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...
(Washington, D.C.) — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to strike down race-conscious admissions policies, sometimes called “affirmative action,” in a pair of cases previously heard before the Court on October 31, 2022. The decision...
Washington, DC – To mark the 51st anniversary of Title IX, which bans discrimination on the basis of sex in education, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), along with Advocates for Youth, End Rape on...
(Washington, D.C.) Today, the Biden administration issued an executive action to strengthen access to contraception. This action comes one day before the one-year anniversary of the devastating Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision. The...
Washington, DC - Today, almost one year since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) launched the Abortion Access Legal Defense Fund (Abortion Access LDF) to help...
The following is a statement by Emily Martin, Vice President for Education and Workplace Justice at the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC): “The pandemic made it impossible to ignore what we already knew: a large...
(Washington, D.C.) Today, the Equality Act is set to be introduced again in Congress. The Equality Act would provide protections for LGBTQ people across the country by including the following: Providing consistent and explicit non-discrimination...
The following is a statement by Erinn D. Martin, Director of Nominations & Cross-Cutting Policies at the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC): “We are elated to celebrate the confirmation of Julie Rikelman – a renowned...
(Washington, D.C.) After Target announced it was pulling some Pride merchandise from stores in response to extremist threats, GLSEN and other leading LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations released a statement calling on the business community to rise...
