(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...
(Washington, D.C.) The following is a statement from Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center: “Over the last three days, people across this country have been introduced to the professionalism...
(Washington, D.C.) On March 15, 2022, President Biden signed an Executive Order that will require the federal government to determine how to limit or prohibit federal contractors and subcontractors from using salary history to set...
Case filed on the eve of Equal Pay Day (Washington, D.C.) Today, Dr. Yvonne Schulman, represented by the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) and law firm partners Kakalec Law PLLC and Harrison, Harrison & Associates,...
(Washington, D.C.) Today, anti-abortion senators blocked consideration of the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) after the House of Representatives passed it in September 2021. WHPA is federal legislation that would create a federal safeguard against...
(Washington, D.C.) In the wake of President Biden’s nomination of D.C. Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court, a position for which she’d be the first Black...
(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 pieces of critical legislation that will afford vital...
(Washington, D.C.) This morning, the Senate passed by voice vote the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021. The House passed its version February 7, 2022, by a vote of...
(Washington, D.C.) Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, held a roundtable with six former Washington...
(Washington D.C.) In response to the announced retirement of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, the following statement was issued by Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center: “Justice Stephen Breyer...
(Washington, D.C.) Today, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) released a report, “Forced Sterilization of Disabled People in the United States,” with contributions by the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN). The report unveils groundbreaking...
