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Posted May 21st, 2012 by Noreen Farrell
By Noreen Farrell, Executive Director of Equal Rights Advocates Two stories. Two radically different endings. Maria and Angie work for different employers in different states. Both were thrilled when they became pregnant. They were confident that they could continue to perform their jobs during their pregnancies. Like many pregnant women, Maria and Angie eventually sought [...]
Posted November 8th, 2011 by Noreen Farrell
My five-year-old daughter started kindergarten ten weeks ago. She is excited, happy, and reasonably well-adjusted to life at our neighborhood public school. Yet, she recently confided in me that she “pretends not to look” at the third grade classroom door of a student who has teased her on the playground. She reasoned that if she [...]
Posted November 3rd, 2011 by Noreen Farrell
(This piece was also written by Monali Sheth) Feminist activist Gloria Steinem has remarked that “[i]gnorance is the root of oppression.” So it is important that Equal Rights Advocates, a nonprofit legal organization working for women and girls, acknowledges this twentieth anniversary of the testimony of Anita Hill before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee about [...]
Posted October 7th, 2011 by Noreen Farrell
By Noreen Farrell, Equal Rights Advocates, and Beth McGovern, California Commission on the Status of Women California is often a national leader in legislation for working families and the Golden State did not disappoint Thursday with passage of Senate Bill 299. California women workers and their families caught a break when Governor Jerry Brown signed [...]
