Latinas are among the fastest-growing and most influential groups in the U.S. Yet, due to the wage gap, they stand to lose nearly $1.3 million over their lifetimes. It’s time to close the wage gap. #LatinaEqualPayDay #Trabajadoras
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The National Women's Law Center is a non-profit organization that has been working since 1972 to advance and protect women's legal rights. The Center focuses on major policy areas of importance to women and their families, including economic security, education, employment and health, with special attention give to the concerns of low-income women.
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We've got exciting news: our podcast, Hearsay, is a finalist for the Signal Listener's Choice Award! You can help us win by voting at the link below 👇
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Our tax code reflects who and what we value. Women, families, and communities deserve the investments that help them thrive—but the 2017 tax law took public dollars that could have been invested in them. But we can change course and make the tax code work better for all of us. Learn more about how in our new factsheet. https://lnkd.in/g3z5F-Xe
The 2025 Tax Fight: Changing Course on Tax Cuts for the Wealthiest to Advance Gender and Racial Equity - National Women's Law Center
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BREAKING: Today, we filed an action alleging that Walmart fired our client Corrissa Hernandez simply for being pregnant! Under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, employers can’t discriminate against pregnant workers like Corrissa. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/erACDWcn
NWLC Files Pregnancy Discrimination Charge Against Walmart on Behalf of Former Cashier - National Women's Law Center
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🚨BREAKING: We’re representing Anna Nusslock, a California woman who was denied emergency abortion care—despite facing a life-threatening medical emergency. In February, Anna had severe complications with her pregnancy that required immediate intervention. She was taken to Providence St. Joseph Hospital, where they refused to allow her doctor to provide the abortion care she needed and was entitled to under law, citing its Catholic hospital policies. This denial of care put Anna’s health and life at risk. Despite federal and state law mandating protections for emergency care, including under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) and similar state protections, hospitals are turning away patients in life-threatening situations, subjecting them to preventable complications like infertility, infections, or even death. The Supreme Court’s recent refusal to affirm that EMTALA protects people in need of emergency abortion care has put patients at risk and created dangerous levels of uncertainty nationwide. Anna’s story is one of many where patients have been denied life-saving abortion care. These aren’t isolated incidents—they’re part of a dangerous trend. However, we are grateful that California laws explicitly prohibit this, and that AG Rob Bonta is prepared to take decisive action. Let’s be clear. A patient's health should always come first. Hospitals should not determine a patient's care based on their religious policies, rather than what is best for the patient's health and circumstances.
NWLC Announces Legal Representation of Anna Nusslock in Emergency Abortion Care Refusal Case - National Women's Law Center
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Child care is the backbone of our country and economy. But despite its crucial role in economic growth, gender equity, and future generations’ well-being, it remains underfunded. Our latest report with the Center for Law and Social Policy highlights the lessons learned and positive impacts for families, early educators, and our economy as a whole when we increase our federal funding investment in child care. The US has a broken system that forces predominantly women and disproportionately families of color to grapple with unaffordable costs, and leaves early educators to work for poverty-level wages. Pandemic-era relief in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) showed what’s possible with historic investment from Congress. But, it was only temporary. As the last of the critical funding is set to expire the child care sector faces a significant crisis yet again. The key lesson is clear: we need robust, substantial federal investment—not temporary stopgaps—to build a child care system that supports families, values early educators, and fosters economic growth. This is both a policy choice and an economic imperative.
Cliff Notes: Pandemic Relief Funding Teaches Lessons about Need for Sustained Child Care Investments - National Women's Law Center
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A new study by the Government Accountability Office cited our data and found that many Black girls are struggling: •Among girls, Black girls faced more and harsher forms of discipline than others. •Black girls received harsher punishments than White girls, even for similar infractions. •Black girls reported feeling less safe and less connected to their schools than other groups of girls Black girls deserve better. Read the full analysis here:
K-12 Education: Nationally, Black Girls Receive More Frequent and More Severe Discipline in School Than Other Girls
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NEW: We released an in-depth report outlining exactly how Project 2025 is an extreme right-wing attempt to control our government and a threat to our democracy. Read our full report to learn more about what this means for women, families, and gender justice.
Project 2025: What It Means for Women, Families, and Gender Justice - National Women's Law Center
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As the new school year begins, our latest report spotlights the experiences of teachers facing significant challenges in today’s public education system. This report sheds light on the realities educators face in today’s classroom. With Topos Partnership, we spoke with 25 teachers across several states, including Florida, Michigan, South Carolina, and Wisconsin, where there is a concerted effort from right-wing extremists and conservative politicians to undermine both teachers and public education. These efforts aim to erase our nation’s complex history of racism and misogyny, alienate queer and trans students, remove culturally relevant curricula, and ban books that help students develop critical thinking skills, creating an environment of fear and censorship in classrooms. You can hear from teachers about how right-wing restrictions are threatening to push them out of teaching—and about what could make them stay and thrive—in our report below.
Let Teachers Teach - National Women's Law Center
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Disabled women deserve better — full stop. Today marks how far into the year that disabled women must work in order to be paid the same amount that nondisabled men were paid the previous year. This ableist, sexist and racist wage gap is only made worse for disabled women of color. And among all workers, including part-time and part-year workers, disabled women are typically paid just 50 cents for every dollar paid to nondisabled men. Disabled women are losing tens of thousands of dollars every year to the wage gap. They can’t wait — they need equal pay now.