Supporting women working in low-wage jobs to know their rights at work and take action to get support when they are violated.

Community Partners

In many workplaces, women and other marginalized groups, face gender discrimination from employers who don’t know or choose not to follow laws that protect workers. This is especially true for low-wage and high-risk jobs, like domestic, janitorial, or hospitality work.
People with these jobs are often discriminated against or harassed, not paid fairly, or forced to choose between working or caring for their loved ones. In many cases, employees do not speak up because they fear retaliation from their employer. These unjust pressures and situations impact their well-being, their family’s well-being, and their economic stability. 
CUP worked with Legal Momentum and designer Vic Liu to create a fold-out poster in English and Spanish called Women, Know Your Rights! The guide breaks down New Yorkers rights in the workplace, around safety, fair pay, and discrimination, and protections they have, specifically against gender-based discrimination.
The guide illustrates how women can change their circumstances by knowing and advocating for their rights and the power of organizing with workers across other industries. With this information, workers most impacted by exploitative employers, will be able to identify unlawful decisions and behaviors, reach out for support, and ultimately change harmful situations at work.
Legal Momentum is distributing the guide in New York State to organizations that work to protect and serve the workplace rights of women

The cover and four-page spread from Woman, Know Your Rights!

Check out the Project

Women Know Your Rights At Work

CUP
<a href="https://welcometocup.org/people/pilar-finuccio" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Pilar Finuccio</a><a href="https://welcometocup.org/people/siyona-ravi" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Siyona Ravi</a>

Community Partner<a href="https://welcometocup.org/people/legal-momentum-women-valued-initiative" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Legal Momentum</a> Samantha Luce Seher Khawaja

Designer<a href="https://welcometocup.org/people/sean-suchara"></a><a href="https://welcometocup.org/people/vic-liu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> </a><a href="https://welcometocup.org/people/vic-liu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Vic Liu</a>

Project Collaborators

<h4> Special Thanks</h4>
Guadalupe Paleta, Magdalena Mejia, Lizbeth Huitzil-Paleta, Reyna Téllez, Jade Jones, Make the Road New York, and Emily Waters.<h4>Funding Support</h4>

Support for this project was provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. 
<h4>Product Details</h4>
8″ × 11″ color pamphlet; unfolds to 32″ × 22″ poster

Pinned Down? Rise Up!

What is Asylum?

Vendor Power

Break it Down!

Explore More Projects

Home

Our Projects

Women, Know Your Rights!

Breadcrumbs

Hyperakt is a purpose-driven design and innovation studio that elevates human dignity and ignites curiosity. Since 2001, co-founders Julia Zeltser and Deroy Peraza, along with the Hyperakt team, have been partnering with change-makers moving society forward. We believe in design’s power to build a future filled with courage, optimism, and honesty.

Hyperakt

The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) is a nonprofit organization that uses the power of design and art to increase meaningful civic engagement in partnership with historically marginalized communities.

Center for Urban Pedagogy

description

generator

keywords

https://welcometocup.org/assets/images/_1200x630_crop_center-center_82_none/CUP_Store_Women_Know_Your_Rights.jpg?mtime=1708204011

The CUP logo, is three letters, C, U, and P. An acronym for the organization.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/cup_photos/

https://www.instagram.com/we_are_cup/?hl=en

https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-center-for-urban-pedagogy-cup-/mycompany/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Urban_Pedagogy

https://welcometocup.org/projects/women-know-your-rights

referrer

robots

twitter:card

twitter:creator

twitter:description

https://welcometocup.org/assets/images/_800x418_crop_center-center_82_none/CUP_Store_Women_Know_Your_Rights.jpg?mtime=1708204011