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House Passes Vital Support for Child Care Providers, Workers, and Families 

(Washington, D.C.) The House of Representatives today passed two historic measures to stabilize the nation’s child care industry as it faces mass layoffs, closures, and health risks in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. The...

NWLC Reacts to Senate Coronavirus Stimulus Plan

(Washington, D.C.) In response to a series of the measure introduced in the Senate this week, the National Women’s Law Center provided the following analysis: Fatima Goss Graves, President and CEO: “As it stands now,...

Civil Rights Orgs, Harvard CHLPI, and Firm Hogan Lovells File Lawsuit Against Trump Administration’s Rule Undermining ACA’s Non-Discrimination Protections

(Boston, MA) Today, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), Transgender Law Center (TLC), the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF), the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation (CHLPI) of Harvard Law School, and...

NWLC Settles Two Pennsylvania Title IX Lawsuits Alleging Sexual Assault and Dating Violence

The Pennridge School District, the National Women’s Law Center, and DLA Piper LLP (US) have agreed to settle two lawsuits.  These litigation matters involved allegations that the District and former administrators failed to adequately address...

NWLC Reacts to Supreme Court’s Devastating Decision on Birth Control

(Washington, D.C.) Though the legal fight could continue in lower courts, the Supreme Court today approved of the Trump-Pence Administration’s rules regarding birth control coverage. The rules allow virtually any employer or university to exempt itself...

NWLC Responds to 2021 House Spending Bill

(Washington, D.C.) Today, the U.S. House of Representatives lawmakers will markup the fiscal 2021 appropriations bill. The National Women's Law Center (NWLC) responds below to various elements of the bill, including inclusion of the Hyde...

NWLC Supports Senator Gillibrand’s and Representative Speier’s Call for the Department of Defense Inspector General to Investigate the Death of Army Private Vanessa Guillen

(Washington, D.C.) The Guillen family’s attorney, Natalie Khawam, confirmed that the human remains that were found on June 30, 2020 near the Fort Hood base are those of Army Private First Class Vanessa Guillen who...

NWLC Adds 7 Student Plaintiffs to Lawsuit Challenging Title IX Sexual Harassment Rule

(Washington, D.C.) Today, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), along with co-counsel Morrison & Foerster LLP and Diane Rosenfeld of Harvard Law School in her individual capacity, filed an amended lawsuit against Betsy DeVos and...

NWLC Responds to SCOTUS June Abortion Decision

(Washington, D.C.) Today, the Supreme Court struck down a medically unnecessary abortion restriction in the high-stakes abortion case, June Medical Services v. Russo.  In the case, abortion providers challenged a Louisiana law that requires physicians...

New Initiative Brings Survivors of Sexual Violence Together to Create Bold Solutions to End Rape Culture

(Washington, D.C) At this critical moment of a global pandemic and a national uprising against systemic racism in the United States, MeToo national leaders today announced the launch of a multi-racial, survivor-led collective—The Survivors’ Agenda—that...

NWLC Launches First-Of-Its-Kind Advocacy Curriculum Centering LGBTQ+ Students of Color

(Washington, D.C.) Today, in celebration of Pride Month and on the anniversary of Title IX, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) is launching Brick by Brick, a first-of-its-kind project designed to build and inspire current...

NWLC Announces Legal Network for Gender Equity’s Expanded Services to Help Workers Secure COVID-19 Emergency Paid Leave

(Washington, D.C.) As workers across the country face the challenges of being called back to work during a devastating pandemic while schools and child care providers remain closed, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) today...

Supreme Court Affirms Workplace Equality Rights of Women and LGBTQ Individuals

(Washington, D.C.) The Supreme Court ruled on behalf of three LGBTQ employees who were fired explicitly because of their sexual orientation or gender identity by their respective employers. Siding with decades of legal precedent, the Court ruled in favor of the...

Trump Administration Issues Final Rule Undermining ACA’s Non-Discrimination Protections

(Washington, D.C.) The following is a statement from Fatima Goss Graves, President and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center:  “The Trump-Pence Administration should be ashamed of itself for finalizing a rule that puts the lives...

NWLC Files Lawsuit Against Betsy DeVos, Trump Administration’s Sexual Harassment Rules

(Washington, D.C.) Today, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), along with co-counsel Morrison & Foerster LLP and Diane Rosenfeld of Harvard Law School in her individual capacity, filed a lawsuit against Betsy DeVos and the...

NWLC: “We Need Leaders Now, Not Tomorrow, Who Will Fight for Justice”

The following is a statement from Fatima Goss Graves, President and CEO of the National Women's Law Center: “The pain, hurt, and trauma of generations are on display throughout the country right now. We watched...

Black Women Tell Their Stories of Sexual Abuse by Music Mogul, Russell Simmons, in “On the Record” Documentary

The following is a statement by Fatima Goss Graves, President and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC): “For too long, Black women’s lived experiences and struggles as survivors have been erased from the...

NWLC Responds to House Proposal For Next Coronavirus Relief Measure (HEROES Act) 

(Washington, D.C.) The following is a statement from Fatima Goss Graves, President and CEO of the National Women's Law Center: “The HEROES Act introduced by the House this week goes a long way toward immediate...

SCOTUS Hears Arguments In Right of Religious Employers to Subvert Civil Rights Laws

Update: On July 7, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the two teachers in these cases, providing ample room for religious employers to discriminate against teaches and other workers without regard to civil rights...

Reproductive Rights and Justice Advocates React to Oral Arguments in Supreme Court Case Concerning Birth Control Access

Washington, D.C. -- Today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two consolidated cases—Trump v. Pennsylvania and Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania—both challenging the Trump administration’s rules that...