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Mich. District Facing Title IX Lawsuit After Student's Sexual Assault

April 18, 2013

The National Women's Law Center filed a Title IX lawsuit today against a Mich. district that allegedly failed to respond to the sexual assault of a female high school student by a player on the school's basketball team.

Education Week

Republicans embrace Obama’s offer to trim Social Security benefits

April 16, 2013

Even with those protections, the typical single elderly woman living on about $18,000 a year would lose about $6,000 by age 85 compared with current law, according to calculations by the National Women’s Law Center.

Washington Post

Manufacturing is not for women

April 15, 2013

Since 2010, the starting point of the factory-sector recovery, women have lost 18,000 manufacturing jobs while men have gained more than 535,000 across the country, according to a new study by the National Women's Law Center (view PDF).

Crain's Chicago Business

Abortion debate inflamed by horrific details in trial of Philadelphia doctor

April 15, 2013

“He’s a bad dude,” said Judy Waxman, vice president of Health and Reproductive Rights at the National Women’s Law Center. “He is not representative of compliant doctors. We reiterate our position that women need safe, legal access to abortion to get good care.”

Washington Post

How Much Obama's Budget Plan Would Actually Cost Seniors

April 15, 2013

Data via National Women's Law Center, Social Security Administration, White House Office of Management and Budget.

Buzzfeed

Washington area wage gap differs widely across ethnicities

April 14, 2013

A study by the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) found that the District had the slimmest gender wage gap in the nation. According to that report, which evaluated pay on a state-by-state basis and included the District in its calculations, women in the District make 90.4 cents for every dollar a man makes. That’s significantly higher than the national average of 77 cents.

Washington Post

Be Careful Not to Hurt the Poor Even More

April 14, 2013

Opinion piece by Joan Entmacher, vice president for family economic security at the National Women's Law Center.

New York Times

A hiring bright spot, but not for women

April 12, 2013

Men gained 535,000 jobs in the manufacturing sector between January 2010 and February, according to a report released last month by the National Women's Law Center. Women actually lost 18,000 jobs over the same period.

Crain's Chicago Business

Sex and paychecks: Christopher Evans

April 11, 2013

They earn, on average, 77 cents for every dollar a white man pulls down, according to an April 2012 study conducted by the National Women's Law Center. Minorities take a harder hit, the study states. Black women pocket 62 cents on the dollar, and Hispanic women make a meager 54 cents.

Plain Dealer

Preschool For All Plan In Obama Budget May Skip Some States

April 11, 2013

"It will be structured to ramp up the state participation, but it also will recognize that states have had a longstanding role," said Helen Blank, who directs child care and early learning at the National Women's Law Center.

Huffington Post