Press Releases

Massachusetts School District Agrees to Add Athletics Opportunities For Girls in Response to National Women's Law Center Complaint

February 11, 2013

National Women's Law Center Applauds Obama Administration's Commitment to Women's Health

February 1, 2013

(Washington, D.C.) The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this morning released a new proposed rule concerning the contraceptive coverage provision of the health care law known as the Affordable Care Act.

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

Women Pick Up Two Of Every Three Jobs Added In January, But Unemployment Is Stagnant, NWLC Analysis Shows

February 1, 2013

(Washington, D.C.)  Women gained 65 percent of the 157,000 jobs added in January.  But adult women’s unemployment rate was unchanged at 7.3 percent in January, equal to that of adult men (7.3 percent in January, up from 7.2 percent in December), according to new analysis by the National Women’s Law Center.  January’s private sector job gains (166,000) were offset

On Anniversary of Ledbetter Act, NWLC Commends President Obama for Supporting the Paycheck Fairness Act and Urges the President to Also Issue Fair Pay Executive Order

January 29, 2013

(Washington, DC) On January 29, 2009, President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law, restoring pay discrimination protections that had existed for decades prior to the Supreme Court 5-4 decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.

Tax Credits for Working Families Could Be Worth Thousands of Dollars

January 25, 2013

(Washington, D.C.)  The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) is working with organizations around the country to launch a tax credits outreach campaign today to ensure that more low- and moderate-income families are aware of and claim available federal and state income tax credits.

Historic Decision on Combat Roles for Women Opens the Doors of Opportunity to All Women in the Armed Forces, says NWLC

January 23, 2013

Pentagon Chief Leon Panetta has lifted the military’s ban on women serving in combat. The following is a statement by Nancy Duff Campbell, Co-President of the National Women’s Law Center:

On 40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade, National Women's Law Center Looks to Inspire a New Generation

January 22, 2013

(Washington, D.C.) Forty years after the Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v. Wade decision, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) is redoubling its fight against the unprecedented attacks on women’s ability to get the reproductive health care they need.

NWLC Files Title IX Complaint Against CUNY For Discriminating Against A Pregnant Student

January 17, 2013

The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) today filed an administrative complaint against City University of New York (CUNY) for violating Title IX—the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in education—for permitting each classroom instructor to determine on a case-by-case basis whether to excuse absences related to pregnancy and allow for make-up work and for retaliating against a studen

For the First Time in Over Six Years, Adult Women’s Unemployment Rate Above Men’s, NWLC Analysis Shows

January 4, 2013

 (Washington, D.C.)  Adult women’s unemployment rate rose to 7.3 percent in December from 7.0 percent in November.  This increase put adult women’s unemployment rate above adult men’s (flat at 7.2 percent in December) for the first time since September 2006, according to new analysis by the National Women’s Law Center.  The increase for adult women overall was largely driven

President Promptly Renominates 33 Judicial Nominees While Americans Continue to Wait for Justice

January 3, 2013

(Washington, D.C.) Today, President Obama renominated 33 judicial nominees who had been pending but were not confirmed in the 112th Congress.  Because of the insistence of the Senate minority, the Senate adjourned without voting on 11 judicial nominees, including four circuit court judges. Most of these nominees waited for months for a vote – one since March 2012.