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Rights of Women

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 justice system. Since 1972 the ACLU has been working to systematically end sex discrimination and ensure that all women and girls are able to lead lives of dignity. We have fought for women’s rights across the state in cases related to the court orders of protection for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault liability, and the prohibition of gender discrimination in places of public accommodation.

Related Cases

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2012-04

Garfield County Sheriff Persists in Referring Domestic Violence Victims to ICE

Rights of Immigrants

Rights of Women

Families are victimized by Sheriff in Garfield County while in several other counties, ACLU of Colorado advocacy has resulted in change. READ MORE >

2011-04

Burgbacher v. Rocky Mountain Academy of Evergreen

Equal Protection

Privacy Rights

Rights of Women

The ACLU of Colorado and the national ACLU Women’s Right Project took the first steps towards filing a lawsuit against a Jefferson County public charter school that illegally fired teacher Heather Burgbacher for asserting her right to pump breast milk for her infant child while at work. READ MORE >

2007-01

Broadhurst v. American Pool Players Association, Inc.

Rights of Women

The issue in this case is discrimination against women in a place of public accommodation. READ MORE >

Related Legislation

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No.HB11 1256

HB 1256: Crimes Against an Unborn Child

Rights of Women