New Mexico AAUW

Welcome to AAUW New Mexico Public Policy
"Empowering Women to take charge of their lives"
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AAUW-NM supports AAUW's mission: advances equity for women and girls through advocacy education and research.
AAUW-NM supports the Association Public Policy Program. We support constitutional protection for the rights of all individuals, reproductive rights, separation of church and state, social security that is fair to women and opposition to the use of public funds for nonpublic elementary and secondary education.
AAUW-NM supports the issue of "Equity in Education for Women and Girls," academic freedom, protection from censorship, and the Association position in favor of diversity.
AAUW-NM works with other organizations in support of AAU W objectives.

AAUW-NM continues to support the NM State Equal Rights Amendment. Any attempt to revoke or change that NM Constitutional Amendment will become priority for action. We believe in policies that promote justice and human rights and we recognize the need for a clean and healthful environment in an interdependent world.

Priorities 2008-2009

1. Support the AAUW program to educate and galvanize women voters.
2. Support a strong adequately funded program for public education to include:

•    maintaining the integrity of the funding formula
•    supporting equitable funding for all state supported institutions of higher education (2-year, 4-year, vocational)
•    increasing the number of instructional days for K-12 in New Mexico
•    supporting early childhood development initiatives, i.e. Kindergarten Plus
•    supporting reasonable and fair capital outlay expenditures for public schools
•    supporting adequate federal funding for the No Child Left Behind Act as long as this law is enforced.

3. Support programs to encourage women to achieve economic self-sufficiency at all ages to include:

•    fairness in compensation
•    programs that provide women with education, training and support for success in the workforce, especially women transferring from welfare to work
•    access to quality, affordable dependent care
•    legal reforms for the prevention of domestic violence.

4. Support for choice in the determination of one’s reproductive life.

5. Support for quality affordable health care for all New Mexicans.

6. Support for clean air and water and wise sustainable use of natural resources and green.
    technologies

7. Support for campaign finance funding reform with limitations on donations.

8. Support of civil liberties and all efforts to preserve the rights guaranteed in our New
    Mexico Constitution.

9. Support for creating a statewide Ethics Commission with Subpoena powers over
    statewide elected officials.