Public Policy Priorities 2025-2027
AAUW’s mission is to advance equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research. AAUW California’s Public Policy Priorities are consistent with AAUW National. AAUW California principles are updated every two years with input from membership.
What are Public Policy Priorities?
AAUW California’s Public Policy Priorities, which are member-driven and approved, inform our legislative and other forms of activism. Consistent with our organizational value of achieving fair and equitable opportunities for all in our diverse society, and our mission to advance equity for women and girls specifically, we advocate for policies that promote, enhance, and ensure security, justice, access, and representation in four specific priority areas: economic security for all women; equal access to quality public education for all students; social and racial justice for all members of society; and increased representation of women in leadership roles.
More information about AAUW CA Public Policy can be found HERE
AAUW NATIONAL
AAUW Public Policy Principles & Priorities 2025-2027
Adopted May 2025
AAUW’s Public Policy Principles
The Public Policy Principles and Priorities underscore AAUW’s mission to advance gender equity for women and girls through research, education, and advocacy. They establish principles for action on which AAUW members across the country focus their advocacy efforts. They guide the work of the AAUW’s federal priorities and that of AAUW state organizations and branches on state and local issue advocacy efforts.
AAUW positions are shaped by our commitment to equity by being nonpartisan, evidence-based, experience-driven, inclusive, and intersectional.
AAUW opposes all forms of discrimination on the basis of age, disability, race, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, geographical location, national origin, religious beliefs, pregnancy or parental status or socioeconomic status, and supports constitutional protection for the civil rights of all individuals.
https://www.aauw.org/resources/policy/aauw-public-policy-priorities/