History
Equal Rights Advocates (ERA) is a national civil rights organization dedicated to protecting and expanding economic and educational access and opportunities for women and girls. Through its campaign approach - incorporating public education, legislative advocacy and litigation - ERA seeks to assist women and girls throughout a life-long continuum: from their first encounters with an educational system or athletic opportunity through their first experiences in the labor workforce and as they seek to reconcile work and family responsibilities.
Specialties
Equal Rights Advocates (ERA) is a nonprofit legal organization dedicated to protecting and expanding economic and educational access and opportunities for women and girls. ERA works to eradicate illegal discriminatory practices that deny women advancement opportunities, equal compensation, and access to certain occupations. ERA demands that employers provide women with a work environment that is free of sexual harassment and in compliance with health and safety laws. ERA enforces family and medical leave and pregnancy protection laws, and is active in the effort to establish paid family and medical leave.