Women’s Rights

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Today, gender bias continues to create huge barriers for many women. Ongoing struggles include ensuring equal economic opportunities, educational equity, and an end to gender-based discrimination.

Since 1972 the ACLU of Colorado 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.

Despite the tremendous progress made in the struggle for gender equality, women still face violence, discrimination, and institutional barriers to equal participation in society.

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The Latest

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Pilots Reach Settlement with Frontier Airlines Over Lactation and Pregnancy Policies

Five pilots have reached a settlement with Frontier Airlines resolving EEOC charges filed in May 2018 and a lawsuit filed in December 2019 alleging that the company discriminates against pregnant and lactating employees.
Issue Areas: Women’s Rights, Derechos de la mujer, Reproductive Freedom, Libertad reproductiva
Court Cases: Freyer et al v. Frontier Airlines, Inc.
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Settlement Reached in Frontier Airlines Pregnancy and Lactation Discrimination Lawsuit

The parties announced a settlement today in a case filed by four flight attendants who alleged that Frontier Airlines discriminates against pregnant and lactating employees.
Issue Areas: Women’s Rights, Derechos de la mujer
Court Cases: Hodgkins et al v. Frontier Airlines, Inc.
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ACLU of Colorado Launches 2020 Voter Guide Focused on Civil Liberties at Stake

Issue Areas: Government Transparency, Transparencia gubernamental, Student and Youth Rights, Derechos de los estudiantes y los jóvenes, Voting Rights, Derecho de voto, Women’s Rights, Derechos de la mujer
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Federal Judge Orders Weld County Jail to Protect Medically Vulnerable People From COVID-19

Issue Areas: Criminal Legal Reform, Reforma jurídica penal, Racial Justice, Justicia racial, Women’s Rights, Derechos de la mujer
Court Cases: Weikert et al. v. Bill Elder, Sheriff of El Paso County
Court Case
Dec 04, 2023

Freyer et al v. Frontier Airlines, Inc.

In 2019, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Colorado, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP, and Towards Justice filed a lawsuit against Frontier Airlines for systematically denying its employees basic accommodations for pregnancy and breastfeeding.
Court Case
Apr 13, 2022

Hodgkins et al v. Frontier Airlines, Inc.

The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Colorado, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP, and Towards Justice filed two companion lawsuits against Frontier Airlines today for systematically denying its employees basic accommodations for pregnancy and breastfeeding.
Court Case
May 28, 2015

Provino v. Big League Haircuts

The ACLU of Colorado and the ACLU Women’s Rights Project filed suit on behalf of Ashley Provino, a Grand Junction woman who was fired from her job, in violation of state and federal anti-discrimination laws, for asserting her right to pump breast milk at work.
Court Case
Mar 12, 2014

DISH Network Accommodation of Nursing Mothers