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California High School Fails to Give Girls Equal Opportunities in Sports and Violates Title IX, NWLC Argues in Brief

May 23, 2013

(Washington, D.C.)  The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) today filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit supporting the district court’s recent ruling that Castle Park High School in Chula Vista, California violated Title IX, the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in education.

NWLC Applauds Senator Gillibrand's Legislation That Moves Key Decisions in Sexual Assault Cases Outside the Chain of Command

May 16, 2013

NWLC Urges Senate to Confirm Tom Perez as Secretary of Labor

May 16, 2013

(Washington, D.C.) The following is a statement from National Women’s Law Center Co-President Marcia D. Greenberger following the Senate HELP Committee’s 12-10 vote today approving the nomination of Tom Perez to be Secretary of Labor:

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Women are breaking through the 'concrete ceiling'

May 22, 2013

According to the National Women's Law Center, in 2010 women held a tiny percentage -- 2.6 -- of the U.S.'s 8.4 million construction jobs, the same percentage they held in 1983. The NWLC faults "barriers such as gender stereotypes, sexual harassment, a lack of awareness about opportunities in construction, and insufficient instruction."
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Liberty still pushing its challenge to Obamacare

May 16, 2013

But Judy Waxman, vice president for health and reproductive rights at the National Women’s Law Center, says Liberty’s case isn’t the one that will get there.

“They’ll throw spaghetti at the wall, but this is not going to be decided until the regulations come out [this summer] and they become subject to this,” Waxman said.
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Washington Female CEOs Earn $600,000 Less Than Male Lobby Peers

May 16, 2013

Fatima Goss Graves, vice president for education and employment at the National Women’s Law Center, said coverage of the gender gap may help end “good old-fashioned discrimination” on pay for women.

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