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A Victory for Fair Pay and Transparency

Posted in Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, Social Justice, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, tagged , , , , , , on December 14, 2011, | Leave a Comment »

In November, United Space, a spaceflight operations company and major NASA contractor, was ordered by a federal court to provide the Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs data regarding its pay and employment practices. This decision reinforces that no employer is beyond the law, particularly when it comes to issues of fair pay. This is [...]

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Lawsuit Filed against California Wal-Mart Stores

Posted in AAUW in the News, Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Social Justice, Supreme Court, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, tagged , , , , on October 28, 2011, | Leave a Comment »

After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that the Wal-Mart v. Dukes  sex discrimination class-action lawsuit was too big to move forward, the lawyers representing the women vowed to create smaller class actions by region. Yesterday, the lawyers filed the first of these amended lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for Northern California. The [...]

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Back to School with Title IX

Posted in Educational Programs, S T E M, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Social Justice, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Title IX, Women and Civil Rights, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 23, 2011, | 3 Comments »

As the new school year begins, it’s a good time to brush up on Title IX and what it means for students. Signed in 1972, Title IX (officially known as the Education Amendments of 1972) is the federal statute prohibiting sex discrimination in education programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance. This short provision, [...]

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Exclusive Interview with AAUW Plaintiff

Posted in AAUW in the News, Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Social Justice, The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, tagged , , , , , on July 28, 2011, | 1 Comment »

Lulu Sun recently won her Legal Advocacy Fund-supported lawsuit against the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. She accused the school of discriminating against her on the basis of gender, race, and national origin and of retaliating against her for complaining. An English professor, Sun filed charges with Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD), which found probable cause [...]

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First $tart $mart Workshop Held in Oregon

Posted in Educational Programs, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on May 31, 2011, | Leave a Comment »

Eighteen senior women students from Chemeketa Community College, Western Oregon University, and Willamette University participated in a $tart $mart salary negotiation workshop on April 29, 2011. This was the first one to be held in the state of Oregon. The three-hour workshop began with information about the wage gap and its consequences, such as the [...]

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Branch Event Raises Sexual Assault Awareness

Posted in Educational Programs, Sexual Harassment, Social Justice, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, Women's Health, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 6, 2011, | Leave a Comment »

Recently, about 200 people in Western New York came together to hear stories — and as the stories went on, the audience, too, became characters. The AAUW Buffalo (NY) Branch joined with the State University of New York, Buffalo’s Wellness Education Services, the school’s Gender Institute, and Western New York’s Family Justice Center to host [...]

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Know It. Name It. Stop It.

Posted in Sexual Harassment, Social Justice, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on March 7, 2011, | 2 Comments »

It is amazing the level of terror that one can inflict on another. But I didn’t want my only identity to be a victim; I don’t just want to be that “girl.” When I was younger, I didn’t know [about stalking]; I couldn’t name it and couldn’t stop it. But now, I have stopped living [...]

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The Continuing Fight for Title IX Enforcement

Posted in Sex Discrimination, Social Justice, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Title IX, Women and Civil Rights, Women's Health, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on February 16, 2011, | Leave a Comment »

AAUW recently lent our support to a Title IX lawsuit in Indiana, signing an amicus brief in support of the plaintiff in Parker v. Indiana High School Athletic Association et al. AAUW strongly supports Title IX and opposes any efforts that would weaken its effectiveness or girls’ opportunities. Last year, the mothers of two female [...]

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Justice Scalia: The Constitution Doesn’t Protect Women

Posted in Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, Social Justice, Supreme Court, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, Women and Civil Rights, tagged , , , , on January 10, 2011, | 2 Comments »

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia made quite a stir last week when he told a California magazine that the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause doesn’t apply to women. Under Scalia’s “originialist” interpretation, the 1868 amendment was meant to protect the rights of newly freed male slaves, so it doesn’t protect women and other groups. To [...]

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AAUW and Consciousness Raising

Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged , , , on December 27, 2010, | Leave a Comment »

One of the most important effects of the women’s movement has been its role as a consciousness raiser. Social movements have been instrumental in questioning social norms and the status quo. AAUW has been on the forefront of issues that raise public consciousness and increase the level of debate. There are many examples of this [...]

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