1170

The Rhode Island Commission on Women
See especially the Online Gender Equity Handbook

National Council for Research on Women
11 Hanover Square, 20th Floor
New York, NY 10005
Tele: (212) 785-7335
Fax: (212) 785-7350

Resourceful Women
P.O. Box 29423
San Francisco, CA 94129-0423
Tele: (415) 561-6520
This is a networking organization promoting positive social change by educating and empowering women to make informed choices when investing, spending, and contributing money.

National Women's Law Center
11 Dupont Circle, NW, #800
Washington, DC 20036
Tele: (202) 588-5180
Fax: (202) 588-5185

Center for American Women and Politics
Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
191 Ryders Lane
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8557
Tele: (732) 932-9384
Fax: (732) 932-6778

Emily's List
805 15th Street, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20005

Wish List
499 S.Capitol Street, SW
Suite 408
Washington, DC 20003
Tele: (202) 479-1230
Fax: (800) 756-9474

KIDS COUNT
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
701 St. Paul Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
Tele: (410)547-6600
Fax: (410)547-6624

Rhode Island KIDS COUNT
One Union Station
Providence, RI 02903
Tele: (401) 351-9400
Fax: (401) 351-1758
The Poverty Institute
at Rhode Island College School of Social Work (link to www.povertyinstitute.org)
Promoting economic security for low and moderate-income Rhode Islanders.
Check out the pdf file on the website: The 2001 Rhode Island Standard of Need
Tele: (401) 456-8512
Fax: (401) 456-9550

United Way of Rhode Island
229 Waterman Street
Providence, RI 02906-5297
Tele: (401) 444-0600

Rhode Island National Organization for Women
PO Box 8413
Warwick, RI 02888

Center for Women's Global Leadership
Douglass College
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
160 Ryders Lane
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8555
Tele: (732) 932-8782
Fax: (732) 932-1180

This United Nations’ report from the twenty-third special session (June 2000) apprises the progress made in the implementation of the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action and outlines further actions for overcoming obstacles in the Platform’s implementation. The Beijing Platform for Action identified 12 critical areas of concern, as follow: women and poverty, education and training of women, women and health, violence against women, women and armed conflict, women and the economy, women in power and decision-making, institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women, human rights of women, women and the media, women and the environment, and the girl child. (Click here for the much shorter (four-page) Fourth World Conference on Women Beijing Declaration.)

Institute for Women's Policy Research
1707 L Street NW, Suite 750
Washington, DC 20036
Tele: (202) 785-5100
Fax: (202) 833-4362
This site includes numerous downloadable reports that address such topics as the new welfare reform proposals and their effect on working mothers, employment and economic change, work and family, and more. Of special note is "Why Gender Matters in Understanding September 11: Women, Militarism, and Violence by Amy Caiazza, Ph.D.

Rhode Island Feminist Resources Network

Catalyst
Catalyst is a research and advisory organization working to advance women in business.

Site includes such publications as The Bottom Line: Connecting Corporate Performance and Gender Diversity and Leaders in a Global Economy: A Study of Executive Women and Men

Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy
From the John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies, University of Massachusetts, Boston.

One Rhode Island
One Rhode Island promotes economic security for all Rhode Islanders. The One Rhode Island Coalition advocates for public policies, resources and programs that insure Rhode Islanders can meet their basic needs. The Women’s Fund of Rhode Island endorses the One Rhode Island Platform.

National Council for Research on Women
Noting, “Without women’s research, our policies are incomplete,” this site includes “The MisInformation Clearinghouse” at http://www.ncrw.org/misinfo/index.htm.