A Woman's Nation Changes Everything
AAUW takes the lead on policy recommendations in response to The Shriver Report — A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything. The report highlights the rise of women in the workforce while emphasizing that working women and their families lack critical supports. AAUW provides detailed recommendations that cover a variety of subject areas — including pay equity, work-life balance, and education — which can be found below.
AAUW Policy Recommendations for A Woman’s Nation
The New Breadwinners
Women now account for half of all jobs, with sweeping consequences for our nation’s economy, society, and future prosperity
Family-Friendly for All Families
Workers and caregivers need government policies that reflect today’s realities
Sick and Tired
Working women and their health
Better Educating Our New Breadwinners
Creating opportunities for all women to succeed in the workforce
Got Talent? It Isn’t Hard to Find
Recognizing and rewarding the value women create in the workplace
AAUW Positions on:
Pay Equity
Work-Life Balance
Retirement Security
Health Care
Title IX
Affirmative Action
Reproductive Rights
Hate Crimes
STEM
ESEA (No Child Left Behind)
Welfare/TANF
Career and Technical Education
Higher Education
Program in a Box
This program provides suggestions, planning steps, and links to resources to help you raise awareness and activism around issues facing women.
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Resources
When women rise, nations benefit
By Condoleezza Rice and Madeleine K. Albright
Meet the Press
NBC News
The State of the American Woman
Time Magazine
The American Woman
Time Magazine
By Richard Stengel
Shriver Report Has More Bad News Than Good for Working Women
U.S. News & World Report
By Bonnie Erbe
It’s Not a Man’s World or a Woman’s Nation
Women’s Media Center
By Gloria Steinem
