Women’s rights are human rights, making gender issues essential to ADL’s work. We fight for equal pay for equal work and for the right to choose. We stand against sexual harassment and barriers to advancement.
In the courts, ADL has filed amicus briefs in every major Supreme Court case involving reproductive freedom and family planning since Roe v. Wade. Read these briefs, including our most recent submission in the 2016 case Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, in our amicus briefs database. In Congress and state legislatures, we advocate for bills to protect and empower women, such as the expanded 2013 Violence Against Women Act.
Because education is the fundamental path to change, ADL includes gender discrimination as part of our anti-bias programs.
More about Women’s Equity
It’s Long Past Time for Equal Pay for Equal Work
Today is Equal Pay Day, which marks how far into this year women on average have to work to receive the same pay that men in equivalent jobs took home last year.
New AG Jeff Sessions: Promises Made, Promises to be Kept on Civil Rights and Equality
New AG Jeff Sessions: Promises Made, Promises to be Kept on Civil Rights and Equality
What the Women’s March Teaches Us about Intersectionality
On Saturday, January 21, 2017, the day after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, 500,000 people gathered in Washington, DC for the Women’s March–to express their…
Today We Won a Battle Against Hate
There are days when working for the ADL—coming face-to-face with so much hate and vitriol—one wonders, how do I get through today?
How Can I Prevent Gender Bias in Young Children?
The foundation for gender identity formation gets established during the preschool years (Derman-Sparks and Edwards, 2010, 91). By age three, although most children can identify…