Press Releases
about Women's Rights
May 16, 2017
Frontier Airlines Flight Attendants File Discrimination Charges with EEOC
Airline Prohibits Breast Pumping on Duty, Despite 10-Hour Shifts
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Court case: Freyer v. Frontier and Hodgkins v. Frontier
Apr 07, 2017
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Sues City in Missouri for ‘Nuisance’ Law That Targets Domestic Violence Victims
Unconstitutional Ordinance in Maplewood, Missouri, Puts Victims of Crimes at Risk for Violence, Homelessness
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Court case: Rosetta Watson v. Maplewood
Mar 15, 2017
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Statement on U.S. Marine Corps Photo-Sharing Scandal
WASHINGTON — The Senate Armed Services Committee is investigating the revelation that possibly hundreds of active-duty male Marines have used social media to share explicit photo...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Mar 08, 2017
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Statement on Congress’ First Steps to Repeal Obamacare
WASHINGTON — Two congressional committees are advancing legislation today to repeal the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. This is the first concrete step Congress is ...
Sep 13, 2016
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Statement on HUD Guidance on Nuisance Ordinances
NEW YORK — The Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced guidance explaining that local nuisance ordinances that penalize tenants, including victims of domestic...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Jul 11, 2016
Winning Plaintiff in Supreme Court Marriage Equality Case to Testify Tomorrow on Anti-LGBT Legislation Hearing
WASHINGTON — Jim Obergefell, former ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û client and the lead plaintiff in the Supreme Court’s historic marriage equality ruling, will testify tomorrow at a House hearing on a b...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Women's Rights
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