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AAUW of Michigan Webinars

AAUW of Michigan presents Webinars on topics related to our mission. See some of our most recent presentations below. Find our complete archive of recordings on YouTube. For information about upcoming webinars and other events, see our calendar.

Revisiting the 2022 Election and the Future of Democracy, 2/9/2023

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Ranked Choice Voting for Michigan, Ron Zimmerman of Rank MI Vote, 9/14/2023

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Donald Trump recently issued an executive order establishing a Women’s Health Division at the National Institutes of Health. The NIH already has an Office of Research on Women's Health created in 1990. The task force to implement the new initiative will be headed by RFK Jr. and Whitehouse Chief of Staff Susie Wiles. Other members include Cabinet officials such as Pete Hegseth and other administration officials. The task force so far is 62% male and 38% female; only four members out of the 13 already named are doctors or medical experts. The co-chairs may name more members. Is there any reason to believe this new division will improve women’s health, or is it just window dressing? No money has been allocated for the initiative, and over the past two years the administration has reduced funding and staff for women's health programs including freezing funding for some Title X family planning providers, cutting public health staff at the CDC Division of Reproductive Health, removing or changing reproductive health information on government websites, halting some maternal-health data collection, reviewing the abortion pill mifepristone against scientific consensus, and signing bills reducing Medicaid and ACA funding. According to the Center for American Progress, DOGE cut at least $3 billion in grants tied to women's health and safety as part of the administration's rollback of DEI-related initiatives including research on menopause, fibroids, pregnancy risks, breast cancer, and Alzheimer's disease. DOGE also cut funding for domestic-violence survivors, women in STEM fields, and programs to increase the number of Black women entering biomedical research careers.While some medical associations are hopeful the new division will bring new attention to women's health disparities, other organizations such as the National Women's Law Center believe the move is just the administration's "attempt to change the headlines, not women’s lives.”Read more: www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/10/21/trump-womens-health-executive-order-explained/923...#womenshealth #HealthDisparities #womenshealthdisparities ...

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Empowering women in Michigan

AAUW has been empowering women as individuals and as a community since 1881. For more than 130 years, we have worked together as a national grassroots organization to improve the lives of millions of women and their families.

AAUW of Michigan Mission

AAUW advances gender equity for women and girls through research, education, and advocacy.

AAUW’s Vision

Equity for all.

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Nonpartisan. Fact-based. Integrity. Inclusion and Intersectionality.