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…
Portz v. St. Cloud State University et al. is a case involving 10 female student athletes who filed a lawsuit against St. Cloud State University (SCSU) and Minnesota State College…
Jane Doe, et al v. Howard University is a case involving six current and former Howard University female students (Jane Does) who reported sexual assaults in 2014, 2015, and 2016.…
To ensure access to education for women and girls, AAUW advocates for the full protections of Title IX. AAUW’s Legal Advocacy Fund supports this case to reform the sexual assault…
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…
Though may women experience bias and harassment on campuses, they are often reluctant to report it to officials because they worry about the repercussions of reporting.
A list of current cases supported by the AAUW Legal Action Fund
The #MeToo Movement was supposed to be a watershed moment. No longer would we sweep accusations of sexual assault under the rug. No longer would we blame assault survivors for…
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The U.S. Department of Education has recently taken a number of steps to dismantle many Title IX protections.
