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Within a month of that decision, Congress passed the Ledbetter Act, which modified the time limit for when a charge of discrimination needs to be filed in certain cases, and the workers filed a motion to alter judgment in the case.
It has empowered civil society organizations to demand that governments respect women's human rights and to adopt policies to limit sex trafficking, domestic violence, child marriage and discrimination in the workplace.