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NWLC In The Press

The unique challenges that low-wage women face when they’re sexually harassed at work

Emily Martin knows the problem well. She’s the general counsel and vice president of workplace justice at the National Women’s Law Center, an organization that provides policy advocacy and legal counsel for female workers. Martin recalls a...

2 Education Dept. Picks Raise Fears on Civil Rights Enforcement

The coalition, which includes organizations like the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc. and the National Women’s Law Center, called it “one of the most significant decisions you and the president will make with...

Shortchanging Women: Four reasons why it takes women 10 more years to earn a man’s pay.

Op-Ed by Emily Martin, General Counsel and Vice President for Workplace Justice at NWLC.

13 reasons why a conversation about rape cultures is as important as one about suicide

According to the National Women's Law Center, spreading rumors about a person's sexual behavior is considered sexual harassment under Title IX, a federal law that prohibits discrimination based on sex in schools.

Equal Pay Day provides rallying point for women in workplace

“In the wake of the Women’s March, and the incredible energy we are seeing around political activism by women in particular, we expect this Equal Pay Day to be a big day,” said Emily Martin,...

Business groups try to quash federal equal pay project

“Ivanka Trump during the campaign said her father was going to be a champion for equal pay,” said Emily Martin, with the National Women’s Law Center. “So here’s a real choice to be made —...