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2006 Women's Rights Project Report: Table of Contents

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A MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR 1
EMPLOYMENT 4
Low-Wage Immigrant Women Workers
Espinal v. Ramco Stores
Sierra v. Broadway Plaza Hotel
Fang v. Rainbow Buffet
Liu v. King Chef
4
Trafficking and Forced Labor
Chere v. Taye
Opposing Punitive Laws in Rhode Island
5
Prostitution and Public Health
Alliance for Open Society International, Inc. v. United States Agency for International Development
DKT International v. United States Agency for International Development
6
Diplomatic Immunity Campaign 7
Petition to the Inter-American Commission on Behalf of Undocumented Workers 7
Women in Non-Traditional Occupations
U.S. v. New York City Board of Education
Lochren v. County of Suffolk
8
Other Occupations 9
Wage Discrimination
Ledbetter v. Goodyear
10
Whistle-Blowers
Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White
10
SPECIAL FEATURE: Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, Ira Glasser Racial Justice Fellow 12
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 15
Domestic Violence and Fair Trials
Davis v. Washington
Hammon v. Indiana
15
Housing Discrimination Against Victims of Domestic Violence 15
Employment Discrimination Against Victims of Domestic Violence
Kathleen L. v. New York City Dept. of Ed.
Simmonds v. NYC Dept. of Correction
16
State Legislative Protection for Victims 17
Governmental Response to Domestic Violence
Gonzales v. United States, State of Colorado
18
Other Advocacy
Moore v. Green
18
Institutional Negligence
Simpson v. University of Colorado
Carswell v. Ohio
19
EDUCATION 22
Advancing Equal Educational Opportunity
Selden v. Livingston Parish School Board
22
Sex-Segregated Schools in Michigan 23
Sex Segregated Classes in Kentucky 23
Defending Equal Athletic Opportunity
Manzur v. Missouri State University
24
Sex Education 24
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS
Corcoran v. German Society Frohsinn
26
Definition of Family
Loving v. Blackjack
Hobbs v. Smith, et al.
Buday v. State of California Dept. of Health & Svcs.
26
CRIMINAL AND JUVENILE JUSTICE REFORM 29
Women’s Prisons Visitation and Documentation Program 29
Prosecution of Pregnant Women for Drug Use
Cruz v. State of Maryland
State of New Hampshire v. Fernandez
29
Girls in the Juvenile Justice System 30
SPECIAL FEATURE: Juanita Crawford 32
STAFF
New Staff
33
PROJECT SUPPORTERS 36


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