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The ACLU's Women's Rights Project was co-founded in 1972 by Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Through litigation, community outreach, advocacy and public education, WRP empowers poor women, women of color and immigrant women who have been victimized by gender bias and face pervasive barriers to equality. Learn more about the WRP.


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Womens Rights : Publications

Sex-Segregated Schools: Just the Facts (05/14/2008)

Boys' Brains v. Girls' Brains: What Sex Segregation Teaches Students (05/14/2008)

Know Your Housing Rights: For Survivors of Domestic Violence (02/06/2008)

Conozca sus derechos respecto de la vivienda: Para sobrevivientes de la violencia doméstica (02/06/2008)

Women's Rights Project: 2007 Project Report (02/01/2008)

Timeline of Major Supreme Court Decisions on Women's Rights (10/25/2007)
The ACLU Women's Rights Project has compiled a timeline of major Supreme Court decisions on women's rights.

Venus and Mars in Separate Classrooms? (06/01/2007)
Emily J. Martin, Deputy Director of the ACLU Women's Rights Project, discusses a growing trend in sex-segregated public education in the Spring 2007 issue of F.A.W.L. Journal, a publication of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers.

A Blueprint for Meeting the Needs of Girls in TYC Custody (05/24/2007)
A Blueprint for Meeting the Needs of Girls in TYC Custody

Women's Rights Project: 2006 Project Report (02/21/2007)
In 2006, the ACLU Women's Rights Project advanced our core areas of focus and continued to play a unique role in the women's movement by bringing together four often-unrelated sectors of social justice advocacy -- employment, violence against women, criminal justice and education.

Custody and Control: Conditions of Confinement in New York’s Juvenile Prisons for Girls (09/25/2006)

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