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Here’s How The Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund Actually Works

One of the goals is to help defray the legal costs for women who've been sexually harassed. The Time's Up legal defense fund has reached $21 million. But how does the fund actually work? NPR's...

A Yale Student Accused Her Classmate of Rape. His Lawyers Asked What She Was Wearing and How Much She Drank

That type of questioning blames alleged victims and may discourage other women from coming forward with accusations, said Fatima Goss Graves, president of the National Women’s Law Center, which advocates for women’s rights, including on...

Yale Rape Verdict Shows How ‘Yes Means Yes’ Can Be Murkier in Court

Alexandra Brodsky, a lawyer at the National Women’s Law Center who graduated from Yale College and Yale Law School, said, “Schools have adopted consent as an educational tool, but that sometimes means we end up...

American Express Joins Chorus Declaring Gender Pay Parity

Women make up 50 percent of American Express’s work force and only 30 percent of managers, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The U.S. gender pay gap has been stuck at around 20 percent for...

The most pressing question of Women’s History Month: What is feminism in 2018?

Of similar mindset regarding the women’s movement and what it is and what it should be is Fatima Goss Graves, the president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC). “The people saying, ‘The movement...

McDonald’s flipped its logo to ‘celebrate’ women. Then came the backlash

It is also not the first time women's groups have identified the minimum wage as a feminist issue. The National Women's Law Center, a nonprofit advocacy group, has argued that raising the minimum is key to closing the gender...