Women's Rights
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132 Women's Rights Cases
Court Case
May 2018
Women's Rights
Racial Justice
Bank of America v. City of Miami
Whether cities have standing to sue under the Fair Housing Act for the economic impact of discriminatory banking practices.
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Court Case
May 2018
Women's Rights
Racial Justice
Bank of America v. City of Miami
Whether cities have standing to sue under the Fair Housing Act for the economic impact of discriminatory banking practices.
Court Case
Apr 2018
Women's Rights
Lizzy Martinez v. Manatee County School District
On April 30, 2018, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Women’s Rights Project and ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Florida sent a letter to the Manatee County School District and the principal of Braden River High School on behalf of Lizzy Martinez, a high school student disciplined for not wearing a bra under her shirt to school due to a painful sunburn.
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Apr 2018
Women's Rights
Lizzy Martinez v. Manatee County School District
On April 30, 2018, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Women’s Rights Project and ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Florida sent a letter to the Manatee County School District and the principal of Braden River High School on behalf of Lizzy Martinez, a high school student disciplined for not wearing a bra under her shirt to school due to a painful sunburn.
Court Case
Apr 2018
Women's Rights
Jane Doe v. United States et al.
The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and ten other organizations filed an amicus brief in support of Jane Doe, a former cadet at the U.S. Military Academy (West Point) who was subjected to sexual violence and harassment. The brief argues that the Second Circuit must recognize damages remedies for survivors of sexual violence at military academies and that such remedies are consistent with prevailing U.S. and international human rights law.
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Court Case
Apr 2018
Women's Rights
Jane Doe v. United States et al.
The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and ten other organizations filed an amicus brief in support of Jane Doe, a former cadet at the U.S. Military Academy (West Point) who was subjected to sexual violence and harassment. The brief argues that the Second Circuit must recognize damages remedies for survivors of sexual violence at military academies and that such remedies are consistent with prevailing U.S. and international human rights law.
U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2018
Women's Rights
+2 Issues
Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 31
Whether it violates the First Amendment for a state to authorize a public employee union to collect a fee from non-members for the cost of benefits that the union is legally required to provide all employees.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2018
Women's Rights
+2 Issues
Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 31
Whether it violates the First Amendment for a state to authorize a public employee union to collect a fee from non-members for the cost of benefits that the union is legally required to provide all employees.
Michigan
Oct 2017
Women's Rights
Goocher and the National Collegiate Wrestling Association
The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Michigan, the National Women’s Law Center and the Women’s Sports Foundation sent a letter to the National Collegiate Wrestling Association (NCWA) urging it to change its discriminatory policy that prohibits women, like University of Michigan-Dearborn student and national wrestling champion Marina Goocher, from competing against male wrestlers when women wrestlers and teams are unavailable.
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Michigan
Oct 2017
Women's Rights
Goocher and the National Collegiate Wrestling Association
The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Michigan, the National Women’s Law Center and the Women’s Sports Foundation sent a letter to the National Collegiate Wrestling Association (NCWA) urging it to change its discriminatory policy that prohibits women, like University of Michigan-Dearborn student and national wrestling champion Marina Goocher, from competing against male wrestlers when women wrestlers and teams are unavailable.