Today, more than 48 years after the Equal Pay Act was passed, and as we urge action in support of the Paycheck Fairness Act, women's ability to band together to demand fair pay has been dealt a blow. The Supreme Court ruled this morning, 5-4 that...
0 Comments | Posted March 9, 2011 | g:i A
Yesterday, the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day, was quite a celebration! The day was marked by events, rallies, marches over bridges, web chats, proclamations, statements, speeches, and parties all over the world. Even Google joined the festivities with a beautiful, multi-colored women-centered masthead! Throughout the day,...
0 Comments | Posted February 24, 2010 | g:i A
Today, the first-ever court hearing over sex-segregated classes in coed public schools begins in a federal court in Lafayette, Louisiana.
In August 2009, the parents of students of the Rene A. Rost Middle School in Kaplan, Louisiana, learned that the school would begin segregating all core curriculum classes in four...
0 Comments | Posted December 18, 2009 | g:i A
Today, the United Nations and the world celebrate 30 years of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the international human rights treaty dedicated to gender equality, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 18, 1979.
Nearly every country in...
0 Comments | Posted March 7, 2008 | g:i A
On the eve of the celebration of the 98th Annual International Women's Day, the international human rights community is sending a clear message to the United States government that it needs to step up and put an end to violence against and exploitation of immigrant women, Native American women,...

0 Comments | Posted June 20, 2011 | g:i A