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Our History
AAUW’s story begins in 1881, when a small group of female college graduates banded together to open the doors for women’s career advancement and to encourage more women to pursue…
Title IX Needs Your Help — Write a Letter to the Editor
In May, the Department of Education issued a long-anticipated but extremely harmful rule designed to substantially weaken Title IX, rolling back important protections for student survivors of sexual harassment and…
AAUW Weighs In: Policy Updates
Policy Center
AAUW regularly submit letters to Congress, comments to regulating bodies, testimony before congress and sign on to legal briefs to help advance equity.
Title IX
This groundbreaking law ushered in an era of enormous progress for girls and women. But more work is needed to achieve its full promise.
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Jane Doe v. The University of Kentucky
Legal Advocacy
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…
Closing the STEM Gap
Education
Promote public awareness to parents about how they can encourage daughters as much as sons in math and science – supporting learning opportunities and positive messages.
Education
As soon as girls start school, they encounter attitudes and expectations about what they 'should' and 'shouldn't' do. This continues throughout their schooling, steering them toward certain career paths and…
Legal Advocacy Fund
Legal Advocacy
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…