Washington, DC – Fatima Goss Graves, President and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), released the following statement regarding the death of U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein. “Senator Dianne Feinstein was a true trailblazer...
Washington, DC – Using data from the latest round (Week 61) of the U.S. Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey, NWLC found that one in five women with children under 12 years old in the household...
(Washington, D.C.) Today, Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representatives Rosa DeLauro and Jan Schakowsky reintroduced the Schedules That Work Act and the Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights Act—two critically needed bills that will extend vital protections...
From 2018 to 2021, SKDK was on a monthly retainer with the TIME’s Up Legal Defense Fund (“the Fund”), an initiative that has been run by staff at the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) since...
Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released new data that revealed an historic increase in the country’s poverty rates. Between 2021 and 2022, the poverty rate as measured by the Supplemental Poverty Measure...
Washington, DC – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) today led nearly 1,000 child care providers and advocates from all 50 states, including more than 100 national organizations, in calling on Congress to immediately pass...
(Washington, D.C.) Today, the Biden Administration’s Department of Labor (DOL) proposed a rule to substantially strengthen the weak overtime regulations issued by the Trump Administration in 2019. Under the proposal, the annual salary threshold under...
Letter Underscores Importance of SNAP for Women; Cites Recent NWLC Data Showing Women Make Up Majority of SNAP Recipients Washington, DC – Today, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), MomsRising, and the Food Research &...
Washington, DC – Following the Biden administration’s release of its emergency aid priorities to Congress, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) released a statement urging President Biden to champion a critical investment of $16 billion...
(Washington, D.C.) Today, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), Know Your IX (KYIX), Harvard Law’s Cyberlaw Clinic, and Vanderbilt Law’s First Amendment Clinic, released Survivors Speaking Out, a new resource by and for survivors of...
Washington, DC – Today, President Biden will sign an Executive Order to implement reforms to the military justice system that significantly strengthen how the military handles sexual assault cases. The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC)...
Washington, DC – Today, The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) released a statement after the Senate Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee voted in a bipartisan fashion to increase funding...
(Washington, D.C.) Fourteen years since the federal minimum wage was increased in 2009, Congress today reintroduced the Raise the Wage Act, which would raise the minimum wage from $7.25 to $17 per hour by 2028—and...
Washington, DC – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) today released new data that analyzed the changes in wage growth for child care workers and other low-paid occupations during the COVID-19 pandemic. The data reveals...
Washington, DC – Today, the House narrowly passed an annual defense bill which includes several extreme amendments threatening the rights and health care access of service members and their families. The Republican-led amendments include prohibiting...
(Washington, D.C.) Today, the Senate in a 49-47 vote, confirmed Kalpana Kotagal as Commissioner to the U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) after an 18-month-long wait. The following is a statement by Emily Martin,...
Washington, DC – Today, the Food and Drug Administration approved Opill as the first-ever over-the-counter birth control pill in the United States. The decision reflects the extensive data and research presented to the FDA earlier...
WASHINGTON, DC, 5 de julio de 2023 - Las mujeres negras, indígenas y otras mujeres y niños de color soportan la carga sistémica de la inseguridad de los ingresos, el escaso acceso a los servicios...
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 5, 2023 – Black, Indigenous, and other women and children of color are bearing the systemic burden of income insecurity, minimal child care access, and child care unaffordability, yet the stories of...
(Washington, D.C.) — Today’s Supreme Court decision in 303 Creative opens a new loophole in Colorado's Anti-Discrimination Act, which protects individuals, including LGBTQ+ people, from discrimination in various spheres including public accommodations. The case...
