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NWLC In The Press

Andy Harris is working against equal pay in Md.

Equal pay for Americans should be non-negotiable — and shouldn’t be a debate at all here in Maryland. Yet even as we just observed Black Women’s Equal Pay Day and years of efforts to close...

Congressman Yoder pushes for bill to expand child care tax benefits

Amy Matsui, who works on child care tax issues at the National Women’s Law Center, said the bill “is a really important step forward.” “The high cost of child care is making families crazy,” Matsui...

How will survivors of campus sexual assault fare under Trump’s new order?

“We are deeply worried that the department will base policy on rape myths like those Candice Jackson perpetuated in her recent remarks,” said Brodsky, who represents many such clients in her work for the National...

The Threat to Birth-Control Access in the Trump Era

Gretchen Borchelt, the vice-president for reproductive rights and health at the National Women’s Law Center, has said that hundreds of thousands of women could lose access to their birth control “if this broad-based, appalling, and discriminatory rule...

The Unbearable Ambiguity of Job-Hunting While Pregnant

While laws in all four countries prohibit discrimination against pregnant women in the hiring process, experts say the problem persists regardless. Emily Martin, Vice President for Workplace Justice at the National Women's Law Center in...

Black women’s ‘equal pay day’ reminds us how persistent the wage gap is

Black women could lose $840,040 over a 40-year career compared to non-Hispanic white men, according to the National Women’s Law Center, and in some states, that wage gap could lead to a loss over $1 million.