PDF AAUWNC supports the following: COVID Relief: Increased access to health care including Medicaid Expansion, reproductive health care, COVID vaccines, etc. Stimulus payments directly to individuals to include extended unemployment duration and payment to individuals. Restore/expand unemployment benefits including child care subsidies. Paid sick/family/medical leave for all including paid days off for a new child…
AAUW of North Carolina concurs with the AAUW Statement on the Nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court. When the time is right, it is AAUW’s fervent hope that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg be replaced with a justice who, like her, can be an independent voice and fierce, fair-minded advocate for American…
Like many, we are deeply saddened by the death of our “Notorious RBG.” An outstanding jurist, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a force unlike any other as a leader in our nation’s continual quest to become a more perfect union. In her own words, “Think how the constitution begins: ‘We, the people of the United…
Paraphrasing a familiar saying: “Now is the time for all good women to come to the aide of their country!” Yes, the November election is quickly approaching, but there is still time to act. AAUWNC has launched 2 important campaigns to help voters this fall and invites you to participate: Democracy NC (juliane@democracync.org) is making…
Voting is indeed a fundamental right for all citizens of North Carolina. Yes, it is indeed a right many of us have exercised for years as we, the people, select the members elected to various boards, councils, commissions, etc. Additionally, this provides North Carolinians the opportunity to also have a voice in selecting both state…
The latest step in the legal efforts to get the Equal Rights Amendment into the Constitution now that it has been ratified by 38 states, was the filing on July 1, 2020, by the ERA Coalition and many other organizatins (including AAUW) of a Women’s Movement Amicus Brief. This asks the Court to hold that…
AAUW NC is encouraging women across America to help make July 4th a celebration for ending discrimination against women by mailing a flyer supporting ERA to each of our Senators. It is shocking that in 2020, as we celebrate America’s independence, women are still struggling with discrimination. Women’s rights are NOT included in the US…
As Carol Jenkins, Co-President and CEO of ERA Coalition, highlighted: there is nothing in the US Constitution that protects discrimination against women. Many women do not realize that they are not protected against discrimination. This COVID-19 pandemic has certainly emphasized this crisis in areas related to women not only because of deficiencies in health care…
Economic Security Support Efforts to raise the minimum wage, thus promoting pay equity for girls/women throughout their lifespan by promoting actions that foster paid family and sick leave, explore discrimination concerns in retirement wage gaps and social security issues/concerns, and by providing salary negotiation workshops to ensure equal pay for equal work. Advocate for SNAP/FNS…
All eyes were on Virginia as it became the 38th state to ratify the ERA on January 27th. As the Democratic Senator Mamie Locke said: ” Equality based on sex is not just good for women, it is good for society.” Next step is the US House of Representatives on February 10th when a vote…