Washington, DC — The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) has released a new fact sheet highlighting the critical role that immigrant women play in the U.S. workforce, with original data identifying the industries and occupations where they are most...
Washington, D.C. (May 22, 2025) – Yesterday, a federal district court in Louisiana struck down portions of a rule that acknowledges that the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) protects workers’ right to reasonable accommodations related...
WASHINGTON, DC (May 21, 2025) – Today, the House Judiciary Committee is holding a markup on a slate of bills, including one from Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, that would repeal the Freedom of Access to...
Washington, D.C. (May 16, 2025) - Yesterday, a federal district court in Texas struck down portions of the EEOC’s updated Enforcement Guidance on Workplace Harassment (Harassment Guidance) that explain that federal law prohibits workplace harassment...
WASHINGTON, DC (May 15, 2025) — During a Senate HELP Committee hearing, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced that he has directed the Food and Drug Administration to conduct a comprehensive...
Washington, DC – As congressional Republicans and the Trump administration push for deep cuts to essential government programs, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) has released a comprehensive new resource highlighting the critical role these...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 7, 2025) — Today, Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), testified before the House Oversight Subcommittee on Delivery on Government Efficiency (DOGE) to oppose the...
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — (May 6, 2025) On Tuesday, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), ACLU of Virginia, and Equality Virginia called on the executive committee of the Virginia High School League (VHSL) to reverse its discriminatory and unnecessary ban...
Washington, D.C. (May 6, 2025) - A new report by the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) reveals that women and people of color make up a majority of the federal workers in departments targeted by...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 5, 2025) — A new survey from the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) and Pregnancy Justice reveals that a majority of likely voters oppose policies that grant legal rights to fertilized eggs,...
Washington, DC – To mark 100 days of Donald Trump’s second term, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) launched a new resource outlining how President Trump’s efforts to implement his extreme Project 2025 agenda is harming...
WASHINGTON, DC – April 25, 2025 — Today, the FBI arrested Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan on suspicion of shielding an immigrant man from federal agents. In response, Alison Gill, director of nominations and democracy at...
Washington, DC (April 23) – Donald Trump signed an executive order to roll back the protections afforded to Americans against discrimination that has a “disparate impact” based on race, sex, or other protected characteristics and that is...
Washington, DC (April 22) — The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) released a new resource exploring the vital connection between immigration and the nation’s caregiving infrastructure. Four Things You Should Know About How Immigration Impacts Care Work underscores the indispensable...
Washington, DC ( April 17) — Last night, the Department of Labor placed hundreds of staff from its Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs on administrative leave, undermining decades of progress by a civil rights...
(Washington, D.C. April 15) — Today, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) filed Freedom of Information Act requests to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) seeking information on recent actions that threaten the agency’s...
Washington, D.C. (April 14, 2025) — A new report from the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) exposes the devastating reality of reproductive health care and resource deserts where abortion care, pregnancy care, broadband internet, and...
Washington, DC (April 11) — The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) released a statement following reporting that Donald Trump and DOGE fired the entire office at the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 11, 2025) - The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) and GLSEN are leading more than 40 civil rights and education organizations in urging the Department of Education to stop their illegal weaponization of civil rights laws from discriminating against transgender,...
Washington, D.C. (April 9, 2025) — A new report from the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) exposes the growing threats to birth control rights and access in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision to...
