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NWLC Condemns Olympic Committee’s Transgender Athlete Ban and Embrace of Sex-Testing

Washington, D.C. – Today, the International Olympic Committee banned transgender and intersex athletes from competing in women’s Olympic sporting events. Brian Dittmeier, director of LGBTQI equality at the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), issued the...

Leading Gender Justice Coalitions Denounce the SAVE America Act as Dangerous For Women and Gender Expansive People

Washington, DC - The Women’s Disinformation Defense Project (WDDP) and the Gender Equity Coalition (GEC), including over 120 organizations at the forefront of the gender justice movement whose member organizations collectively reach millions across the...

NWLC on HHS Investigating States for Protecting Coverage for Abortion Care

Washington, DC – Today, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced it is launching an investigation into 13 states that require health insurance plans to cover abortion care....

NWLC Reacts to Allegations of Sexual Assaults by Cesar Chavez

The following is a statement by Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC): WASHINGTON, D.C. - “We are deeply disturbed and saddened by the shocking allegations of abuse and sexual violence against Cesar Chavez. For the National Women’s Law Center, and...

Senate Confirms Anti-Civil Rights Lawyer Anna St. John to District Court in Louisiana

Washington, DC – The U.S. Senate today confirmed Anna St. John to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in a 51-45 party line vote. “Anna St. John has built her career fighting to...

NWLC Joins Civil Rights Groups in Filing FOIA Request Seeking Records on Trump’s Racially Motivated and Unfounded Claims of Fraud in Child Care

Washington, DC -- The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) joined the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other civil rights groups in filing a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) seeking transparency from the...

February Jobs Report: Black Women in Economic Turmoil

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The unemployment rate for Black women continues its climb, according to the most recent National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) jobs analysis of monthly data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Black women’s...

NWLC Reacts to EEOC’s Latest Move to Attack Transgender Workers’ Rights

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a federal sector decision reversing its position that transgender workers have the right to access bathrooms and other sex-segregated facilities consistent with their...

NWLC and Student Advocacy Groups Demand Department of Education Action on Student Sexual Violence Complaints Under Title IX

WASHINGTON – Today the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), with nine survivor advocacy organizations, delivered a letter to Secretary of Education Linda McMahon and Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Kim Richey, demanding that the Department...

80 National Gender Justice Organizations Urge Congress to End ICE and CBP Abuse

WASHINGTON — Amid an escalating wave of militarized immigration enforcement, the Gender Equity Coalition (GEC), joined by 80 organizations and movement allies, delivered a letter today demanding that Congress use its constitutional oversight and funding authority...

House Passes SAVE Act 2.0 to Suppress Millions of Eligible Voters

WASHINGTON - Today the House voted 218 - 213 to pass the SAVE America Act (S. 1383). The bill is an escalation of the previously introduced SAVE Act that would not only require voters to...

New Poll: Women Blame Trump for Cost-of-Living Crisis

Washington, DC — A new National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) poll finds that many Americans report being financially worse off compared to a year ago. The poll also found that an overwhelming majority of voters...

More Than 200 State Policymakers from all 50 States Urge Congressional Action to Restore Child Care Funding

Washington, DC – As the Trump administration moves to freeze or delay vital federal child care funding, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), State Innovation Exchange (SiX), and the Child Care for Every Family Network...

NWLC Reacts to Troubling GAO Report Concerning the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights

WASHINGTON - Today the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a damning report outlining the harmful effects of the Trump administration’s Reduction-in-Force (RIF) efforts at the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, an office that...

Wage Gap Data Widens for Second Consecutive Year, First Time Since 1960

Washington, D.C. - The wage gap continues to widen between women and men, and remains worse for Black women and other women of color working full time, year-round, according to an annual report by the...

NWLC Finds Americans Strongly Support Abortion Coverage in Health Plans

Washington, DC - In the wake of Trump’s "One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which ended enhanced premium tax credits for people who get their health care through the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the National Women’s...

Breaking: Trump Administration To Rescind Harassment Guidance

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will vote to rescind its Enforcement Guidance on Workplace Harassment. The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) authored a letter, joining over 70 organizations in opposing...

NWLC Says Pregnant Students’ Rights Act Fails to Support Students

WASHINGTON - Today the House voted 217 - 211 to pass the Pregnant Students’ Rights Act (PSRA)—a thinly veiled anti-abortion law that does not address the systemic barriers pregnant students face when furthering their education....

NWLC Leads More Than 100 Groups in Opposing Trump Administration Rule Attacking Trans and Disability Rights

Washington, DC – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) is leading more than 100 organizations in opposing a Trump administration rule that seeks to weaken federal disability nondiscrimination protections for people with gender dysphoria in...

NWLC Expert Testifies in Front of House Subcommittee on Child Care Affordability, Trump’s Recent Child Care Attacks

Washington, DC – Today, the vice president of income security and child care at the National Women’s Law Center, Amy Matsui, testified before lawmakers about the urgent need for robust, sustained federal investments in child care. Watch the full hearing here. Matsui forcefully challenged the...

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