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Womens Rights : Resources

Achieving Fair Housing for Survivors through Domestic Violence Housing Policies: Lewis v. North End Village (03/26/2008)
Article by Sandra S. Park, Staff Attorney in the ACLU Women’s Rights Project, about a groundbreaking settlement in February 2008, in which a Michigan landlord and management company agreed to adopt a comprehensive policy on domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including anti-discrimination protections and the options of early lease termination and/or relocation.

Model Advocacy Letter to Public Housing Authority (02/06/2008)

Violence Against Women : Protective Orders and Government Accountability (12/31/2007)

Violence Against Women : Housing (12/31/2007)

Violence Against Women : Employment (12/31/2007)

Plaintiff Profiles in Jones v. Hayman (12/12/2007)

An Account of the Transfer from the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women to the New Jersey State Prison in May 2007 (12/12/2007)

Facts about the Over-Incarceration of Women in the United States (12/12/2007)

Podcast Translation: Otilia Luz Huayta (11/13/2007)

Sabbithi v. Al Saleh Client Profiles (11/13/2007)

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