Women's Rights

Women's History Month and International Women's Day 2009

February 26, 2009

Women have made great strides in the fight for equality, but gender bias continues to create huge barriers for many—especially immigrants, women of color, women with low incomes, and victims of domestic violence.

International Women’s Day (March 8) and Women's History Month (March) offer an opportunity to celebrate women and the strides we’ve made towards equality, and to recommit ourselves to the ongoing struggles for women's rights, such as ensuring economic and educational opportunities for all women, ending violence against women, and addressing the harms to women and girls caught up in the criminal justice system.


> Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
> Crawford v. Nashville
> Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee
> J.K. v. Arizona Board of Regents
> Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act
> Medina v. County of San Bernadino
> Lewis v. North End Village, et al.


> A.N.A. v. U.S. Department of Education
> K.C. v. Nedelkoff
> Jones v. Hayman
> Domestic Workers Petition to Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
> Jessica Gonzales v. U.S.A.
> Undocumented Workers Petition the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights


> Women and Terrorism (Keynote address by Susan N. Herman)
> Discrimination Against Muslim Women
> Girls Confined to Youth Prisons in the United States
> Sex-Segregated Schools: Separate and Unequal
> Title IX: Gender Equity in Education
> Modern Enslavement of Migrant Domestic Workers by Foreign Diplomats in the United States
> Violation of Incarcerated Women's Civil Rights in New Jersey
> Major Supreme Court Decisions on Women's Rights


> Women's Rights Project
> Women's Rights Project Reports: 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003
> FAQs About Women's Rights
> WRP History: Women's Rights on the Agenda
> A Tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg
> Leaders Through the Years
> Contact the Women's Rights Project

Since 1972 the ACLU Women's Rights Project has been working to systematically end discrimination against women and girls and to challenge the obstacles that prevent women and girls from participating fully in all aspects of society.



> White House Council Places Women and Girls at Front of Administration’s Agenda
> Seizing the Moment to Engage the Obama Administration in Real Change for Women and Girls
> Challenging the New York National Guard's Discriminatory Pregnancy Testing Policy
> Pay Equity: Restoration and Improvement
> Win for Title IX and the Constitution
> A Call to Action for Women of All Beliefs
> Standing up for the Rights of Domestic Workers on International Migrants Day

> Invite friends and supporters to a screening of Freedom Files: Women's Rights, followed by a group discussion, facilitated by the Organizers' Toolkit. If you are a student, encourage a campus women's rights groups to host a screening.
> March 8th is International Women's Day. Learn about and take part in organized events.
> Write a Letter to the Editor calling attention to Women's History Month for your local paper. Pick a women's rights issue you feel strongly about and explain why recognizing Women's History Month and continuing the fight for women's equality is important to you.

 
 
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