The Obama Administration’s First Year: A Progress Report on AAUW Priority Issues

 President Barack Obama's First 100 Days: A Progress Report on AAUW Priority Issues

As President Obama and his team lead the nation, AAUW continues to be at the forefront of changes taking place in Washington, D.C. and beyond. On this page, you can read documents AAUW has submitted to the administration, learn more about the members of the president's cabinet, and find additional helpful resources.

From the presidential transition period to present-day, AAUW has been constantly looking for ways to move our priority issues forward. In fact, AAUW has been working closely with the president's team to ensure that breaking through educational and economic barriers for women is on top of the executive branch's agenda. Below are the latest documents AAUW has crafted in response to administration policies, as welll as the initial documents AAUW submitted to the presidential transition team, which highlight our federal policy priorities and goals that we have been pursuing since President Obama took office.

• President's FY10 Budget Proposal Priorities and Highlights for AAUW
  
  
• AAUW's recommendations for pay equity and workplace opportunity legislation
  
  
• AAUW's recommendations for improving access to higher education
  
  
• AAUW's recommendations for improving girls' and women's opportunities in STEM fields
  
  
• AAUW's recommendations for the No Child Left Behind Act reauthorization
  
  
• AAUW's recommendations for family friendly work-life policies
  
  
• The National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education (NCWGE) is a nonprofit organization of approximately 50 groups dedicated to improving educational opportunities for girls and women. Currently chaired by AAUW, NCWGE submitted recommendations for the first year of the Obama Administration.Read the recommendations here.
  
  
• AAUW recently led coalition efforts to bring together 41 women's organizations to submit a letter to President-elect Barack Obama urging him to appoint more women than his predecessors to his cabinet and other political appointments. The letter also asks President-elect Obama to restore and strengthen all offices that in past administrations have played a fundamental role in protecting and advancing women's issues and opportunities such as the White House Office for Women's Initiatives and Outreach and the President's Interagency Council on Women. Read the letter here.
  
  
• The National Coalition for Public Education is comprised of more than 50 education, civic, civil rights, and religious organizations devoted to the support of public schools. As a leading member of NCPE, AAUW joined wiht the coalition in submitting recommendations for ending the D.C. school voucher program. Read the coalition's recommendations.
  
  
• AAUW also joined with the he National Council of Women's Organizations in presenting recommendations to the Obama transition team on the areas of economic security, health, education and training, and civil/human rights. Read NCWO's recommendations.