The Internet and Women: Shaping a New Society
Barriers to equity are a fact of life. Find out how women are building new online communities and working to change the rules of the game.

Getting with the Program: Seniors and Technology
Keeping pace with technology can be a challenge, but women of all ages are finding that the rewards are worth the effort. Are you connected yet?

In the Running? Women Candidates and the Politics of Gender
Although women make up more than half the U.S. population, they remain underrepresented in Congress and in statehouses across the country. When will women achieve parity?

Managing Your Financial Milestones: Seven Tips for a Solid Future
In these troubled financial times, it's more important than ever to make sure your future is economically secure.

AAUW Current Topics Briefings

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Spring/Summer 2008 (Volume 102, No. 1)

Where the Girls (and Boys) Are — and Where the Real Crisis Is
AAUW's latest research report examines the current state of education, highlighting the progress of women and girls while debunking the so-called boys' crisis.

Helping Girls Envision a Tech-Savvy Future
The Tech Savvy conference in Buffalo, New York, is inspiring girls to envision careers in science, technology, engineering, and math.

Ready, Set, Vote! AAUW's Woman-to-Woman Voter Turnout Program
Get ready for the presidential election — and other key races — with AAUW's Woman-to-Woman Voter Turnout Program.

A Thousand Words: Women Cartoonists Let Their Drawings Do the Talking
Meet two Pulitzer Prize–winning women in a male-dominated field who are making their opinions known — without saying a word.

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Fall/Winter 2007 (Volume 101, No. 2)

What's Next for AAUW?
As AAUW looks to the future, members must work together to bring the focus on mission to every part of the organization. Will you do your part?

Making the Mission Matter
AAUW's highly successful advocacy work in support of pay equity is a shining example of how our research, public policy, and grassroots efforts can make a difference in women's lives. What can you do to help?

Strength in Numbers
Tech Trek Science Camps connect young women with like-minded peers and mentors. Find out how you, too, can have a powerful effect on the lives and career choices of future generations.

Welcome to AAUW's New Website
The new website is the best place to find up-to-the-minute information about programs, research, advocacy efforts, and other resources. Have you visited the new website yet?

Founding Leaders
Giving is an excellent way to help advance AAUW's mission. Find out why 17 Founding Leaders decided to make a long-lasting commitment to equity for women and girls by giving to AAUW.

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Spring/Summer 2007 (Volume 101, No. 1)

AAUW in the Postwar Era
In the final article of this three-part series celebrating AAUW's 125th anniversary, AAUW members use the lessons of the past to take the fight for equity to ballot boxes, statehouses, Capitol Hill, and the White House.

Understanding AAUW's Strategic Process
At the 2007 convention in Phoenix, AAUW members will vote on a series of historic proposals and bylaws changes as part of the ongoing AAUW Strategic Process. Find out what the strategic process is all about, what exactly is being proposed, and what these changes will mean to you.

Special Convention Section
The phoenix is rising in Arizona this summer! Here's everything you need to know about the 2007 National Convention.

Mae Jemison Speaks Out
The astronaut, physician, engineer, author, and entrepreneur talks about her extraordinary achievements and her ideas for helping girls and women on the path to science, technology, engineering, and math careers.

Promoting STEM Growth
AAUW Joins the National Girls Collaborative Project.

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Fall/Winter 2006 (Volume 100, No. 2)

War Bonds
The two world wars strengthened AAUW's commitment to improving the lives of women in the United States and abroad.

At the Crossroads
For the last 12 months, AAUW and the AAUW Educational Foundation boards, members, and staff have been working to identify and address future opportunities for the organizations as well as finding resolutions to long-term issues.

Brave New World
As the number of minority women in the United States swells over the next few decades, the face of education will change profoundly, creating exciting opportunities for leaders in higher education.

You've Still Got a Long Way to Go, Baby
AAUW's founding mothers wouldn't be too impressed with a woman's place in today's world. Equity is still an issue for women and girls.

Legacy Mission Vision
An organization's mission creates buzz and draws in members and others to its work. It will generate energy and attract additional resources, investors, participants, and collaborators. Belief in mission is alive within the AAUW membership, but does belief translate into action?

