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Carol Jenkins alongside Carolyn Maloney, Heidi Schreck and Huma Abedin at ERA night after a performance of Suffs musical in April 2024. Jenkins was co-president and CEO of the ERA Coalition and the Fund for Women's Equality, [9] sister organizations dedicated to the passage and enactment of the Equal Rights Amendment.
Jessica Neuwirth (born 10 December 1961) is an American lawyer and international women's rights activist. She is one of the founders of Equality Now, an international women's rights organizations established in 1992, and the founder and director of Frontline Women's Fund, a project hosted by the Sisterhood is Global Institute to support women's organizations around the world. [1]
A half-century later, after the ERA's passage in 1972, feminist activists campaigned to get states to ratify the constitutional amendment guaranteeing equal treatment for women.
Other pro-ERA organizations at the convention included the Order of Women Legislators, Women's Democratic Club, Equal Rights Coalition of Utah, League of Women Voters, Equal Rights Legal Fund, Utah Welfare Rights Organization, and the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League. [2]
In 2024, we have yet to reach gender equality. And in many nations, women are not only put second, but also repressed, abused, and silenced. Learn how to help.
ERA is a main proponent of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. [4] [5] [6] In June 2011, Equal Rights Advocates was among the co-counsel (including the Impact Fund, Cohen Milstein, and other firms) representing Betty Dukes and women in Wal-Mart plaintiffs across the county in the historic Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores class action. Dukes v.
ERAmerica was founded as a coalition of groups in 1976 and consisted of over 200 organizations. [2] The headquarters were based in Washington, D.C. [3] The purpose of the organization as to seek ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). The group was ultimately unsuccessful after the ERA failed in 1982. [4]
1994 – The Violence Against Women Act funds services for victims of rape and domestic violence and allows women to seek civil rights remedies for gender-related crimes. Six years later, the ...