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NWLC In The Press

It’s not the white working class that is hurting the most

Recent reports have revealed troubling facts about the wage gap. Census data analyzed by the National Women’s Law Center shows that, while women overall make only 80 cents for every dollar paid to a man,...

Pennridge High School sued for race and sex discrimination

The National Women’s Law Center has joined a lawsuit by a former Pennridge High School student alleging that the Bucks County district discriminated against her by not coming to her aid when classmates called her...

Powerful new PSA shows black girls standing up to racist school policies

A powerful new video proves that young black girls are smart, capable and powerful — even in the face of unfair school policies. The video, part of the Let Her Learn campaign from the National...

How Obama Took An Existing Feminist Law And Made It Even Stronger

“Obviously we’re concerned there will be a rollback in enforcement,” said Neena Chaudhry, director of education and senior counsel at the National Women’s Law Center in Washington. “There’s a lot of understandable anxiety based on...

2017 is shaping up to be a banner year for anti-LGBT discrimination

Lambda Legal reports that over half of LGBT individuals claim to have experienced discrimination from a healthcare provider. Meanwhile, more than a quarter of trans respondents told the National Women’s Law Center in 2014 that...

Children, parents, U.S. suffer because quality, affordable child care is lacking

“So few children receive child-care subsidies … because we fail to recognize that child care is a basic,” said Helen Blank, the National Women’s Law Center’s child care and early learning director.