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Spring/Summer 2006 (Volume 100, No. 1)

Sexual Harassment on Campus
AAUW Educational Foundation research finds that nearly two-thirds of college students have experienced some type of sexual harassment.

Founding Mothers
When it comes to the first bits of history about AAUW's founding, the standard starting point is an 1881 meeting of Marion Talbot and 16 other like-minded female college graduates in Boston.

In Search of Female Voters
Women are more likely than men not to vote in non-presidential elections.

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Fall/Winter 2005 (Volume 99, No. 2)

Education as the Gateway to Women's Economic Security
Education is critical in ensuring women's economic security.

AAUW Capitol Hill Lobby Corps Celebrates 30 Years of Success
AAUW's Lobby Corps continues to storm Capitol Hill to fight for equity for women.

Are you Hitting Roadblocks Along the Way to Retirement?
Women want financial security during retirement. How can we make sure we achieve it?

100 For Justice
With the adoption of five cases in 2005, the AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund marked an important milestone: 100 cases and counting.

Spring/Summer 2005 (Volume 99, No. 1)

The Greatest Honor
Read how Madeleine Albright, a school fundraiser, became secretary of state — a tale founded on solid education, supportive family, and a positive approach to sexism.

Gains in Learning, Gaps in Earning
Surprisingly, more four-year degrees for women hasn't translated into equity in earnings according to AAUW's new online resource. Why not? What can we do?

The Second Wave: Women After the Tsunami
Giving birth on plastic tarps, trading sex for food, holding families together: In the tsunami's wake, women face unique challenges.

2005 AAUW National Convention
A special invitation for you to be part of a new vision for women's leadership.

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Fall/Winter 2004 (Volume 98, No. 1)

On Track?
Learn what derails women on the tenure track from the new AAUW Educational Foundation and AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund report.

Games Girls Play
The blockbuster Mean Girls may have been kind of funny, but girls bullying girls isn't.

With Passion and Energy: Leading Global Change
When high-tech and humanitarian team up, medical miracles may result.

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Spring/Summer 2004

Brown and Beyond
An 8-year-old in Topeka, Kansas, launched perhaps the most significant discrimination cases in history: Brown v. Board of Education. Although Brown directly addressed racial discrimination, the case has had great significance for women.

Better Off with Brown
AAUW members, award winners, fellows, and LAF-supported plaintiffs share their perspectives on the status of "separate but equal."

What's Sex Got to Do With It?
On March 3, 2004, the U.S. Department of Education published recommended changes to Title IX "to provide more flexibility for educators to establish single-sex classes and schools at the elementary and secondary levels." As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, where the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that separate is not equal in education, this administration will implement new policies allowing gender discrimination in public schools.

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Fall/Winter 2003 (Volume 97, No. 2)

A Fervent Desire to Learn
After the Taliban's fall, newspapers ran photos of Afghan girls crowding into classrooms, burqa-free. Later stories reported fundamentalists setting girls schools on fire. What's the whole picture?

Ensnared: Children in Modern Slavery
Each year, sex trafficking deprives girls of their education, health, and childhood. And it doesn't happen only "over there."

Close to Home
The traditional face of teen prostitution — homeless, impoverished, desperate — is giving way to a new look — the girl next door. But the dangers are still very real.

Daughters of the Oft-Forgotten Continent
AIDS orphans, forced laborers, girl soldiers, and child brides: Former Washington Post reporter Patrice Gaines explores the brutal lives of African girls who don't make it to school — in contrast to a few who do.

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Spring/Summer 2003 (Volume 97, No. 1)

Diplomatic History — and the Women Making It
A conversation with female ambassadors — begun at the 2002 International Symposium — continues. Listen in through longtime diplomatic reporter Gail Scott.

Women at Work: Changes and Challenges
Today, with women making up some 50 percent of workers and becoming CEOs, government officials, and college presidents, isn't the struggle for equity over?

Are We There Yet? Gen X at Work
Does the gender gap narrow with each generation? Young speakers from the June convention and student leaders conference share their views and offer advice.

A Matter of Justice
Hear how Bari-Ellen Roberts — the AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund's Speaking Out for Justice Awardee — fought Texaco for race discrimination and won.

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