On a cool sunny January afternoon, the Raleigh/Wake County and Tar Heel Branches took their place at a table along Halifax Mall as thousands of women marched in the streets around the Legislative Building in downtown Raleigh. People were gathered to listen as women spoke on the theme “Women Protecting the Future” amidst sign waving,…
AAUW NC is supporting AAUW’s national effort to encourage development of salary negotiation skills across the country!
Folks are starting to see the billboards in four locations around the state: Wilmington on S. College Rd southbound, just north of Randall Parkway, beside the Mattress Capital Concord at Hwy 29/601 southbound at Hartman Place NW, beside Pro-Tint Greensboro on Coliseum Blvd northbound, just south of W. Gate City Blvd, across Coliseum Blvd from…
AAUW of North Carolina is proud to partner with the ERA-NC Alliance and NC NOW to create a billboard advertising campaign promoting state-wide ERA support. The billboard will highlight that although more women than men vote in North Carolina, zero women have equal rights under the U.S. Constitution. We’ll launch the publicity campaign and unveil…
Will North Carolina be the 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment? Some are working hard to make that happen.
Here is a link to the Executive Order 93, prohibiting the use of salary history in the state hiring process
AAUW NC is one of the founding organizations of the NC ERA Alliance (www.era-nc.org). Branches that have also signed on as member organizations of the NC ERA Alliance are: Asheville Cape Fear Greensboro Charlotte Jacksonville Regional Orange, Durham, Chatham (ODC) Raleigh-Wake Salisbury Tar Heel Winston-Salem Currently the pressure to pass the ERA Amendment has gained…
January 2019 Equal Rights Support passage of the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution. Economic Self Sufficiency Raise the minimum wage– Supporting legislation bringing the minimum wage in line with the current economy. Promote equal pay policies and practices to close the gender gap – Supporting legislation to close the earning ratio of…
The AAUW NC statement in support of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) [PDF]. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN OF NORTH CAROLINA RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT (ERA) WHEREAS, AAUW North Carolina forthrightly supports the Equal Rights Amendment for all citizens of North Carolina; and WHEREAS, Women, who constitute over 53% of the…
AAUW salary negotiation workshops are a proven way to fight the gender pay gap. Learn about special support for workshops in NC.