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Women's Rights:
The ACLU's Women's Rights Project was co-founded in 1972 by Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Through litigation, community outreach, advocacy and public education, WRP empowers poor women, women of color and immigrant women who have been victimized by gender bias and face pervasive barriers to equality. Learn more about the WRP.


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Declaration of Otilia Luz Huayta to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (11/09/2007)
Petition Alleging Violations by the United States of American of the Human Rights of Domestic Workers Employed by Diplomats

Declaration of Raziah Begum to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (11/09/2007)
Petition Alleging Violations by the United States of American of the Human Rights of Domestic Workers Employed by Diplomats

Domestic Workers Petition Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (11/07/2007)

UN Worker Cases (11/06/2007)

Incarcerated Girls "Testify" at U.S. Social Forum (06/28/2007)
On June 28, five girls held in juvenile prisons "testified" before a Court of Women convened as part of the U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta, Georgia. Although the girls' confinement prevented them from personally attending the event, digital audio recordings of the girls' testimony was presented to the Court.

Clients in the ACLU's Title IX Work (06/21/2007)

What Can You Do to Promote Educational and Athletic Opportunity for Girls? (06/20/2007)

Sex Segregated Schools: Separate and Unequal (06/14/2007)

Jessica Gonzales' Statement Before the IACHR (03/02/2007)

FAQs: The ACLU Women's Rights Project and Women's History Month (02/26/2007)
Frequently asked questions about the ACLU's Women's Rights Project and Women's History Month

Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, Ira Glasser Racial Justice Fellow (02/23/2007)
Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw has been an Ira Glasser Racial Justice Fellow at the ACLU since February 2005; working primarily at the National Office. Crenshaw is a professor of law at Columbia and UCLA Law Schools. The groundbreaking work for which she is best known explores the many ways in which various forms of discriminations can intersect, creating special vulnerabilities for some that are not readily identifiable within traditional equality law. She coined the term "intersectionality" to highlight the overlapping vulnerabilities that are at play in shaping the life chances of some of society's most vulnerable populations: women who are poor, of color, or who are undocumented.

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