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Pay Gap FAQs

Workplace and Economic Equity

Here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions about the gender pay gap.

Fundraising Policies: What Members Need to Know

Membership

Everything you need to know about how affiliates can support AAUW — and gender equity — through fundraising, scholarships and smart partnerships.

Boost Your Career

Career Tips

AAUW offers a range of free career resources, training and events, all designed to help women take charge of their future.

The Gender Pay Gap

No matter how you analyze it, the gender pay gap is real, persistent and harmful to women’s financial well-being.

Find Legal Help

Legal Advocacy

When you’ve faced difficulty at work or at school, it’s hard to know what to do. Although AAUW cannot provide legal advice or referrals, this information can help you decide…

Two-Minute Activist

Send emails and texts to your legislators to fight for equal pay, family leave, stopping sexual harassment, equality in education and more. Sign up to get regular alerts to be…

The STEM Gap: Women and Girls in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Research & Data

Giving women equal opportunities to pursue — and thrive in — STEM careers helps narrow the gender pay gap, enhances women’s economic security and ensures a diverse and talented STEM…

Faces of AAUW

AAUW members, fellows and award winners are pioneers and have changed the world. Learn more about how they are making history today

AAUW & The Coca-Cola Foundation

With generous support from the Coca-Cola Foundation, AAUW’s Women’s Economic Empowerment initiative is reaching the next generation of change agents to close the gender pay gap and leadership gap for…

Women of Distinction Awards

Programs

The AAUW Women of Distinction program pays tribute to women leaders who have made extraordinary accomplishments in their professions or their communities.