Women's Rights Project - Annual Report 2009

The goal of the ACLU WRP is to secure gender equality and ensure that all women and girls are able to lead lives of dignity free from violence and discrimination. This means an America where all women and girls have access to quality education, employment, housing, and health, irrespective of race, class, income, immigration status or involvement with the criminal justice system.

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Table of Contents

WRP MISSION STATEMENT…2

ADVANCING EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES…2

Protecting the Workplace Rights of Low-Wage Immigrant Women Workers…2

Women in Non-Traditional Occupations…8

Strengthening Employment Protections…10

ENDING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN & GIRLS…12

Ending Housing Discrimination Against Survivors of Domestic Violence…12

Sexual Harassment and Housing…15

Police and Governmental Response to Domestic Violence…15

Ending Employment Discrimination Against Survivors of Domestic Violence…17

REFORMING THE CRIMINAL & JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEMS…18

Collateral Consequences…18

Girls in the Juvenile Justice System…20

Conditions of Confinement…22

Challenging Discriminatory Criminal Prosecutions…23

Performing Activism (Words from Prison)…24

GUARANTEEING EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY…25

Sex Segregated Public Education…25

Sexual Harassment/Assault in Schools…28

Athletics and Title IX…30

PUBLIC HEALTH & CIVIL LIBERTIES…30

HUMAN RIGHTS…32

PROTECTING FREEDOM OF RELIGION & BELIEF FOR MUSLIM WOMEN…33