Women's Rights/Gender Equity

Women have made great strides in the fight for equality, but gender bias continues to create huge barriers for many, especially poor women, women of color, and immigrant women. Ongoing struggles include ensuring equal economic and educational opportunities, ending gender-based violence, and addressing the harms to women and girls in the criminal legal system. The ACLU has been working to systematically end sex discrimination and ensure that all women and girls are able to lead lives of dignity.

Women's Rights.

Women have made great strides in the fight for equality, but gender bias continues to create huge barriers for many, especially poor women, women of color, and immigrant women. Ongoing struggles include ensuring equal economic and educational opportunities, ending gender-based violence, and addressing the harms to women and girls in the criminal legal system. The ACLU has been working to systematically end sex discrimination and ensure that all women and girls are able to lead lives of dignity.

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News & Commentary
A pesron holding up a sign reading "A World Without Trans People Has Never Existed And Never Will" at a demonstration.

Trump's Executive Orders Promoting Sex Discrimination, Explained

A new executive order lays out a plan to erase transgender people’s existence under the law
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What to Know and Do About Abortion Access in D.C.

The Supreme Court opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization has endanger access to safe abortions all across the country. Here’s what you need to know about abortion in D.C., and what you can do to ensure that every person in D.C. can get a safe abortion when they need it.
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The Incomparable Philippa Strum: A Champion for Civil Liberties and Inclusion

Philippa Strum, an ACLU board member and civil rights historian, is receiving the Spitzer Lifetime Achievement Award for her persistent strides toward equity. Learn more about her trailblazing career.
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Abortion Access in D.C.

Court Case
Mar 26, 2025

STAINNAK V. TRUMP – CHALLENGING PURGE OF DEI-ASSOCIATED FEDERAL WORKERS AS DISCRIMINATORY AND RETALIATORY FOR PERCEIVED POLITICAL BELIEFS

Federal employees filed a complaint against the Trump administration for targeting workers, especially people of color, women, and non-binary workers, for participating in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) activities, violating their First Amendment rights.
Court Case
Oct 31, 2018

Gordon v. United States - Enforcement of the Equal Pay Act to Eliminate Sex-Based Pay Disparity

Court Case
Jan 02, 2013

Home Care Association of America v. Weil

Court Case
Oct 01, 2012

Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. v. Sebelius