Press Room

NWLC Condemns Department of Education Action Weakening Protections from Discrimination in Career and Technical Education

JUL 22, 2026

Washington, D.C. - Today the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) condemned the U.S. Department of Education’s removal of critical guardrails protecting students from discrimination in career and technical education programs (formerly referred to as “vocational...

NWLC Reacts to Confirmation of Benjamin Flowers to Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

JUL 22, 2026

Washington, D.C. - Today the Senate voted 49-46 to confirm Benjamin Flowers to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Flowers was nominated to the position by President Trump on April 9, 2026. ...

“A Grave Attack on Civil Rights Enforcement,” NWLC Reacts to EEOC Voting to End EEO-1 Data Collection

JUL 21, 2026

Washington, DC – Today, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted to issue a proposed rule that would rescind its longstanding regulations that required large employers to submit crucial workforce demographic data through the EEO-1...

Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit Against the HHS for Withholding Information About Child Care Funding Restrictions

JUL 20, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, civil rights groups filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for failing to respond to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking transparency about the...

NWLC Urges Senate to Oppose Todd Blanche for Attorney General

JUL 15, 2026

Washington, D.C. - Today, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) publicly announced its opposition to Todd Blanche, President Trump’s nominee for Attorney General. The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a two-day confirmation hearing for Blanche...

All 50 States Sound Alarm on Trump’s Plan to Hijack $1.1 Trillion in Federal Grants

JUL 14, 2026

Washington, DC – A bipartisan group of state policymakers and local government officials from all 50 states is urging the Trump administration to abandon a proposal they say would allow politics — not community needs...

June Jobs Report: Women’s Job Losses Double Compared to This Time Last Year 

JUL 2, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. —  The economy gained 57,000 jobs in June but these gains are small compared to the 671,000 people who left the labor force in June, according to a National Women’s Law Center (NWLC)...

NWLC Sounds Alarm on Project 2025 Plan to Politicize More Than $1 Trillion in Federal Funding

JUL 1, 2026

Washington, DC – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) released a new fact sheet detailing how a Trump administration proposal to overhaul federal grantmaking would give presidential appointees unprecedented political control over more than $1.1 trillion in annual...

NWLC Reacts to EEOC Rescinding Decades-Old Affirmative Action Guidelines

JUN 30, 2026

Washington, DC – The EEOC announced today that it voted to rescind its longstanding guidance documents on affirmative action. Rescinding these guidelines does not overrule Supreme Court case law, but it will create confusion for...

NWLC on SCOTUS Hecox Decision: ‘Devastating Setback for Title IX’

JUN 30, 2026

WASHINGTON D.C. - The Supreme Court’s ruling today in Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B. P. J. allows states to ban transgender women and girls from playing on women and girls school sports...

Title IX Turns 54 Amid Barrage of Attacks on Vulnerable Students

JUN 23, 2026

Washington, D.C. - Today marks 54 years since the passage of Title IX, a landmark law that made it illegal to exclude people from federally-funded educational programs or activities on the basis of their sex. ...

NWLC Proud to Partner with Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields Festival

JUN 22, 2026

Washington, D.C. — Today, Olivia Rodrigo announced Daisy Chain Fields — a new music festival taking place on August 29 at Great Park in Irvine, California. The inaugural festival will bring together some of the biggest names...

Hard Work, Low Pay: Women Are Bearing the Brunt of Trump’s Economic Agenda

JUN 16, 2026

Washington, DC – A new fact sheet from the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) finds that women make up a majority of the low-paid workforce — defined as working in one of the 40 lowest-paying...

NWLC Slams Education Department for Illegally Transferring Offices

JUN 16, 2026

Washington, D.C. - According to recent reports, the Department of Education is expected to announce that two of its vital offices will illegally be transferred to outside federal departments: The Office of Special Education and...

New NWLC Poll: Voters Skeptical of Stripping Rights from Transgender Student Athletes

JUN 16, 2026

Washington, D.C. — Ahead of the Supreme Court’s decision in West Virginia v. BPJ and Little v. Hecox, a new National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) poll finds that voters nationwide do not believe the Court...

Trump Administration Quietly Takes Step Toward Giving Rights to Embryos 

JUN 16, 2026

“Fetal Personhood” is a Key Tactic of the Anti-Abortion Movement’s Strategy to Undermine IVF, Abortion, and Other Types of Reproductive Health Care   Washington, DC – The Trump administration has quietly revised a federal grant program to help give rights and benefits to embryos, a move that is...

Senate Confirms Trump’s Personal Lawyer to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

JUN 16, 2026

Washington, D.C. - Today the Senate voted 48-43 to confirm Justin Smith–best known for serving as Donald Trump’s personal lawyer in E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump–to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth...

May Jobs Report: Over 300K Women Have Left the Workforce in 2026

JUN 5, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- About 120,000 people aged 20 and over joined the labor force in May, however those gains were entirely among men while women left the labor force last month, according to a National...

Equal Work Deserves Equal Pay: NWLC Wins Settlement in Zoetis Pay Bias Case

JUN 4, 2026

WASHINGTON — Today, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), along with co-counsel Kakalec Law PLLC and Harrison, Harrison & Associates, announced it reached a settlement agreement with Zoetis, Inc., one of the world’s largest animal...

NWLC Fact Sheet: Single Moms, Women of Color Disproportionately Harmed by SNAP Cuts

JUN 3, 2026

Washington, DC – A new fact sheet from the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) reveals that cuts to federal food assistance, also known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), are disproportionately harming women. An NWLC analysis of the most recent latest available SNAP data finds that women are likely overrepresented among the 3.5 million people who have already lost benefits,...