The anita borg institute for women and technology abi was founded in 1997 by renowned computer scientist anita borg, ph. These factors are behind the gender pay gap that black women encounter. The gender and racial pay gap is decades behind the overall gender pay gap. The statistics they cited can be found in a booklet, the simple truth about the gender pay gap, published by the aauw. Hostess is carolyn kearney tuesday, april 21 literary meets at the home of joyce burdno saturday, april 25 aauw branchs spring luncheon and annual meeting, wooster country club, 11. Past reports include behind the pay gap 2007 and where the girls are 2008. Women are pigeon holed into pink collar jobs that despite more education, more employment and higher level titles they still receive lower pay then mens fields like computers and technology. This is a free workshop for girls in 4th and 5th grade who are interested in exploring careers in the stem science, technology, engineering and. Read the 2018 public news service article about the dismal state of idahos pay gap with quotes from former boise area branch president sylvia chariton. For high school girls like those attending teentech, the choices are now, goodson said. The report explains the pay gap in the united states. The information is available in booklet form and can be found on the aauw national website at another aauw website where you can find.
View this video for more our members belong to branches in washington state which are rural and urban, big and small. About the wage gap, including its longterm consequences. The regional convention set for june in east moline has been cancelled. Cnbc explores five reasons why student loan debt is a bigger burden for women than it is for men. Aauw is widely credited with keeping pay equity on the nations radar. How to identify and articulate your personal value. At a minimum, the aauw and the politicians who use the pernicious wage gap to call for more government intervention into compensation practices should begin with the 6. Thanksgiving is behind us and many of us are already knee deep in preparations for the december holidays. While sexism and racism are distinct forms of discrimination that manifest. Behind the pay gap examines the gender pay gap for college graduates. According to the most recent statistics from the u. Aauw offers a variety of scholarships for women to lighten the financial burden associated with higher education. Other estimates of the gender pay gap are based on weekly or hourly earnings, or are specific to a particular group of women.
Controlling for hours, occupation, parenthood, and other factors nor. The gender pay gap is the gap between what men and women are paid. Another thing, airs in the nynj market on wjlp ch 3 and in the philadelphia market on kjwp ch 2 on saturdays at 5. The gender pay gap has been stubbornly hard to close, but the tide may be turning. The american association of university women aauw advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research. Even women just launching their careers start out behind.
Over half a century after pay discrimination became illegal in the united states, a persistent pay gap between men and women continues to hurt our nations. The legal advocacy fund supports the protection of the legal rights of those who are facing discrimination. Aauw wa is a charitable, nonprofit organization in washington state which works to change the climate for women and girls. The gender pay gap hurts women of all backgrounds and has farreaching consequences for womens economic, professional, and educational attainment. Aauw s salary negotiation workshops are designed to help you negotiate for a new job, raise, or promotion. Although the uis has comparable data for 86 nations, figures are still missing for half of the worlds countries including major research hubs such as australia, canada, china, the uk, and the us see figure 1. Eric ed496176 behind the pay gap, american association. When you join aauw, you invest in yourself and in the power of a community. Announced their initiative to train 10 million women in effective salary negotiation by 2022 and to end the pay gap by 2030 launched a new, free online work smart course salary. Initially known as the institute for women in technology, iwt was renamed in 2003 to the anita borg institute in order to honor dr. Aauw s programs and work that advances equity for women and girls. In a very important ted talk that came out in 2012 titled we should all be feminists. Handbook for achieving gender equity through education.
Aauw has been on the front lines of the fight for pay equity since 1894. Technology does not create more hours in a day, but leaves womenwho shoulder most of the family and household responsibilitiesimprovising to squeeze in education, said j acqueline woods, aauws executive director. The simple truth about the gender pay gap fall 2018 this guide provides key facts about the gender pay gap in the united states. In fact, women hold two thirds of all student loans currently in repayment. Overview, pay equity landscape, federal efforts to address wage gap, eeocs proposed revisions, state laws advancing pay equity, pay equity audits, and starting pay often leads to disparities. Use this information as a springboard to engage in conversation with friends, colleagues, and potential aauw members.
Growing families, growing the economy with equal pay tsu room 203 facilitator. The american association of university women aauw has been a leader on this issue for more than a century, since our first publication on the topic in 1894. There is an interesting article from the usa today by nancy armour, opinion. Even though most in the audience were aware that a pay gap exists, the statistics about the gap, and its implications, were shocking when laid out at all at once. Aauw s research report the simple truth about the gender pay gap found that women are paid about 90 percent of what men are paid until age 35, when womens median earnings typically drop to 75. Hill was the director of income security programs at the national. Kramarae, the aauw educational foundations 19992000 scholarinresidence.
