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About ERA
Equal Rights Advocates is fighting for women
Equal Rights Advocates has led the legal fight for women’s equality
for more than 30 years. Since 1974, ERA’s mission has been to protect and
secure equal rights and economic opportunities for women and girls through
litigation and advocacy.
Equal Opportunity
ERA works to eradicate illegal discriminatory practices that deny women
advancement opportunities, equal compensation, and access to certain occupations.
Respectful and Safe Treatment
ERA demands that employers provide women with a work environment that
is free of sexual harassment and in compliance with health and safety
laws.
Work and Family Balance
ERA enforces family and medical leave and pregnancy protection laws, and
is active in the effort to establish paid family and medical leave.
For more information about ERA:
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A History of Success
Our successful
use of impact litigation has brought an end to many systematic discriminatory
practices and policies.
2000—Mao v. Top Line Electronics and Lite-On:
Won legal protection for immigrant workers assembling electronics parts at
home for piece rates
1999—Pallas
v. Pacific Bell:
Recovered
$25 million in pension benefits for over 10,000 women who faced pregnancy
discrimination
1997—Doe
v. Petaluma:
Established
students’ right to be free of peer sexual harassment
1987—Davis
v. City and County of San Francisco:
Opened
doors for female firefighters in the San Francisco Fire Department
1984—Kouba
v. Allstate Insurance Company:
Secured
equal pay for female employees in the insurance industry
1981- Bernardi
v. U.S. Department of Agriculture:
Dismantled
gender discrimination in the U.S. forest service
1975—Love
v. California Youth Soccer Association:
Established
girls’ right to play in competitive soccer leagues
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