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Today, the AAUW Action Fund is excited to announce the launch of It’s My Vote: I Will Be Heard, a nonpartisan campaign to educate and mobilize young women for the 2012 elections. You can be a part of the big launch by spreading the word about our campaign to your friends, family, followers, and fellow [...]

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AAUW did a fabulous job publicizing the new research report, Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment at School. Upon its release, the news hit TV, magazines, newspapers, and social media around the country. Now that the initial excitement has faded but the importance of the report remains, how can we get this information into the hands [...]

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On Tuesday, January 24, President Barack Obama will give the annual State of the Union address. Obama has heard from organizations all over the political spectrum about what they think his priorities should be for the next year. AAUW is no exception. Below, in no particular order, is our wish list for President Obama’s 2012 [...]

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The Obama administration will release its budget proposal for fiscal year 2013 in the next few weeks. This will be the first budget proposed since last summer’s agreement to raise the debt ceiling, which committed the federal government to reducing spending by $1 trillion over the next decade. No doubt the new budget will receive [...]

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As 2011 wraps up, I’d like to take this opportunity to remember and thank our readers and guests, our contributors, and the AAUW Dialog team, all of whom make this blog such a richly rewarding experience. Excellent posts by diverse voices, from Student Advisory Council members all the way to the AAUW executive director, continue [...]

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AAUW was seriously disappointed by the Obama administration’s Wednesday decision, directly defended by the president, to block the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of selling emergency contraception to women without restriction. Along with the rest of the women’s rights community, AAUW expected the Obama administration to approve the over-the-counter sale of Plan B contraception — [...]

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When I was in seventh grade, I spent my time thinking about school work, my friends, and my after-school activities. I did not give much consideration to my body and how it was developing. This all changed on the day that 40 of my female classmates and I will never forget. Two boys (who were [...]

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Since the numbers remain grim for women in Congress and state legislatures, where can we train the next generation of women political leaders? AAUW and Running Start collaborate on Elect Her–Campus Women Win, the only nationwide program that trains college women to run for student government, to answer that question. Elect Her–Campus Women Win will [...]

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“Women bring a different life experience to the table. All of our differences make the judicial conferences better. That I’m a woman is part of it.” —   U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Did you know that for 140 years, there were no women in the federal judiciary? Think about it. It wasn’t until [...]

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As a young woman about to acquire a master’s degree and head out into a workforce beleaguered by recession and high unemployment, the gender wage gap weighs heavily on my mind. Why, after obtaining an equal education and entering the same job markets, should I make less money than my male friends? The answer is, [...]

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