AAUW Hosts Capitol Hill Briefing on Equal Pay Day

The American Association of University Women (AAUW) announced that it held a briefing in Washington, DC on the persistent pay gap between women and men. The subject of the briefing was "New Voices for Pay Equity" and the association highlighted the gender gap issues in law, engineering, academia and public relations. The association also released a publication, "The Simple Truth About the Equal Pay Gap" during its Capitol Hill briefing. For a copy of the "Simple Truth", go to: http://www.aauw.org/learn/research/simpleTruth.cfm See below for more information about the briefing, the panelists who spoke and other publications on the gender gap in their respective professions including academia: Panelists: Lisa M. Frehill, Ph.D.Director of Research, Evaluation and Policy National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering NACME Technical Report: Salaries of Engineers (PDF)NACME Research and Policy Brief April 2011: Engineering Salaries (PDF) John W. Curtis Director of Research and Public Policy American Association of University Professors Persistent Inequity: Gender and Academic Employment (PDF) Bey-Ling Sha, Ph.D., APR Associate Professor School of Journalism and Media Studies, San Diego State University Visit the Pubic Relations Society of America website for news, information, and publications about the gender pay gap in public relations. Deborah S. Froling JD Partner Arent Fox LLP Attorneys at Law Report of the Fifth Annual National Survey of Retention and Promotion of Women in Law Firms Angela Stevenson Public Health General Manager Wayne County, Michigan, Department of Public Health Health Impact Assessment (HIA) of Gender Pay Inequity (PDF) http://www.aauw.org/learn/research/simpleTruth.cfm