Press Releases

Persistent Wage Gap, Weak Job Growth Show Fragile Economic Status for Women as Equal Pay Day Approaches

April 11, 2012

(Washington, D.C.)  The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) today released a comprehensive look at the wage gap in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia in advance of Equal Pay Day next Tuesday—the day when the typical woman’s wages catch up to those her male counterpart was paid the previous year.

New National Women's Law Center Video Illustrates Threats to Reproductive Health Care

April 10, 2012

(Washington, D.C.) The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) today released the second of three videos as part of its “My Health is NOT Up for Debate”™ campaign to protect reproductive health care.

Recovery Finally Brings Drop in Women’s Unemployment Rate, NWLC Analysis Shows

April 6, 2012

(Washington, D.C.) Analysis by the National Women’s Law Center of jobs data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the unemployment rate for adult women dropped to 7.4 percent in March 2012. This marks the first month that adult women’s unemployment rate was lower than their 7.6 percent unemployment rate at the start of the recovery in June 2009.

The Rebuild America Act Would Expand Opportunities and Economic Security for Women, NWLC Says

March 29, 2012

(Washington, D.C.)  Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) introduced the Rebuild America Act today. 

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

Ryan's Budget Slashes Vital Programs for Women and Families, Gives Trillions in New Tax Breaks to Millionaires and Corporations

March 28, 2012

(Washington, D.C.)  The House of Representatives is expected to vote tomorrow on a budget for FY 2013 introduced by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI). 

The following is a statement by National Women’s Law Center Co-Presidents Nancy Duff Campbell and Marcia D. Greenberger:

Statement By NWLC Co-Presidents on the Death of Civil Rights Lawyer John A. Payton

March 23, 2012

(Washington, D.C.) The following is a statement by NWLC Co-Presidents Marcia D. Greenberger and Nancy Duff Campbell:

National Women's Law Center Marks the 2nd Anniversary of the Health Care Law

March 23, 2012

(Washington, D.C.) National Women’s Law Center Co-President Marcia D. Greenberger issued the following statement to mark the second anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on March 23:

Statement by Marcia D. Greenberger in Response to Supreme Court's 5-4 Decision in Coleman v. Maryland Court of Appeals

March 20, 2012

(Washington, D.C.)  Today the Supreme Court ruled that states cannot be sued under the Family and Medical Leave Act for refusing to give an employee time off to recover from an illness. 

The following is a statement by Marcia D. Greenberger, Co-President of the National Women’s Law Center:

Men’s Employment in Manufacturing Increased But Women’s Declined in 2011, NWLC Report Finds

March 19, 2012

(Washington, D.C.)  Despite an encouraging increase in manufacturing employment in 2011—for the first time in more than a decade—women did not share in these gains, according to a new report released today by the National Women’s Law Center.  The report, A “Man”ufacturing Comeback:  Me

New NWLC report: Discriminatory health insurance practices cost women $1 billion a year

March 19, 2012

(Washington, D.C.) The health insurance company practice of charging women more than men for the same coverage costs women $1 billion a year, according to analysis of advertised premiums in a new report released today by the National Women’s Law Center.