Know Your Rights
Although AAUW cannot provide legal advice or referrals, this information can help you decide what to do next or where to find legal help.
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
Women make up the majority of nontenure-track lecturers and instructors across institutions, but only 44% of tenure-track faculty and 36% of full professors. Women of color are especially underrepresented in college faculty and staffs.
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…