SOTW: The White House Project

For all the strides women have made toward equality, the percentage of women in Congress and chief executive positions of companies is pathetically low -- in the teens. One group trying to increase the number of women leaders is the White House Project, the About Working Moms Site of the Week.

As the name might suggest, the White House Project works -- on a nonpartisan basis -- to help women running for political office, with a goal of eventually having a female U.S. president. While women win elections just as often as men, we are far less likely to volunteer to run for office -- we tend to wait to be asked. The nonprofit also pushes for women to climb the ladder in corporate America and to appear more often as expert sources in the news media.

You can follow the work of the White House Project on their blog and there are many opportunities to get involved on the Web site. As a journalist, I'm glad to have people tracking the (slow) progress of women in a variety of arenas. After all, if you don't measure something, you'll never be able to change it.

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