The following is a statement by Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC): “For over two years, families, advocates, and economists have raised alarms about the critical state of...
The following is a statement by Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC): “In the first electoral test since the overturning of Roe, Kansans resoundingly rejected a dangerous and...
The following is a statement by Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC): "Today we celebrate the nomination of Julie Rikelman to the federal bench. Rikelman’s extensive experience and...
(Washington, D.C.) Today, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (“NAS”) released its highly anticipated report evaluating the quality and value of pay data collected by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) through...
The following is a statement by Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC): “The decision to leave child care - and other meaningful investments that would reduce the cost...
(Washington, D.C.) Today, the Biden administration took action to strengthen regulations implementing the Health Care Rights Law, otherwise known as Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The law prohibits discrimination in health care...
The following is a statement by Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women's Law Center (NWLC): "We commend the President for making it clear that the full weight of the government will...
The following is a statement by Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC): "Today, we mourn—both for the loss of our reproductive freedom, and for our faith in the...
(Washington, D.C.) The following is a statement by Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women's Law Center (NWLC): “Today, on Title IX’s 50th anniversary, the Biden administration has taken critical action to...
(Washington, DC) Today, in anticipation of Title IX’s 50th anniversary on June 23, 2022, the National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education (NCWGE) which includes 35 organizations advocating for gender justice in education including...
(Albany, New York – May 9, 2022) -- Today, on the first day of National Hospital Week, advocates, lawmakers and directly-impacted New Yorkers gathered at 4:00 p.m. ET at the state Capitol urging the passage...
(Washington, D.C.) Today, anti-abortion senators yet again blocked consideration of the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA). This is the second time this year that WHPA has been brought to the floor for a vote in...
(Washington D.C.) In August 2021 the National Women’s Law Center, American Civil Liberties Union, and NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund filed an amicus brief in support of Jane Cummings and her disability discrimination case....
New Brief Underscores Presidential Authority to Raise Pay Standards for Workers on Federal Contract Washington, D.C. — Late yesterday, a coalition of organizations and labor unions, including the National Women’s Law Center, National Employment Law...
(Washington, DC – April 26, 2022) — “The National Women’s Law Center, along with the Purple Campaign and Legal Momentum, applaud the court's decision today in Caryn Devins Strickland v. United States et. al. This landmark...
(Washington, DC – April 15, 2022) -- The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) announced a new campaign today to Tax the Patriarchy with the release of a new report, Advancing Gender and Racial Equity by...
(Washington, D.C.) After the Senate voted to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court, the following statement was issued by Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s...
(Washington, D.C.) Today, a group of former McDonald’s restaurant workers who brought a class-action lawsuit that alleges rampant sexual harassment by a manager won a $1.5 million settlement resolving the matter. The lawsuit was originally...
Nearly four in 10 women report their family’s finances are worse than in February 2020 (Washington, D.C.) Today, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) released a national quantitative poll and a report, Resilient But Not...
(Washington, D.C.) Today, the Mississippi legislature passed legislation that will explicitly allow employers to justify paying a woman less than a man doing the same job for reasons that are known to perpetuate wage gaps, like...
