As an AAUW member and alumna of Washington University in St. Louis, I was outraged to learn that the university is awarding Phyllis Schlafly an honorary degree at graduation. Schlafly has campaigned against the Equal Rights Amendment, gender bias laws, and Title IX. She is not just controversial; she is clearly anti-woman. For example, according [...]

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AAUW is concerned about sexual harassment issues on campus, and in February we posted a blog entry about an incident at Yale University where pledge members of the Zeta Psi fraternity held a sign that said “We Love Yale Sluts” outside the university’s Women’s Center. This stunt was part of a scavenger hunt required to [...]

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Many parents remember hearing these words and being delighted to see what their child had done. Many of us have been captured on film as toddlers covered in food or powder with a smiling face. Today young people are capturing their moments of infamy for everyone to see on the web.
Recently in Florida, a group [...]

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Through AAUW’s International Fellowships program, we provide financial support to outstanding women from countries around the globe so that they can attain their educational goals and improve the lives of women and girls in their home countries. Karambu Ringera, a 2003–04 International Fellow, is doing just that in her home country of Kenya.
Thanks to AAUW [...]

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I was intrigued by an e-mail to attend the first annual Negotiations Challenge at Clarkson, sponsored by the AAUW. The training session was very informative but comfortably informal. I was encouraged to participate, and I felt that the student panel that prepared the material was very approachable and open to questions about the negotiations research. [...]

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