AAUW reports on progress for women, girls
The Obama Administration’s First Year: A Progress Report on AAUW Priority Issues, available at www.aauw.org, and the Congressional Voting Record for the first session of the 111th Congress, available at www.aauwaction.org, outline the AAUW priority issues that became law in 2009.
Last year, AAUW was instrumental in the passage of several pieces of legislation, including the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which provides funding for job training, a $500 Pell grant increase and an unemployment insurance increase.
“Overall, AAUW is pleased to report that Washington has heard the concerns of American women and taken the right steps toward addressing some of our nation’s most serious problems with respect to economic security, work-life balance, education, and civil rights,” said AAUW Executive Director Linda D. Hallman, CAE.
“However, much work remains to be done as we push for sustainable change and equity for women and girls.”
