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NWLC In The Press

The U.S. already has a high-quality, universal childcare program—in the military

“It was shocking,” said Helen Blank, director of childcare and early learning at the National Women’s Law Center… “It’s not a miracle,” Blank said. “It’s the determination, and you have to fund it. You have...

Not Looking for Patterns

Alexandra Brodsky, a co-founder of Know Your IX and a fellow at the National Women’s Law Center, said the OCR process is designed to be friendly to students and families who don’t have access to...

The Surprising Sexism of Maternity Leave

"Providing equal parental leave to men and women is an important step in trying to get at a lot of cultural stereotypes and starting to chip away at the assumption that women do and should...

Rolling back the birth control mandate is part of a much larger GOP strategy

Two nonprofit organizations have already committed to challenging this regulation in court, should the Trump administration publish this as its final rule. Both the National Women’s Law Center and the ACLU say they would file...

Trump moves to allow broad exemption from ACA birth-control coverage

Gretchen Borchelt, vice president for reproductive rights and health at the National Women’s Law Center, said the organization will probably challenge the draft regulation in court. The new rulemaking would violate the Administrative Procedure Act...

Trump’s administration wants to hide colleges that have problems with sexual assault

The list is also essential for the public’s efforts to hold the department accountable. Jackson tells us she’s doing her job, but how can we know? (Recently, the National Women’s Law Center had to sue the department...