This month, we celebrate women’s history. My hope is that lawmakers will make it possible to also celebrate that women’s equality under the law—guaranteed by the document that is the touchstone of our democracy.
Tag: Equal Rights Amendment
No Responsibility Without Equality
The National Coalition for Men, a male supremacist group, recently convinced U.S. District Judge Gray Miller in Texas that that the male-only draft was unconstitutional. In his ruling, Miller found that the place of women in the Armed Forces is settled, since women are now allowed in combat and make up to 20 percent of […]
Let’s Make Herstory: It’s Time to Ratify the Equal Rights Amendment
Each and every one of us has the power to change the world. And I know how we are going to do it: We are going to finally win the nearly 100-year fight to put women’s equality in the U.S. Constitution.
ERA YES Pins: Fashionable (and Feminist) as Ever
The audience was awash in a sea of “suffragette white” during President Trump’s State of the Union Address last week—with a sprinkle of “equal rights green.”
Feminist Lawmakers Just Launched the Latest Fight for the Equal Rights Amendment
“Now is the time. We are demanding a seat at the table and we are ready to make equality a reality.”
Continuing the Fight for Constitutional Equality
The Equal Rights Amendment is making a comeback—and in a day-long event organized by the Brennan Center for Justice, an array of politicians, scholars, legal advocates and activists examined the implications.
No Time Limit on Equality: Tell Congress to Ratify the ERA!
Send your Representative and Senators an email today urging them to put women in the U.S. Constitution.
Marching On for (Constitutional) Menstrual Equity
Ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment goes beyond a matter of principle. It would also offer a host of legal remedies to gender-based disparities, including discrimination in the workplace and the injustices that face survivors in our rape culture—and it would be a major boon to the emerging movement for menstrual equity.
Standing with Fearless Girl in the Fight for Constitutional Equality
“New York City cannot afford to remove this reminder. She is the child of liberty. If she can make it here, she can make it anywhere.”
Nevada Says ERA Yes
In Nevada, the November 2016 elections set the stage for the state’s groundbreaking vote for equality.