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NWLC In The Press

Federal sexual violence stats sow confusion

Yet, the disparity among the data collections doesn’t necessarily hurt efforts to combat sexual violence, said Neena Chaudhry, education director and senior counsel of the National Women’s Law Center. “Whatever numbers we have,” she said,...

Bearing the Brunt of Unequal Pay

Authored by Fatima Goss Graves, senior vice president for program at the National Women’s Law Center.

Editorial: Black Women Aren’t Being Paid Equally—Not Even Close

According to the National Women's Law Center, over a lifetime of working, Black women will lose out on more than $877,000 in wages. That's close to a million dollars in lost earnings. It's a stunning...

A tech trail­blazer says no to the ­gender pay gap.

It’s not uncommon for organizations to conduct detailed analyses to gauge what employees make based on gender. It’s unusual, though, for the company to make that research public, like Salesforce did, says Maya Raghu of...

Insurers’ Fine Print May Exclude Health Care Important To Women

The study by researchers at the National Women's Law Center, an advocacy group based in Washington, D.C., examined exclusions in marketplace plans offered by 109 insurers in 16 states in 2014 and 2015.

Gender wage gap costs minority women more than $1m in some states

Black and Latino women will lose more than $877,000 and $1m respectively over a 40-year career compared to their white male counterparts, according to a report by the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC).