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Trump Is Pushing Health Care Discrimination. Here’s How You Could Be Affected

Scheduling an appointment or transferring a phone call could be considered participating in a procedure, activists say. For instance, a health care worker could refuse to schedule an appointment for an ultrasound for a pregnant...

Butcher Katie Flannery carries on a family tradition

Much like the cattle whose beef she works with, Katie Flannery is — excuse the pun — something of a rare breed. She's a butcher, one of the few women working in a largely male-dominated...

What the U.S. can learn from Iceland’s new equal pay law

“Iceland is taking a front-end approach to pay disparities by putting the responsibility on the employers,” said Andrea Johnson, senior counsel for state policy for the National Women’s Law Center in the U.S. “This is...

How #TimesUp Is Keeping Its Word To Shut Down Sexual Harassment

To request legal assistance from Time's Up for sexual harassment or retaliation in the workplace, fill out this form at the National Women’s Law Center.

Here Are Three Ways Black Women Can Negotiate Success In The Boardroom

When it comes to representation in jobs that pay $100,000 or more annually, the National Women’s Law Center reports that Black women represent only 2.7% of workers and 6.2% of the total workforce. There is also an organizational...

‘I’m brave now!’ Victims of sexual harassment say they are finding their voice through new legal defense program

“The breadth of it is certainly startling,” said Fatima Goss Graves, president and chief executive of the National Women’s Law Center, which is administering the fund. “These women are just trying to do their jobs.”...