Dive into our past recordings and keep an eye out for future events that celebrate, educate on, and inspire progress in gender equity.
AAUW : Empowering Women Since 1881
Mae Jemison, 2007 Achievement Awardee. Jemison was the first Black woman in space, serving as a mission specialist aboard the Endeavour in 1992.
Election Resources
How to Get Involved and Educate Voters
There are many ways AAUW members can get involved in the elections and help educate voters. Our voter engagement campaign — It’s My Vote! — will give you the training, tools, and resources to help increase voter participation in your community.
Rachel Carson. Photo: Smithsonian Institution
Women Make History Every Day
Marine Biologist and 1956 AAUW Achievement Awardee Rachel Carson
“Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.”
Author of the award-winning book Silent Spring, which was instrumental in documenting the danger of different chemical use on the environment — inspiring generations of environmentalism. Received 1956 AAUW Achievement Award.
Nancy Grace Roman (1925-2018), AAUW member and chief of astronomy at NASA
Gender Equity
AAUW Partners with NSF on Advancing Pay Equity in Higher Education
Joining forces with AAUW, the NSF ADVANCE Partnership Project “Let’s Talk Money” takes aim at bringing gender equity to higher education compensation. Rooted in AAUW’s commitment to dismantling equity barriers for women and girls, “Let’s Talk Money” aims to expand knowledge of best practices for faculty pay to the higher education community by:
• Building understanding of university pay-practices and outcomes.
• Incorporating an equity lens into pay-decisions.
• Expanding productive conversations about pay.
• Improving communication of pay decisions.
Webinar Spotlight: "In Conversation with Dr. Pempho Chinkondenji"
CEO Webinar: In Conversation with Dr. Pempho Chinkondenji
Watch CEO Gloria L. Blackwell’s conversation with AAUW International Fellow alumna, Pempho Chinkondenji, Ph.D. Dr. Chinkondenji discussed her work on addressing structural inequalities within educational policies and practices, with a specific emphasis on the intersection of education, gender, race, and motherhood. Dr. Chinkondenji is a scholar, educator, and practitioner-activist in the field of comparative and international education.
Webinar Spotlight
- It’s My Vote!: AAUW Priorities in the 2024 Election
- My Student Loans Are Due. Now What?
- Running from Bondage: Enslaved Women and Their Remarkable Fight for Freedom in Revolutionary America
- Leave No One Behind: Combatting Global Human Trafficking
- Tech Power to Economic Power: Closing the Digital Gender Gap
- Youth Voices for Global Gender Equity
Our Priority Issues
Your Equal Pay Resource Center
Helpful How-tos
Start Talking about Pay!
Career Tips
8 Great Job Boards for Diverse Professionals
Career Tips
Tips for Getting Educational Funding
Programs
Take Action
Members of AAUW’s Action Network receive urgent email notices and text messages when their advocacy is needed most. With our online Two-Minute Activist tool, it takes just minutes and an internet connection to make your voice heard on issues impacting women and girls!