by Magaly Zagal, Legislative Advocate for AAUW California The 2018-19 legislative season has come to a close, and by October 13, 2019 Governor Newsom signed 870 bills out of the 1,042 bills that Read More
Federal Title IX and the California Sex Equity in Education Laws Examined: The current state of gender equality in education
In March 2019, AAUW CA was invited to participate at the State Capital in an Oversight Hearing of the Assembly Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism & Internet Media, into the current Read More
Important Dates in October in History for Women Globally
The following key dates may be useful to you as you plan your branch events. Read More
Important Dates in September in History for Women in the United States
September 25, 1981 – Sandra Day O’Connor is sworn in as the first woman U.S. Supreme Court Justice September 14, 1964 – Helen Keller receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom along with four other Read More
UN Launches Generation Equality Campaign
To mark the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, UN Women is launching a new campaign, “Generation Equality” The campaign demands equal pay, equal sharing of unpaid Read More
Major Achievements for Women in the United States
Aug. 18, 1920: The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified, declaring “the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any Read More
Women Who Changed the World
The Nobel Prize and Prize in Economic Sciences have been awarded to women 52 times between 1901 and 2018. Only one woman, Marie Curie, has been honoured twice, with the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics and Read More
AAUW Torrance celebrates International Women’s Day
AAUW has a long and distinguished history in global affairs that includes awarding more than 3,300 International Fellowships to women from more than 132 countries, as well as collaborating with Read More
AAUW Presented with 2018 Global Citizen Award
The UNA-USA, Southern California Division, presented the 2018 Global Citizen Award to American Association of University Women. AAUW President Kim Churches joined the forum to Read More
International Coalitions
AAUW is a member of many coalitions that support human rights and equality for women and girls. Collaborations include a strategic partnership with the Clinton Global Initiative and special Read More
Sign up for Action Alerts!
Help with the passage of these and other pieces of legislation, by using Action Alerts to your elected state officials. Go to Sign up for Action Network and sign up. You will automatically be enrolled Read More
AAUW CA Public Policy Action Priorities, 2019 – 2021
Public Policy Priorities guide all AAUW CA actions that relate to public policy issues, including action on legislation. Our priorities are reviewed and revised every two years. In 2018, we began Read More
AAUW California Files Title IX Letter
Last year, the federal Department of Education issued a plan to make sweeping changes to Title IX’s regulations, which would impact students’ civil rights and federal enforcement of the law. The Read More
Bill Tracking
A list of the current priority bills and the status of those bills can be found on the CapitolTrack webpage. In 2019, AAUW CA’s legislative focus is on our core areas: sexual harassment, the Read More
Connect with your legislators about Tech Trek
Help make our state legislators more aware of AAUW and our mission and activities at both the state and local levels by promoting Tech Trek. As one of our most successful activities. Tech Trek is an Read More
Women’s March 2020
How will you participate in 2020? In 2019, AAUW California members participated in the national movement to assert that “Women’s rights are human rights”. Honoring the historic 2017 Women's March, Read More