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Insurers’ Fine Print May Exclude Health Care Important To Women

The study by researchers at the National Women's Law Center, an advocacy group based in Washington, D.C., examined exclusions in marketplace plans offered by 109 insurers in 16 states in 2014 and 2015.

Gender wage gap costs minority women more than $1m in some states

Black and Latino women will lose more than $877,000 and $1m respectively over a 40-year career compared to their white male counterparts, according to a report by the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC).

Baylor sexual assault victims met with skepticism, little assistance from university

In any case involving a possible sexual assault, counseling and medical services should be made available promptly, as should any other assistance to ensure that a victim feels safe, said Neena Chaudhry, director of education...

Feds Seek Comments On Free Contraceptive Coverage

“It’s important for folks to weigh in,” says Janel George, a lawyer with the National Women’s Law Center which filed a friend of the court brief in Zubik, along with 68 other groups. “We think...

Donald Trump just argued that sexual harassment victims should fix their own problems

Fatima Goss Graves, senior vice president for program at the National Women’s Law Center, said it’s not a worker’s responsibility to fend off predatory colleagues. Under the law, employers can face penalties for failing to...

Ivanka Trump Stays Mostly Mum on Being Dragged Into Debate on Sexual Harassment

Fatima Goss Graves, the senior vice president at the National Women’s Law Center, said harassment was one of the ways women were pushed out of some sectors like the tech industry. The E.E.O.C. received almost...