AAUW Wa State & National

AAUW National Spotlight

AAUW is a nationwide community of more than 170,000 people standing strong for gender equity. 

Gender Equity means that the rights, responsibilities and opportunities of individuals will not depend on whether they are male or female, disabled or able bodied, young or elderly, white or black, rural or urban.

AAUW makes our powerful voices even louder on critical issues facing women and girls. AAUW members belong to independent branches around the country. Each branch contributes to our mission of Equity for all.

Together, we can narrow the gender pay gap, provide equal opportunities in education, support laws and policies that enable ALL women to reach their educational goals.

AAUW WA State Spotlight

We support the AAUW mission which is to advance equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research. 

We work at local, state, and national levels to champion equal opportunities for women in education, narrow the gender pay gap, and support laws and policies that enable women’s success.

Our members belong to AAUW branches throughout Washington

AAUW supports immediate implementation of the new Title IX rules, helping to make learning environments safer and more inclusive for all students.

Fact: Belonging to a Union reduces the gender pay gap by 50%. 
—Social Justice Research Center

Explore AAUW Priorities

  • Economic Security


    AAUW has been working to narrow the gender pay gap, which greets women as soon as they enter the work force and widens throughout their working lives. 

    Unequal wages stand in the way of women’s ability to pay off student debt, build wealth and save for a secure retirement.

  • Education


    We champion equal opportunities in education though more than 60% of college graduates are women, they face barriers and biases throughout their schooling. 

    From pre-school to graduate school, women and girls are unconsciously steered into certain fields of study and away from lucrative ones, such as STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math).

  • Advancing Women in Leadership


    Women make up more than half of college graduates and half of the labor force. But we are still not represented at the upper levels. We need equal representation.

  • Advocacy


    AAUW members, supporters and staff work on local, state and federal levels to support laws and policies that enable women’s success.

    Our work in state houses and the U.S. Capitol has helped pass hundreds of pieces of legislation. Our Legal Advocacy team has supported plaintiffs in more than 125 gender equity legal cases.

    To learn more about what AAUW National is supporting, visit their website.

  • AAUW Washington State


    The Washington State organization has the same mission as our local branch and its officers include President, VP, Secretary, and Treasurer.

    Members belong to AAUW branches throughout Washington State. Big and small, rural and urban. Washington State also has an on-line branch.

    To learn more about AAUW visit their website.

  • Diversity


    AAUW seeks to promote inclusion and awareness for all members to create an equitable, sustainable and inclusive membership reflective of today’s world!

    AAUW PT acknowledges that we occupy the ancestral lands and traditional waters of the Chimakum, Jamestown S’kallam, and other indigenous peoples. We honor their culture, histories, identities, and current realities.