Public Policy Advocacy

Public Policy

The Public Policy Program underscores AAUW's mission of promoting equity for women and girls

For more than a century, AAUW has influenced public policy debate on critical issues such as education, Social Security, sex discrimination, civil rights, reproductive choice, affirmative action, Title IX, welfare reform, vocational education, pay equity, family and medical leave, and health care reform.

Visit the AAUW website's Issues Advocacy pages to learn more about AAUW's public policy priorities. From this page, you can access the AAUW Voting Record, Fact Sheets and Position Papers, subscribe to the AAUW Action Network, and subscribe to our monthly public policy newsletter.

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More tools from AAUW

Visit AAUW's Public Policy page for more links.

Join AAUW’s Action Network and receive e-mail updates on today’s issues affecting women and girls.

Use the online Two-Minute Activist to tell your members of Congress where you stand.

Use the Tools for Grassroots Action to get educated and involved on issues under consideration.

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Additional Resources

AAUW Idaho Biennial Priorities, 2010-2012

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Idaho's Vice President of Public Policy is Sylvia Chariton. During the 2009 legislative session, she and Special Project Chair Tina Gospodnetich worked towards passage of a daycare licensing standards bill, which, after years of effort by many groups, successfully passed.

AAUW members worked with Rep. Anne Pasley-Stuart,the Idaho Women's Network (IWN) and others in passage of HCR 23, a resolution to draw attention to pay equity issues in Idaho. HCR 23 proclaimed April 28, 2009, "Equal Pay Day" in Idaho.

In 2010 the Idaho Legislature failed to pass House Bill 547, which would have recognized Equal Pay Day every year, with no fiscal impact. On April 20, 2010, AAUW Idaho and the Boise Area Branch joined with IWN and BSU Gender Studies to celebrate Equal Pay Day. Download the flyer & brochure

To read more about AAUW's position regarding Pay Equity, click here.

Contact your elected officials

Visit the Idaho Legislature Home Page to reach legislators and elected congressional officials, get information on committee meetings, current issues, and track bills online. To send a message to an entire committee with one e-mail, select How to Contact Legislators and click on Legislative Committee.

The President of the United States
The White House
Washington, DC 20500 www.whitehouse.gov

White House comments: 202/456-1111
U.S. Capitol Switchboard: 202/224-3121

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Mission: Advancing equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research