Advocacy
It’s a Man’s World … Unless Women Vote!
Help AAUW #CelebrateNVRD with Our #SheVotes Twitter Storm
Tuesday, September 22, is National Voter Registration Day (NVRD) — a single day of coordinated events to help Americans register to vote. Join our #SheVotes Twitter storm to find resources for registering to vote, learn about voter discrimination laws, and discuss the wide range of policy issues that mobilize women to go to the polls. Read more »
- Poll: Tell the U.S. Treasurer Who Should Be on the New $10 Bill
- Watch AAUW’s Campus Sexual Assault Congressional Testimony
Campus
Interested in Leadership Opportunities for College Women? Join AAUW’s #BacktoCampus Twitter Storm!
The Twitter storm will share information about AAUW’s campus leadership programs as well as resources and opportunities offered by fellow groups and nonprofits. Read more »
Career and Workplace
These 5 Women Scientists Were “Disruptive”— and We Should Thank Them
Renowned biochemist and Nobel laureate Tim Hunt’s recent remarks about women scientists made us think we had traveled back in time. Fortunately, many women challenge his sexist ideology. Read more »
Community
Expanding AAUW’s Community: Recruitment 101 Webinar
Discover best practices for when, where, and how you should be recruiting new members, and hear tips about how to use AAUW’s new materials as well as the campaigns that are available to you. Read more »
Education
Title IX’s Unintended Revolution for Women’s Athletics
One of the biggest unintended consequences of Title IX is that women athletes can now expect that they will have access to sports. Read more »
Leadership
Women Excluded from University President Hiring Pool … Again
Despite his low ratings from University of Iowa faculty, J. Bruce Harreld is set to earn more than the outgoing woman president. Read more »
Economic Justice
Native Women Have to Work 9 Extra Months to Make the Same Salary as White Men Made Last Year
September 8 marks Native American women’s equal pay day, the day that the wages of American Indian and Alaska Native women catch up to the money white men earned last year. (It took about nine months, if you’re counting.) Read more »