Press Releases
about Women's Rights
Jan 30, 2019
ACLU Files Public Comment on Secretary Devos’ Proposed Rule on Title IX
NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a public comment on the Department of Education’s proposed rule on Title IX. Louise Melling, ACLU deputy legal directo...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Nov 30, 2018
ACLU Wins Change of Charleston Schools’ Policy That Discriminated Against Pregnant Workers and New Mothers
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of South Carolina have settled a federal pregnancy discrimination case against the Charleston County School Dis...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Nov 29, 2018
ACLU Joins Appeal Against Emergency Services Provider for Discriminating Against Pregnant EMT
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Alabama, and Birmingham attorney Heather Leonard filed a federal court appeal in a pregnancy discrimination ca...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Nov 16, 2018
ACLU Statement on Secretary DeVos’s Proposed Rule on Title IX
NEW YORK — Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos issued a notice of proposed rulemaking related to Title IX and sexual assault on campus.
Louise Melling, American Civil Liberties Un...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Nov 01, 2018
Civil Rights Groups File Brief in Support of Equal Pay Act Case Against VA Medical Center
WASHINGTON – The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of the District of Columbia, the ACLU of Arkansas, and 23 women’s rights organizations have filed a friend-of-the-cour...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Oct 31, 2018
ACLU Statement on 40th Anniversary of Pregnancy Discrimination Act
NEW YORK — Today marks the 40th anniversary of the passage of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA), the first federal statute making it illegal to discriminate against women in...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
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