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ACLU and NYCLU Join V-Day Festival for Evening of Performance About Women in Prison (06/21/2006)
NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union and the New York Civil Liberties Union today joined V-Day in hosting Any One of Us: Words from Prison, an evening of performance telling the stories of incarcerated women and the role of violence in their lives.

Jury Finds Suffolk County Police Department Discriminates Against Pregnant Officers (06/14/2006)
NEW YORK -- The New York Civil Liberties Union and the American Civil Liberties Union today announced victory in a lawsuit against the Suffolk County Police Department. A federal jury found that the police department discriminated against women officers by denying them access to limited duty positions, like working the precinct desk, during their pregnancies.

Suffolk County Police Department Discriminates Against Pregnant Officers, NYCLU and ACLU Tell Court (06/05/2006)
NEW YORK -- The New York Civil Liberties Union and the American Civil Liberties Union today began a jury trial in federal court arguing that the Suffolk County Police Department discriminates against women officers by denying them access to limited duty positions, like working the precinct desk, during their pregnancies.

ACLU Freedom Files Tackles Women’s Rights Issues On Court TV (05/04/2006)
NEW YORK – The ACLU Freedom Files shows the human side of fighting to protect civil liberties by helping viewers get to know the everyday people whose rights are threatened. The upcoming episode examines an array of women’s rights issues, joining prior shows on voting rights, religious freedom, and gay and lesbian rights.

New Jersey Chinese Restaurant Settles Waitress Exploitation Lawsuit Brought by ACLU (05/02/2006)
FAIRVIEW, NJ -- The American Civil Liberties Union announced today that it has settled a federal lawsuit against the Rainbow Buffet restaurant brought by two immigrant waitresses who say they were exploited and subjected to physical and emotional abuse.

Women at Wisconsin’s Taycheedah Prison Suffer Medical Neglect and Receive Worse Mental Health Care Than Men (05/02/2006)
MILWAUKEE -- In the first class action lawsuit on behalf of women prisoners in Wisconsin, the American Civil Liberties Union is charging that the state prison system puts the lives of women prisoners at risk through grossly deficient health care and provides far inferior mental health treatment as compared to men.

ACLU of New Mexico Files Lawsuit Over Jail Guard's Sexual Abuse of Female Prisoners (01/25/2006)
ALBUQUERQUE, NM - The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico today filed claims of sexual abuse and 'cruel and unusual punishment' against a McKinley County detention officer, Brian Orr, on behalf of two female inmates from Wyoming.

Mother of Slain Children Takes Case to International Tribunal (12/27/2005)
NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on behalf of Jessica Gonzales, the mother of three girls killed by her estranged husband whose domestic violence protection claims were rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court. The petition, the first of its kind, asserts that domestic violence victims have the right to be protected by the state from the violent acts of their abusers.

NYCLU Defends Pregnant School Teacher Fired By School (11/21/2005)
NEW YORK -- The New York Civil Liberties Union today charged a private Catholic school with discriminating against an unmarried Catholic schoolteacher by firing her because she became pregnant.

Global AIDS Gag Holds Critical Funding Captive to Politics (11/09/2005)
NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union today expressed deep concern about a U.S. government policy that ties the hands of public health service providers and those who work with them in the global fight against AIDS.