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...
Still, Shiwali Patel, senior director of safe and inclusive schools for the National Women’s Law Center, called the Energy Department rule “blatant sexism, and harmful to women and girls.” ″The Trump administration is trying to gut...
“Technically, it just takes one significant adverse comment for them to have to withdraw the rule or to go through the notice of proposed rulemaking,” said Shiwali Patel, senior director of safe and inclusive schools...
