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Ariela
Migdal

Since joining the ACLU in 2007, Migdal has worked in such areas as women’s rights, gender-based workplace discrimination and single-sex education. She currently litigates cases concerning discrimination against women in traditionally male-dominated occupations. Migdal clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer and Judge Harry T. Edwards of the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals. She also clerked in the Israel Public Defender office. She received a J.D. from New York University School of Law in 2001. Migdal also holds an M.A. from London University and a B.A. from Harvard University.

Women in Combat: The Marines Take An Important First Step, But More Is Needed to Ensure Full Equality.

By Ariela Migdal, Women's Rights Project & Vania Leveille, Washington Legislative Office at 3:29pm
Less than three months after the Pentagon announced that it was loosening the rules that bar women from being assigned to ground combat units, the Marine Corps ... Read More

The (Not-So-Secret) War on Moms : How the Supreme Court Took Protections Away from Pregnant Workers

By Ariela Migdal, Women's Rights Project at 11:03am
This week, the Supreme Court ruled, by the all-too-familiar 5-4 margin, that a provision of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) giving workers time off to care ... Read More

Pregnancy Discrimination: Another Battleground in the War on Women

By Ariela Migdal, Women's Rights Project & Sarah Lipton-Lubet, Washington Legislative Office at 12:32pm
Access to birth control, forced ultrasounds – lately there’s been a lot of news about efforts to roll women’s rights back by decades. Less ... Read More

UPS Hearts Logistics. Pregnant Employees, Not So Much.

By Ariela Migdal, Women's Rights Project at 12:25pm
Peggy Young asked if she could be put on "light duty" at her UPS job during her pregnancy. UPS refused and put her on unpaid medical leave instead. Read More

DoD Comes Closer to Recognizing that Women Are Already Serving on the Front Lines

By Ariela Migdal, Women's Rights Project & Vania Leveille, Washington Legislative Office at 5:13pm
Last week, Pentagon officials got a few steps closer to recognizing what those serving in Iraq and Afghanistan have known for years: servicewomen fight on the ... Read More

Class-Action Discrimination Lawsuits After Wal-Mart

By Amanda Dysart, Women's Rights Project & Ariela Migdal, Women's Rights Project at 11:07am
Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit hears oral argument in Davis v. Cintas, one of the first nationwide class action discrimination ... Read More

Protection for Women Workers at Stake in Coleman

By Ariela Migdal, Women's Rights Project & Vivian Costandy, Women's Rights Project at 3:19pm
Today the Supreme Court heard oral argument in the most significant case about the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) and sex discrimination in employment ... Read More

Protections for Home Care Workers: Ending An Unjust Legacy

By Ariela Migdal, Women's Rights Project & Deborah J. Vagins, Washington Legislative Office at 4:31pm
"Year in and year out, Evelyn Coke left her Queens house early to go to the homes of elderly, sick, often dying people. She bathed them, cooked for them, helped ... Read More

The Rights We Take for Granted

By Ariela Migdal, Women's Rights Project at 12:06pm
It may seem obvious that all workers are entitled to a work environment free from sex discrimination and to the wages guaranteed to them by law. But for laborers ... Read More

Survey Shows Sexual Harassment in School Is All Too Common

By Ariela Migdal, Women's Rights Project at 1:18pm
According to a new study, sexual harassment, including unwanted sexual touching and sexual coercion as well as milder behaviors, is a regular feature of going to ... Read More
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