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Childcare: An Overdue and Critical Investment

January 5, 2022

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

Filed Under: Economic Security, Newsletter Articles, Public Policy, Updates

Women’s Reproductive Rights – Where Are We Now?

December 5, 2021

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

Filed Under: Newsletter Articles, Public Policy

Updates from AAUW California Public Policy Committee

November 1, 2021

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

Filed Under: Newsletter Articles, Public Policy, Updates

Protected: Public Policy Branch Liaisons

September 2, 2021

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Branches Mark Equal Pay Day in the Time of Covid

May 1, 2021

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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

Filed Under: Branch Events, Updates

2021 AAUW California Lobby Day

April 8, 2021

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

Filed Under: Lobby Day, Public Policy, Updates

Public Policy News from National

March 11, 2021

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

Filed Under: News from National, Newsletter Articles

Human Trafficking

March 11, 2021

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

Filed Under: Newsletter Articles

2069? 2369? 2451?

March 10, 2021

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

Filed Under: Newsletter Articles

A Symbolic Date

March 5, 2021

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

Filed Under: Economic Security, Updates

Paycheck Fairness Act

March 5, 2021

AAUW and our supporters have worked for 24 years to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, and this is the year we will succeed. As this critical bill heads for the House and the Senate, we need to mobilize Read More

Filed Under: Public Policy, Updates

OPENING DOORS & OPPORTUNITIES FOR GIRLS – Title IX Checklist

January 4, 2021

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A TITLE IX COMPLIANCE CHECK LIST: Top 14 Questions to Ask and Act On Produced by the:California Title IX CoalitionJanuary 2014 California Title IX Coalition AAUW of CaliforniaCalifornia Read More

Filed Under: Title IX

Title IX Webinar – Breaking Down Barriers

December 15, 2020

“No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity Read More

Filed Under: 2020-2021 Webinars, Title IX

2021-2023 Public Policy Priorities

November 3, 2020

The work of the AAUW California State Public Policy Committee is guided by our Mission Statement and by the three pillars of our Public Policy Priorities. Economic Security for All Read More

Filed Under: Public Policy

AAUW California Public Policy Hires New Advocacy Firm

November 3, 2020

MVM STRATEGY GROUP 1121 L Street, Sacramento mvmstrategy.com Services Strategic PlanningImplementationMonitoringPolitical Insights Read More

Filed Under: Public Policy Updates, Updates

Student Debt

November 2, 2020

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WOMEN TAKE ON MORE STUDENT DEBT THAN MEN … BUT ARE PAID LESS AFTER COLLEGE Between 1976 and 2014 the price of college attendance more than doubled, but household incomes barely budged. Today most Read More

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