The goal of aauw work smart is to teach women the skills necessary to negotiate in todays workforce. Listen to the gender pay gap trends podcast episode below. As an aauw member, i was so proud that the first law that president obama signed into law was the lilly ledbetter. Behind the pay gap redefined the debate on pay equity and reenergized the drive to pass needed pay equity legislation. Womens equal pay day its time to brew some major change. Your aauw of virginia public policy vicepresidents are as busy as the elves in santas workshop harnessing your energy to change the climate for women and girls. Nov 21, 2011 the fergus falls branch of the american association of university women aauw is excited to announce that it will be hosting science girl saturday on february 26, 2011 in at m statefergus falls. Youve come a long way, baby, but you still have a long way. Californias fair pay act fpa, which went into effect on january 1, 2016, is the strictest of these new statelevel laws. The united states ranked as the fifth largest pay gap at 18. The ongoing battle over gender equality has turned the question of the relative pay of women and men into quite the political football. Our aauw members have been active in the second annual meeting of the minnesota womens economic security summit, the coalition for equal pay in minnesota, the girls are not for sale ampaign, and the safe schools for all oalition.
This difference, the gender wage gap, is 20% 2017, on average, across all workers. Change the story is an initiative of the vermont commission on women vcw, the vermont womens fund, and vermont works for women designed to fasttrack womens economic status in our. Pay equity and workplace opportunity a simple matter of fairnesspdf behind the pay gap 2007 new research released by aauw shows that just one year out of college, women working full time already earn less than their male colleagues, even when they work in the same field. Catherine hill is the aauw educational foundation director of research. The wage gap persists across all racial and ethnic groups, and it is found in every state. I saw it the other night in albany, the nys capital. This leadership helped to set the stage for the adoption of the lilly ledbetter fair pay act in january 2009, the first major piece of legislation signed. Truth and myth on the gender pay gap foundation for. The gender pay gap has narrowed by less than a nickel in the 21st century, with women today earning 80 cents for every dollar paid to a man in the u. Aauw has branches in a several states that each offer scholarships to members.
A collection of stories written by women from various countries that explores female adolescence and menstruation. Women who have retired, which are most aauw members, have also paid the price. The gender pay gap is both complicated and wildly controversial. This equal pay day, were calling on the new york state legislature to pass new yorks salary history legislation a. Most commonly, it refers to the median annual pay of all women who work full time and yearround, compared to the pay of a similar cohort of men.
It began as a modest fundraising tool with members sorting books in their living. A guide to help schools assess the technology opportunities they offer female students, in conjunction with gender gaps and techsavvy, aauw educational foundation research that addresses girls and technology. The american association of university women aauw analyzed the gender pay gap in 25 of the largest u. Read the latest facts and data about equal pay, see why the gender pay gap still. Over the last few years, defenders of markets, including me, have been on the offensive, arguing that the gender pay gap is in some sense a myth. Aauw has been ramping up its work smart initiative by expanding workshops in communities across the us. Aauw promotes equity for women and girls and is a strong advocate for title ix. This presentation ties in with one of the national aauw priorities of decreasing the pay gap between men and women. Book my little red book nalebuff, rachel 2009 225 p. The awful truth behind the gender pay gap make sure to actually take a look at the report linked in the post. Eliminating the gender pay gap is an aauw priority and research shows that many women fail to advocate for themselves when negotiating their salary. Hallman is the executive director and ceo of the american association of university women aauw.
To end the gender wage gap, aauw is encouraging its members to share work smart online with 20 of their friends and family. My main focus is more of behind the scenes work for women and less of the. The leadership programs fund supports programs that develop womens potential to lead in their schools, communities, and country. States with the largest and smallest gender pay gap. The two latest research projects are where the girls are the facts about the gender equity in education and behind the pay gap. Aauw website 02252019 aauw membership renewal for fiscal year 2020 notice has arrived from aauw national. May 07, 2011 equal pay was the theme of the remarkably good film made in dagenham. Producers of the show have invited aauw of new jersey to participate in a discussion about gender pay equity, after reading aauw s report the simple truth about the gender pay gap. Behind the pay gapexamines the gender pay gap for college graduates. The gender wage gap in the film industry dominican scholar. Advice for women who want to negotiate with their boss. Women are less likely than men to negotiate salaries and raises, so training is one way to narrow this pay discrepancy. The american association of university women is pleased to announce its 20072008 campus action project, behind the pay gap, based on the aauw educational foundation research report that was released in spring 2007 and examined the gender pay gap for.
Womens pension income is 76% of what men receive and womens overall retirement income is 76% of mens. Fox this year has certainly begun with a flurry of aauw activity. The aauw delaware board meeting was called to order at 10. As usual, aauw will host special events and distribute resources to help celebrate the date. You can also use your social media outlets to share aauw messaging on the issue of unequal pay. Compiling statistics on women in science that can be compared between countries is laborious and difficult. The newest research report from aauw national is titled graduating to a pay gap.
The organisation for economic cooperation and development conducted a major study that broke down gender pay gap by country, and they found that belgium had the lowest gender pay gap at just 3. This fact sheet is an updated version of the womens. Aauw tn the gender pay gap impacts women, families, and the economy in tennessee. A 2010 study of the pay gap in canada, conducted by canadas parliamentary information and research service, noted that even when men and women spend the same amount of time doing paid work. Ten years after graduation, women fall farther behind, earning only 69 percent as much as men earn. Forty percent of households are headed by a woman today. The latest edition of our research report, the simple truth about the gender pay gap, presents the facts about the pay gap between women and men, showing how race and ethnicity, as well as gender, affect pay.
