Since 1881, AAUW has been a leading voice promoting education and equity for women and girls. AAUW encourages women voters to get involved in the political process and gain a better Read More
Santa Clara County IBC presentation, Title IX: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You
In recognition of the 50th Anniversary of the enactment of Title IX, the Santa Clara County IBC presented an outstanding program titled: "Title IX: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You." To find out Read More
Title IX 50th Anniversary Proclamation
June 23, 2022 marks the 50th Anniversary of Title IX. Your branch can help spread the word about this important milestone by seeking a proclamation from your local governing body. National's Read More
Governor Signs Equal Pay Pledge, March 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Governor's Press Office Thursday, January 27, 2022 (916) 445-4571 California Signs Equal Pay Pledge, Highlights Investments and Actions to Advance Pay and Gender Read More
Equal Pay Day Proclamation for March 15th, 2022
Equal Pay Day Proclamation for AAUW (your branch) March 15, 2022 WHEREAS, 59 years after the passage of the Equal Pay Act, women, especially minority women, continue to suffer the consequences of Read More
Let’s Get Ready to Rumble – Everything you need to know to prepare for Lobby Day 2022!
This webinar provides training for members who have registered to participate in Lobby Week April 11-15, 2022. Members received detailed information on our priority bills, which they will be Read More
Childcare: An Overdue and Critical Investment
By Shelley Mitchell and Ginny Hatfield AAUW California Public Policy Committee “It’s past time that we treat childcare as what it is – an element whose contribution to economic growth is as Read More
Women’s Reproductive Rights – Where Are We Now?
by Claire Noonan, AAUW California Public Policy By January 22, 2022, the 49th anniversary of the Roe v Wade decision, SCOTUS (the Supreme Court of the United States) will have heard arguments on Read More
Updates from AAUW California Public Policy Committee
by Kathi Harper, Co-Chair Abortion Justice Although the constitutionally-guaranteed right to an abortion has been systematically under attack for decades, it is currently in danger of Read More
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Branches Mark Equal Pay Day in the Time of Covid
March 24, 2021, was the day we marked as Equal Pay Day (EPD) for all women, the day when women's wages caught up with what men made in all of 2020. In normal times, branches would be out in their Read More
2021 AAUW California Lobby Day
On March 24, 2021, the AAUW California Public Policy Committee, in conjunction with our Advocacy firm MVM Strategy Group, conducted a hugely successful “virtual” Lobby Day, with 111 AAUW California Read More
Public Policy News from National
by Kathi Harper, Public Policy Co-Chair AAUW California On February 2, 2021, my co-chair Sue Miller and I met via Zoom with AAUW Public Policy Director Kate Nielsen and her assistant Robin Lucas, Read More
Human Trafficking
By Kit Hein, AAUW California Public Policy Committee January 11, 2021 was National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. AAUW California supports efforts to combat human trafficking, as noted in Read More
2069? 2369? 2451?
WHEN WILL THE GENDER PAY GAP BE CLOSED? By Ginny Hatfield, AAUW California Public Policy Committee How long will it take? What can we do to make it happen sooner rather than later? These are Read More
A Symbolic Date
Equal Pay Day denotes how far into the new year women must work to be paid what men were paid the previous year. Started by the National Committee on Pay Equity (NCPE) in 1996, the goal was to raise Read More