"For women who don't have access to insurance through their job or don't qualify for public programs, this is a crisis," said Brigette Courtot, senior policy analyst with the National Women's Law Center.
The latest health report card for women, issued on Thursday by the National Women’s Law Center and Oregon Health and Science University, paints a dismal picture, giving the United States an overall general grade of Unsatisfactory, with many F’s on specific goals set by the government’s Healthy People 2010 initiative.
Most states require insurers to extend coverage to policyholders' newborn or adopted children, according to Brigette Courtot, a senior policy analyst at the NWLC.
The National Women's Law Center filed complaints Wednesday against school districts across the country, accusing them of violating Title 9's nearly 40-year-old guarantee of equal athletic opportunities for girls.
The group, the National Women’s Law Center, sent the complaints to the education department’s Office for Civil Rights, which is charged with enforcing the federal gender-equity law known as Title IX.
The National Women's Law Center filed administrative complaints with the Department of Education Wednesday alleging that high schools in a dozen selected school districts across the country do not offer equal opportunity to female athletes.
The National Women's Law Center filed complaints against 12 school districts Wednesday alleging they failed to offer equal opportunities for female athletes.
The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) launched the hot line – 1-855-HERGAME (437-4263) – and filed civil rights complaints against 12 school districts Wednesday as part of a broader campaign to highlight Title IX, a 1972 federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in public education.
New York, Chicago and 10 other U.S. school districts failed to provide high school girls with opportunities to play sports in violation of federal law, the National Women’s Law Center said.
The National Women's Law Center filed complaints against 12 U.S. school districts where district data showed a double-digit gap between the percentage of female students and the percentage of female athletes.
