NWLC In The Press

Gloria Steinem lived to see a backlash against the strides she helped make for feminism

The Associated Press SEP 4, 2026

Fatima Goss Graves, CEO of the National Women’s Law Center, said progressive proposals — such as expanded and longer paid family leave and better access to affordable child care — are in fact about championing...

Gloria Steinem wasn’t in the fight just for White women

The 19th SEP 3, 2026

“Early on, she understood that the legal and political fights, the policy fights, that we were having, they were really cultural conversations around who we were as a country, and she leaned in,” said Fatima...

Education Department’s latest civil rights data redacts hundreds of LGBTQ+ entries

K-12 Dive SEP 3, 2026

“The Trump administration should not be purposefully withholding data from the public, especially data that could be used to help and support students,” said Brian Dittmeier, director of LGBTQI+ equality at the National Women’s Law Center, in an...

These women were laid off while on maternity leave. Yes, it’s legal, and probably more common than you thought

CNBC SEP 3, 2026

Recent data shows women are bearing the brunt of job losses. Some 845,000 women have left the workforce since the beginning of the year, more than double the amount of men, according to a National Women’s...

Federal Judge Rules Trump Cannot Force Schools To Exclude Trans Athletes In California

Erin in the Morning SEP 3, 2026

Brian Dittmeier, Director of LGBTQI+ Equality at the National Women’s Law Center, said that while the case focused on the Spending Clause instead of other Constitutional provisions, like Equal Protection, it still sends a powerful...

This data has helped fight workplace discrimination for 60 years. The Trump administration plans to delete it

The Guardian SEP 2, 2026

“Getting rid of this data collection is part of a larger effort to weaponize civil rights enforcement and flip the laws that we have on their head,” said Katie Sandson, senior counsel on the education...