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03/01/2012
Student Rights in School

How Do I Marginalize Thee? One High School Principal Counts the Ways

By Heather L. Weaver, Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief & Amanda Goad, LGBT Project & Galen Sherwin, Women's Rights Project at 5:01pm
Just how many ways can one public school official violate students' legal rights? The principal of Haywood High School in Brownsville, Tennessee, seems to be going ... Read More
02/10/2012
Workers' Rights

Hey, Staples, Put This in Your "Lactation Chamber" and Pump It!

By Galen Sherwin, Women's Rights Project at 11:08am
Tom Stemberg, co-founder of the Staples office supply chain, complained in a recent interview that the Affordable Care Act (known by opponents as ... Read More
12/23/2011
Single-Sex Education

Madison School Board Rejects Sex Segregated School

By Galen Sherwin, Women's Rights Project at 10:13am
Early Tuesday morning in Wisconsin, the Madison School Board voted 5-2 against a proposal to start a charter school that would have segregated students on the ... Read More
09/30/2011
Breastfeeding Rights

LSAT to Nursing Moms: Need Time to Pump? Tough Titties!

By Galen Sherwin, Women's Rights Project at 2:04pm
Women should not be forced to choose between breastfeeding their babies and pursuing a legal education — right? Wrong — at least according to the Law ... Read More
09/26/2011
Gender Discrimination

"Science" Says No to Single-Sex Education

By Galen Sherwin, Women's Rights Project at 1:04pm
When it comes to public education, there is no doubt that we are in a crisis, particularly when it comes to low-income and minority students. Unfortunately, the ... Read More
08/26/2011
Workers' Rights

Bloomberg L.P Decision Takes Women's Equality Two Steps Back

By Galen Sherwin, Women's Rights Project at 1:33pm
Today, as we celebrate Women's Equality Day, commemorating the passage of the 19th Amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote, I find myself reflecting on a ... Read More
08/16/2011
Workers' Rights

Want to Breastfeed Your Baby? You're Fired!

By Galen Sherwin, Women's Rights Project & Rebecca T. Wallace, ACLU of Colorado at 4:03pm
Imagine you've recently come back to work after maternity leave and you're using every last minute of your break time to pump breast milk to feed your baby at home. ... Read More
06/07/2011

Louisiana School Board Suspends Sex-Segregation Program

By Galen Sherwin, Women's Rights Project & Lenora Lapidus, Women's Rights Project at 3:24pm
A local school board in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, voted Thursday night to suspend a program at a public middle school that has for two years separated girls from ... Read More
05/08/2011

For Mother's Day, Screw Chocolate! Give Us Equality!

By Galen Sherwin, Women's Rights Project at 10:08am
When I was in the third grade, my mom gave me a button to wear to school that said “I’m a mini-feminist.” Yes, it was the 1970s. And yes, I got ... Read More
03/11/2011

Protecting the Human Rights of Domestic Workers

By Galen Sherwin, Women's Rights Project at 3:42pm
Mani Kumari Sabbithi was brought to the United States in July 2005 by a Kuwaiti diplomat and his wife to work in their home in McLean, Virginia. The diplomat and ... Read More
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