Read About the 2025 AAUW Strategic Priorities

(Read the Strategic Plan One-Pager)

Our Purpose: AAUW advances equity for women and girls by championing success in higher education — a vital pathway to economic security. For over 140 years, AAUW has led the fight for gender equity through advocacy, funding, and collective action.

Strategic Priorities:

1. Fund Higher Education

2. Remove Barriers to Success in Education and the Workplace

3. Strengthen AAUW’s Reach

Call to Action:  In a time of growing challenges to education access, AAUW must meet this moment. This strategic plan renews our commitment to higher education as the key to equity and empowers a stronger, unified movement to create lasting change.