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NWLC In The Press

An Obamacare repeal would be disastrous for me and my patients

I am not the only health-care provider whose job is at risk from the ACA repeal effort. Cuts to Medicaid in particular would threaten job stability; the National Women’s Law Center recently reported that 4.4...

Federal guidance, enforcement are crucial tools for overdue reform on campus sexual assault

Letter to the Editor by Fatima Goss Graves, President and CEO of NWLC

Flurry Of Laws Enacted On Women’s Access To Health Care

“People should be very concerned about what states are doing around Medicaid and women’s health now that the new administration has reversed Obama-era protections,” said Mara Gandal-Powers, senior counsel with the National Women’s Law Center.

BetterBrave helps women in the workplace fight sexual harassment

According to the National Women's Law Center, at least one-quarter of all women have experienced workplace sexual harassment. But the majority of those women — about 70 to 90 percent — don't make a formal complaint...

In Some Countries, Women Get Days Off for Period Pain

“It suggests women are uniquely handicapped in the workplace by the fact that they have periods,” said Emily Martin, vice president for workplace justice at the National Women’s Law Center.

Mattress Protest and Its Aftermath

Alexandra Brodsky, a civil rights lawyer and co-founder of the advocacy group Know Your IX, now working with the National Women’s Law Center, said she still can recall her first visceral reaction of hearing about...