The Gender Pay Gap in 25 Metro Areas
No matter how you break down the gender pay gap numbers — by state, age, education, race, or occupation — the gap is substantial. And cities are not immune to this pervasive problem, as our new analysis shows. Read more »
AAUW Reacts to Stagnant Gender Pay Gap Numbers
We can’t be willing to wait 75 years for pay equity – we need to push for the changes to reach it now. Read more »
Women Hardest Hit By Student Loan Crisis
tudent loan debt is at an all-time high, and American women — most notably women of color — are bearing the brunt of it, according to a new analysis from the American Association of University Women. Read more »
On Equal Pay Day, New Poll Finds Majority of Americans Believe Pay Gap Is Due to Bias
Contact: Mary C. Hickey hickeym@aauw.org 202.785.7748 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON — The majority of Americans — almost 60 percent — think the gender pay gap is due to biases […] Read more »
4 Questions for Esther Ngumbi: Entomologist Extraordinaire
For Esther Ngumbi, Ph.D., studying insects was never merely an academic interest. As someone who grew up in a farming community in Kenya, she knew firsthand these tiny creatures could wipe out entire crops of corn. Today, as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, she studies sustainable crop growth and environmentally friendly insecticides. Read more »
AAUW’s Top Research Reports of 2018
Groundbreaking research is a well-established hallmark of AAUW’s work. Here’s a 2018 update of our three major reports. Read more »
AAUW Fellowships and Grants: Advancing Inclusion and Equity
AAUW fellows and grantees are leading by example in their respective fields–including advancing key areas of AAUW’s strategic plan focusing on the intersection of racism and sexism, exerting female leadership in traditionally male roles, and researching the pay gap. Below are examples of three recipients’ ongoing work. Read more »
Gender Pay Gap Shortchanges Women $500 Billion Annually; Biggest Gaps among Financial Managers, Physicians and Surgeons
AAUW’s updated report, The Simple Truth about the Gender Pay Gap, found that working women lose out on $500 billion a year because of a persistent gender pay gap. Read more »
Keisha N. Blain, Ph.D.: Chronicling Black Women on the Front Lines of Protest
In a watershed year when more women publicly rebelled against inequality, unified, agitated, showed up, organized, and raised their collective voices, women’s movements globally have moved to the forefront and are making history almost on a daily basis. Read more »
Full Equity in Higher Education Remains Elusive
It’s been a long time since women had to sit behind screens in the college classroom in order not to “disrupt” their male classmates, but we still haven’t reached full equity in higher education. Read more »
