American Civil Liberties Union

Women's Rights:
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.

Womens Rights : Employment : Resources

Senator Durbin letter to Condoleezza Rice on domestic worker abuse by foreign diplomats (08/08/2008)

Podcast Translation: Otilia Luz Huayta (11/13/2007)

Declaration of Raziah Begum to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (11/09/2007)
Petition Alleging Violations by the United States of American of the Human Rights of Domestic Workers Employed by Diplomats

Declaration of Siti Rina Aisah to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (11/09/2007)
Petition Alleging Violations by the United States of American of the Human Rights of Domestic Workers Employed by Diplomats

Declaration of Otilia Luz Huayta to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (11/09/2007)
Petition Alleging Violations by the United States of American of the Human Rights of Domestic Workers Employed by Diplomats

Declaration of Lucia Mabel Gonzalez Paredes to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (11/09/2007)
Petition Alleging Violations by the United States of American of the Human Rights of Domestic Workers Employed by Diplomats

Declaration of Hildah Ajasi to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (11/09/2007)
Petition Alleging Violations by the United States of American of the Human Rights of Domestic Workers Employed by Diplomats

Domestic Workers Petition Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (11/07/2007)

UN Worker Cases (11/06/2007)

ACLU Victory in Lochren v. Suffolk County (06/05/2006)
Lochren v. Suffolk County is a legal case that six female police officers have brought against their employer, the Suffolk County Police Department, to challenge department policies that discriminate against women officers by denying them limited duty during their pregnancies. While the case represents only six women, it confronts issues that women in non-traditional employment face across the country.

Statement of Carmen Calixto Rodriquez (05/27/2004)

Statement of Ines Bello Castillo (05/27/2004)

Statement of Lucero Santes Vazquez (05/27/2004)

Statement of Juana Sierra Trejo (05/27/2004)

Affidavit of Angela Berise Peralta Fritman (05/13/2004)

Affidavit of Deyanira Espinal (05/13/2004)

Affidavit of Maria Araceli Gonzales Flores (05/13/2004)

Latina Workers' Rights Project (03/03/2003)

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