Most people grasp the fundamentals of the gender pay gap: Women working full-time earn roughly 80% of men’s salaries. But there are some lesser-known facts about the pay gap as…
Although AAUW cannot provide legal advice or referrals, this information can help you decide what to do next or where to find legal help.
Sex discrimination today takes a variety of forms: unfair pay, pregnancy discrimination, sexual harassment, sexual assault, and violations of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 can affect both…
A list of current cases supported by the AAUW Legal Action Fund
Jennifer J. Freyd has been a Professor in the University of Oregon’s Psychology Department for more than 30 years and is a national leader in the field of trauma psychology.…
We support brave plaintiffs seeking legal redress for Title VII, Title IX, equal pay, sexual harassment, and tenure denial violations and allocate $100,000 annually to help fund landmark cases such…
Rizo argues that using prior salary alone to calculate current wages perpetuates existing pay disparities and undermines the legislative intent of the Equal Pay Act, which is to address pay…
In 2014, two male administrators at VSU were appointed to faculty positions as associate professors. Spencer alleges that their salaries were vastly higher than those of female professors at all…
AAUW believes that pay equity and equal employment opportunity are matters of simple fairness.
AAUW believes that pay equity and equal opportunity are matters of simple fairness. AAUW is a leader in the fight to end wage discrimination and open doors for women in…
