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October Jobs Report: Women Continue To Lose Ground In Labor Market Despite Recent Gain

WASHINGTON — While October saw job gains for both women and men, new data points to a continuing labor force disparity, according to a National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) analysis of monthly jobs data from...

“The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Remains the Law,” NWLC Responds to EEOC Plans to Modify the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Washington, D.C. – The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is quietly moving to undermine the landmark Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), according to a New York Times report that describes the EEOC’s plans to restrict...

193 State Legislators from 48 States Urge Commerce Department to Withdraw Proposed 2030 Census Rule

WASHINGTON, D.C. — 193 state legislators representing 48 states on Monday called on the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Census Bureau to withdraw a proposed rule that would make unprecedented changes to how the...

NWLC on Trump-Vance Administration’s Final HHS Rule Weakening Disability Nondiscrimination Protections for People with Gender Dysphoria

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its final rule weakening disability nondiscrimination protections for people with gender dysphoria. Earlier this year, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) led a...

NWLC Warns St Mary SCOTUS Case Could Permit Discrimination Against Children of Same-Sex Couples and Undermine Universal Preschool Programs

WASHINGTON D.C. - On Nov. 3, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in St. Mary Catholic Parish in Littleton v. Roy, a case that challenges whether faith-based preschool providers receiving state funding...

NWLC Responds to the Passing of Dolores Huerta

WASHINGTON — Upon learning about the death of Dolores Huerta, National Women’s Law Center CEO and President Fatima Goss Graves issued the following statement: “Dolores Huerta leaves behind an extraordinary legacy and we are heartbroken...

NWLC and Democracy Forward Appeal Ruling in Fight to Restore Workplace Protections for Trans Workers

Richmond, Va. – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) and Democracy Forward, on behalf of their client FreeState Justice, filed an opening brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit in FreeState...

NWLC: White House Establishes Women’s Health Division Amid Major Attacks on Women’s Health

Washington, DC – The Trump administration just announced an executive order establishing the Women’s Health Division at the National Institutes of Health, with the aim of “advancing women’s health” and “improving health outcomes in all...

Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit Against DOD for Withholding Records on Study of Women in Ground Combat Roles

NEW YORK – Today, the American Civil Liberties Union’s Women’s Rights Project (WRP), the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), and the Service Women’s Action Network (SWAN) filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) for failing to respond...

New NWLC Report Reveals Women Blocked from ACA-Guaranteed Birth Control

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) released a new report: Intended vs. Implemented: The Still Unfulfilled Promise of the Affordable Care Act’s Birth Control Benefit. The report reveals a pattern of...

State Legislators from all 50 States Urge HHS to Rescind Head Start Rule

WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than 360 state legislators representing all 50 states yesterday called on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to rescind its proposed rewrite of the Head Start Program Performance...

NWLC Condemns Recent EEOC Attacks on Trans Workers

Washington – This week, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced multiple settlements that undermine the rights of transgender workers. The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) condemns these actions and EEOC’s ongoing evasion of its...

September Jobs Report: Black Women’s Unemployment Increased

WASHINGTON — Data reveals 451,000 fewer women aged 20 and over are in the labor force now than in January, according to new National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) analysis of monthly jobs data from the...

Court Halts Unlawful DOJ Grant Restrictions For Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Providers

Washington, D.C. – A federal judge in Rhode Island has ruled in favor of state domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions and providers, ending a lawsuit that blocked the Trump-Vance administration’s unlawful conditions on federal...

NWLC Warns Dept. of Education’s Title IX Rule Erodes Protections for Student Survivors

WASHINGTON D.C., - Today the Department of Education issued a rule formally reviving the 2020 Title IX rule, which significantly weakens protections against sexual harassment in education. The Department’s move formally rescinds President Biden’s 2024...

NWLC Responds to Sentencing in Weinstein Trial

Washington, D.C. — Today, Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 15 years in prison after he was found guilty last year of a first-degree criminal sex act. Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National...

NWLC Condemns House Committee Passage of Pronatalist, Anti-Abortion Moms.Gov Legislation

Washington, DC – The House Committee on Ways and Means advanced the Republican-led H.R. 10356, a bill that would further politicize the pronatalist, anti-woman website, Moms.gov, which the Trump administration launched in May 2026. “Instead of fixing the politically biased,...

New Polling Finds Americans Struggling to Afford Basic Needs While Trump Administration Agenda Remains Unpopular

Washington, DC -- A new National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) survey conducted in partnership with YouGov from Aug. 12–18, finds that rising costs are leading many people to forgo essentials such as food, transportation, and...

Fatima Goss Graves Joins Members of Congress and Advocates to Protect Head Start

Washington, DC – Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), provided opening remarks today at a press conference attended by parents, children, advocates, and members of Congress, including members of the Democratic...

New Poverty Data Analysis by NWLC Shows the Wage Gap Widened for Black Women

Washington, DC — Today, the Census Bureau released its annual national poverty, income, and health insurance data for 2025, finding that Black women are still being left behind in earnings even as the wage gap...

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