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Press Releases

It's Past Time to Hold the Military Justice System Itself Accountable for Sexual Assault, says NWLC

May 8, 2013

The following is a statement by Nancy Duff Campbell, Co-President of the National Women’s Law Center:

“Recent events have demonstrated that the military justice system itself is a key actor in the Department of Defense’s inability to stem the tide of sexual assaults.  The decisions by two Air Force commanding generals to overturn court martial sexual assault convictions are prime examples.  Time and again survivors of sexual assault say they are unwilling to come forward because they have no confidence in the military justice system.  According to DOD’s own figures, there were only 3, 374 actual reports of sexual assaults last year – out of an estimated 26,000 such assaults.

NWLC Supports Bill to Improve Outcomes for Pregnant and Parenting Students

May 7, 2013

(Washington, DC)  Today, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) announced its support for the Pregnant and Parenting Students’ Access to Education Act, which was just introduced in the Senate by Senators Tom Udall (D-NM ) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and in the House by Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO). This bill will target the educational and related needs of pregnant and parenting teens to improve the graduation rates and chances of success for those students and their children.

Largest School District in Nevada Agrees to Add Athletics Opportunities for Girls in Response to National Women's Law Center Complaint

May 7, 2013

(Washington, D.C.) In response to a complaint filed by the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has found that girls in Nevada’s Clark County School District, the most populous county in the state, are not receiving equal opportunities to play sports, in violation of Title IX, which prohibits sex discrimination in federally funded schools.  The investigation revealed district-wide disparities of 2 to 22 percentage points between girls’ enrollment and the share of athletic participation opportunities provided to them in the district’s 36 schools. These gaps represent a total of 2,613 additional opportunities needed to level the playing field for female students.  Based on the information provided by the district, girls were underrepresented in the interscholastic athletics program at all but one of the high schools for which the district provided enrollment and athletic participation data for the 2009-2010 school year.

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NWLC In the News

Florida hospital settles pregnancy discrimination complaint

May 3, 2013

The National Women's Law Center filed the complaint for Crosby under a 2008 amendment to the Americans with Disabilities Act. That law expanded the definition of disability to cover more pregnancy-related impairments, and the EEOC issued regulations codifying the act in March 2011.

Reuters

NYC university clarifies maternity leave policies

May 2, 2013

Lara Kaufmann, senior counsel at the National Women's Law Center, praised CUNY for its quick response to the discrimination claim.

Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, and The Republic

CUNY Adopts New Policy in Settlement of Pregnant Student’s Bias Claim

May 2, 2013

The City University of New York has agreed to settle a pregnancy-discrimination complaint filed on behalf of a woman who was forced to drop a course after its professor told her she would not be allowed to make up tests or assignments resulting from any pregnancy-related absences, including labor and delivery, the National Women’s Law Center announced on Wednesday.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
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