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Take Advantage of Early Voting
The AAUW Action Fund’s It’s My Vote: I Will Be Heard voter education and turnout campaign represents an unprecedented investment in making women’s voices heard in the 2012 election. Follow us on...
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Are You Ready for Equal Pay Day?
The new year may be right around the corner, but it will take an extra four months for women’s earnings to catch up to men’s earnings from the year before. The symbolic day when women’s earnings...
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Making 2013 the Year for Pay Equity
My first job in Washington, D.C., was at the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (RAC). The first piece of legislation I worked on as a RAC legislative assistant in 2010 was the Paycheck Fairness...
View ArticleNational Mentoring Month: Congress Has Mentors, Too
When we talk about mentoring, I think we have a tendency to assume that mentors are for people who are young and new to their careers; we make the mistake of thinking that eventually you “outgrow” the...
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Are You Ready for the Equal Pay Act’s 50th Anniversary?
AAUW members never fail to outdo themselves — this year’s Equal Pay Day efforts were more impressive than ever, with more than 130 activities held across the country! Thank you for your efforts,...
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Let’s Win the War on Poverty in Our Lifetime
As we mark the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty, here are three actions you can take right now to help secure a strong economic future for all women and families — and join a legacy of AAUW...
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3 Reasons Why You Should Negotiate Your Salary
My first job out of college was a public policy fellowship at a nonprofit in D.C. Because it was a fellowship, the salary was not negotiable (we were all making the same amount). But my first week on...
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77 Cents Doesn’t Tell the Whole (Equal Pay) Story
Updated September 22, 2014: The U.S. Census Bureau released the latest wage data last week. A new analysis of the numbers shows that the gender pay gap for Hispanic/Latina women and Asian American...
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Follow the State of the Union with AAUW — and Bingo!
Every year the president uses the State of the Union address to lay out an agenda to Congress and identify the administration’s priorities and proposals. And every year we tune in to hear what the...
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Budget 101: Unemployment Insurance
One year after the debt ceiling crisis, Congress and the president again face a series of tough decisions regarding federal spending and deficit reduction. With so much at stake in this debate, we’ll...
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