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Title:

Not the Silent Majority: Women in Politics Online

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Organizer:
Sarah Granger, WomenCount
Description:
As 51% of Americans, studies show women also comprise the majority of users online, including bloggers. Yet when it comes to political discourse online, the percentage of women featured barely surpasses the 17% representation in Congress. A rock star panel of women will attack this problem.
Questions
Answered:
  1. Where are the women online?
  2. What obstacles are women faced with in getting engaged in online politics?
  3. Why are some women turned off by the existing opportunities for political discourse online?
  4. How do we get more women involved?
  5. What organizations and resources already exist to help women?
  6. What still needs to be done to bring our numbers up in terms of online activism and online media?
  7. What are the root causes of the problem?
  8. Who are good women role models already engaged?
  9. Are existing outreach programs to women active in politics and new media working?
  10. Will more women's voices really make a difference?
Level:
Intermediate
Category:
Blogging, Branding / Marketing / Publicity, Community / Online Community, Government and Technology, Social Networking
Type:
Panel
Event:
Interactive 2010
Andrea Learned
on 17/8/09
Root causes of the problem will be very interesting to explore. Part of the issue may well be that the topic feels like a feminist discussion and not a humanist/diversity one. How can this conversation get a lot of men in the session's audience engaged/participating as well...? Sounds like a very worthwhile endeavor.
Glennia Campbell
on 17/8/09
Great idea for a panel. There was a similar one at Netroots. You might ask some of the women from that panel to participate.
Meghan Warby
on 17/8/09
This looks phenomenal. Could you please post the proposed panelists?
Sarah Granger
on 17/8/09
Confirmed panelists so far (in addition to me, @sairy) - Shireen Mitchell (@digitalsista) of the National Council of Women's Organizations, Fem 2.0 & the Media & Tech Taskforce, Erin Kotecki-Vest (@queenofspain) of BlogHer, and Cheryl Contee (@ch3ryl) of Fission Strategies and Jack & Jill Politics.
Allyson Kapin
on 17/8/09
Awesome lineup. Looking forward to it!
Joanne Bamberger
on 20/8/09
We are here! Now if more would realize that! Great idea!
Rynda Laurel
on 20/8/09
excellent! Voted a thumbs Up!

check out our woman's panel too:
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/4757
Sarah Granger
on 24/8/09
Final panelist added is Morra Aarons-Mele (@morraa_m) of Women & Work and BlogHer.
Ed Schipul
on 1/9/09
This sounds like a great lineup. And a topic that should be talked about at a time when political discourse is sliding towards screaming more than debate!
Veronica Arreola
on 3/9/09
Considering some of the crappy political bloggers out there, let's not focus too much on numbers, but quality. And we sure do have it on the women political blogging community!
Shana Glickfield
on 4/9/09
Love the line-up! Let me know if you want a FEMALE exec from the industry! I love the angle of being effective from the inside.
Jon Pincus
on 4/9/09
Great panel! Rock stars indeed!
Faith Dow
on 4/9/09
This will be a good panel! Since voting has been extended to Monday please stop by my page:

Black Female Bloggers & the Future of Media and ***VOTE****

http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/3198

Thanks!
Marcia G. Yerman
on 5/9/09
This looks great. Hopefully it will lead to a greater awareness of the existing voices out there, and encourage those who have been intimidated to jump in.
blu ray ripper
on 13/11/09
So looking forward to this..
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