Washington, DC — June, 14, 2024 — Yesterday, a federal judge in Monroe, Louisiana, ruled in favor of four states, the Louisiana Department of Education, and 18 school boards challenging the Biden administration's recent changes...
Washington, DC — June 13, 2024 — Today, the Supreme Court ruled that the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine doesn’t have standing to challenge the FDA’s approval of mifepristone, leaving access to the medication unchanged. In...
More than 20 Workers’ Rights, Gender Justice, and Faith Organizations Submit an Amicus Brief Opposing Attacks on Workplace Accommodations NEW ORLEANS — Yesterday, a broad coalition of 21 workers’ rights, gender justice, and faith organizations...
SAN DIEGO — June 6, 2024 — Today, the National Women's Law Center (NWLC), in partnership with the law firm Fenwick & West LLP, submitted a legal demand letter to CVS Health after Angela Costales was...
Washington, DC - June 5, 2024 - Fatima Goss Graves, President and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center, issued the following statement after the Senate rejected a bill that would have codified a right to...
The following is a statement by Emily Martin, NWLC Chief Program Officer: "Black women receive a tiny fraction of venture capital in the U.S., and as the dissent in this case noted, 'are grossly underrepresented...
Washington, DC — June 4, 2024 — The Senate is expecting to hold a crucial floor vote on the Right to Contraception Act this week, legislation reintroduced by Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Mazie Hirono (D-HI),...
More than 20 Labor, Workers’ Rights, and Gender Justice Organizations Submit an Amicus Brief Opposing Attack on Workplace Accommodations WASHINGTON — A broad coalition of more than 20 labor, workers’ rights, and gender justice organizations...
WASHINGTON – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) joined more than 100 public interest organizations in calling on Congress to allow tax breaks for the wealthiest, which were enacted as part of the 2017 Republican-passed...
WASHINGTON, DC, May 13, 2024 - Today, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) filed two complaints with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR), urging an investigation into Georgia’s Cobb County School...
Washington, DC – Nearly 100 days after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the bipartisan Tax Relief for American Families Act, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) is leading 80 national organizations in calling on...
ATLANTA – As part of its 50-year mission defending the rights of women and girls under Title IX, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) filed a motion in federal court today seeking to intervene in...
NEW YORK, May 3, 2024 – The plaintiffs who brought a federal class action suit against Aetna over claims of discriminatory practices faced by LGBTQ+ policyholders seeking fertility treatment have reached a settlement with the...
MIAMI — Today, the National Women's Law Center (NWLC) and Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released a report that examines the experiences Black girls have with school safety and school policing. The report, Keep Her...
(Washington, D.C.) Today, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued its updated enforcement guidance on workplace harassment, a version of which was originally proposed in January 2017 and blocked by the Trump administration. The guidance...
(Washington, D.C.) Today, the Biden Administration’s Department of Labor (DOL) announced new regulations for the H-2A agricultural guestworker program. The new regulations will provide much needed improvements to empower the hundreds of thousands of temporary agricultural workers...
(Washington, D.C.) Yesterday, 17 Republican state attorneys general sued the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to block its final rule to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. The EEOC’s rule recognizes that the Pregnant...
Washington, DC - Earlier this week, NWLC joined over 50 organizations in urging the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to protect the rights of transgender women seeking to participate in sports as their authentic selves....
(Washington, D.C.)Â Today, Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed pay range transparency bill HB 649/SB 525, which requires employers to list pay ranges in job postings. The law will go into effect on October 1, 2024....
The following is a statement from Fatima Goss Graves, President and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center and a co-founder of the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund: "The misstep by New York’s appellate court...
