The latest step in the legal efforts to get the Equal Rights Amendment into the Constitution now that it has been ratified by 38 states, was the filing on July 1, 2020, by the ERA Coalition and many other organizatins (including AAUW) of a Women’s Movement Amicus Brief. This asks the Court to hold that…
AAUW NC is encouraging women across America to help make July 4th a celebration for ending discrimination against women by mailing a flyer supporting ERA to each of our Senators. It is shocking that in 2020, as we celebrate America’s independence, women are still struggling with discrimination. Women’s rights are NOT included in the US…
As Carol Jenkins, Co-President and CEO of ERA Coalition, highlighted: there is nothing in the US Constitution that protects discrimination against women. Many women do not realize that they are not protected against discrimination. This COVID-19 pandemic has certainly emphasized this crisis in areas related to women not only because of deficiencies in health care…
All eyes were on Virginia as it became the 38th state to ratify the ERA on January 27th. As the Democratic Senator Mamie Locke said: ” Equality based on sex is not just good for women, it is good for society.” Next step is the US House of Representatives on February 10th when a vote…
Folks are starting to see the billboards in four locations around the state: Wilmington on S. College Rd southbound, just north of Randall Parkway, beside the Mattress Capital Concord at Hwy 29/601 southbound at Hartman Place NW, beside Pro-Tint Greensboro on Coliseum Blvd northbound, just south of W. Gate City Blvd, across Coliseum Blvd from…
AAUW NC is one of the founding organizations of the NC ERA Alliance (www.era-nc.org). Branches that have also signed on as member organizations of the NC ERA Alliance are: Asheville Cape Fear Greensboro Charlotte Jacksonville Regional Orange, Durham, Chatham (ODC) Raleigh-Wake Salisbury Tar Heel Winston-Salem Currently the pressure to pass the ERA Amendment has gained…