As women-focused news outlet The 19th reported, “The National Women’s Law Center filed a lawsuit on behalf of 17 state domestic violence and sexual assault organizations on Monday, arguing that restrictions the Trump administration has placed on grants...
For a long time, sexual violence was seen as a part of life—something women were told to avoid, and blamed for when they couldn’t. Police departments often did little to investigate claims. Accusers were humiliated...
The suit was filed by local attorneys representing the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island, the Lawyers' Committee for Rhode Island, Democracy Forward, Jacobson Lawyers Group, and the National Women's Law Center.
The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) filed a lawsuit on behalf of 17 state domestic violence and sexual assault organizations on Monday, arguing that restrictions the Trump administration has placed on grants are illegal and conflict with...
“This is a clear example about how the anti-trans sports ban executive order doesn’t do anything to protect women and girls,” said Shiwali Patel, senior director of safe and inclusive schools at the National Women’s Law...
“Their rationale … assumes that masculinity is associated with athleticism and strength and that femininity is associated with weakness,” said Shiwali Patel, director of safe and inclusive schools at the National Women’s Law Center. “These are...