How the american association of university women is transforming the pay gap conversation. Among fulltime workers in 2011, hispanic, latina, and african american women had lower weekly median earnings compared with white and asian american women. The annual aauw book sale has taken place in hibbing for 46 years. The pay gap affects all women, but it doesnt affect all women equally. Aauw research focuses on issues that affect women and girls, informs our advocacy, and mobilizes both individual and community activism. For more than 25 years, she has led a variety of associations, focusing on creating highperformance individuals, teams, programs, and governance in the fields of health care and horticulture. It also struck me how much our aauw strategy aligns with the declaration of human rights.
This guide provides the latest evidence about the pay gap as well as ideas for what we can do about it. We accomplish this through education, research, advocacy and philanthropy. Aauw s the simple truth about the gender pay gap succinctly addresses these issues by going beyond the widely reported 78 percent statistic. Black women and girls live at the intersection of sexism and racism. Jan 01, 2019 thanks to aauw members nationwide, national has. American association of university women aauw offers a number of grants to women pursuing educational endeavors. Aauws research shows that women collect about 80% of what men do in social security benefits. But the fight for equal pay and workplace equity for women continues all year long through legislative advocacy, branch. More recently, critics have replied that its not a myth and that those who think it is a. Goodson said teentech serves as aauws cornerstone program, informing young women about valuable stem job opportunities that can ultimately help close the pay gap between men and women and increase equality in the workforce. This leadership helped to set the stage for the adoption of the lilly ledbetter fair pay act in january 2009, the first major piece of legislation signed into law by president barack obama. Pay equity will continue to be an aauw priority until the gap is fully eliminated. The nightmare of asian carp infiltrating our waterways might be closer than we think.
We believe we can do great things together and thank you for your continued support. Pay gap is one of the many reasons that people are still coming to bat for feminism. Article 23 sets out the right to work without discrimination and the right to equal pay for equal work while article 26 establishes the right to free education and access to professional, technical and higher education. How does the pay gap affect women of different demographics. You should see if your state has any branches that offer scholarships. The report shows that just one year after graduating from college, women are still paid less than men. Kathy oliver is the president of the boulder branch of the american association of university women aauw, a national organization around since 1881, oliver says the purpose of the aauw is to promote girls and women for. If you take one simple truth from this guide, i hope its this. At aauw were moving the needle on the gender pay gap through our innovative research, powerful advocacy, and salary negotiation programs for women across the country. Aauw, the simple truth about the gender pay gap, fall 2018 edition. Aauw believes that together we can transform society for the better. Online report gains in learning, gaps in earnings aauw ef 2008 while educational gains for women are often credited with helping to shrink the gender gap in.
One year out of college, women working full time earn only 80 percent as much as their male colleagues earn. The gender pay gap has lifelong effects, contributing to more older women than men living below the poverty line. Aauw advances equity for women and girls through research, education, and advocacy. The national committee on pay equity is a national membership coalition of over 180 organizations including labor unions, womens and civil rights organizations, religious, professional, education and legal associations, commissions on women, state and local pay equity coalitions, and individual women and men working to eliminate sex and race. You know that women are paid less in the workplace but did you know aauw s work smart program, which teaches women to negotiate for higher salaries, is available online. The event was supported by over 17 organizations including aauw, lwvny, new york state pay equity coalitionnyspec, and ny womens agenda. Lana cobb, debra berke, linda barnett, lois hubbs, suzanne forsman, kathleen jacobs, nadyne rosin, marie, ann alexander, joyce mackler, sandy rotholz, mary beth crafts and wave starnes. When you start off behind, you arent likely to catch up. Helen claudia henry polio vaccine team member with jonah salk at the virus research laboratory at the university of pittsburg. In her carefully researched book, published in 2005, evelyn murphy, ph. Apr 09, 2018 a new study finds women hold more student debt than men. According to a consortium of environmental groups, the invasive species are bridging the gap that would allow. In every workshop youll gain confidence in your negotiation style through facilitated discussion and learn.
The report shows that even with men and women in similar careers with similar educational backgrounds and family situations, a pay gap of around 7% is completely unexplainable. Get all the facts about poughkeepsie aauw from the printer friendly version of the 201920 membership booklet power of membership poughkeepsie aauw leading to reading project has distributed over 42,000 books. Mar 31, 2020 american association of university women aauw scholarships. The womens leadership gap center for american progress. Highlighting the pay gap aauw is committed to supporting fairness in compensation, equitable access and advancement in employment, and vigorous enforcement of employment antidiscrimination statutes. Check out your states rank in the 2012 census data. Women are upset because they are using the same degree to get paid less.
The guide helps schools and aauw branches identify strengths. May 21, 2017 for a more recent version of this information, see the womens leadership gap by judith warner, nora ellmann, and diana boesch. The american association of university women aauw concluded in. April 9, 20 was equal pay day, which is a symbolic date that occurs each year in april to show the extra time a women must work to equal a mans wages in the previous year. Aauw released the fall, 2015, edition of the simple truth about the gender pay gap. Sally barnett stressed that fair is the fword in this country.