AAUW : Empowering Women Since 1881
Learn about Native Women and the Pay Gap
American Indian and Alaska Native women earn only 60 cents for every dollar paid to a white, non-Hispanic men.
Remembering Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Nancy Grace Roman: The Life and Legacy of a NASA Star
Known as the “mother of the Hubble,” Nancy Grace Roman was the first chief of astronomy at NASA and the first woman to hold an executive position there. After she died in 2018, she left AAUW a generous bequest to engage future generations of women and girls in science, technology, engineering and math.
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New Stats, Same Old Story
Another year, another frustrating statistic for American women and their families: The wage gap between men and women once again has barely budged. As unfathomable as it seems, numbers don’t lie: Women are still compensated just 82 cents for every dollar paid to men. Black women earn only 63 cents and Latinas 55 cents compared to what white men make.
AAUW refuses to accept a future of unequal pay.
At the end of the day diversity is not only the right thing to do, it’s good for a company’s bottom line. Without action to close the pay gap, unequal pay will be a stark reality for women and families for the indeterminate future. That’s a scenario AAUW refuses to accept.
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