Open Letter to New York State Senate And Assembly Leadership to Remove...
Dear New York State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, New York State Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie and Majority Leader Crystal D. Peoples-Stokes, We represent a coalition of gender and...
View ArticleGovernor Cuomo Resigns In Wake of Alarming NY AG Sexual Harassment Report
(Washington, D.C.) The following is a statement from Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center and co-founder of the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund: “Today, we recognize...
View ArticleNWLC and TULDF Respond to Survivor Criticisms Amid Governor Cuomo Investigation
We are grateful to the group of survivors who shared their concerns and ultimately, their desire for change. Doing so in any context is never easy, and to them we say, we hear you. We know that when...
View ArticleNWLC Reacts to Tina Tchen’s Resignation, Announces Changes
In 2017, Tina Tchen came to the National Women’s Law Center with a vision for what would become the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund (the Fund). Her clarity of purpose was a guiding light for us as we...
View ArticleThe Wage Gap: The Who, How, Why, and What To Do
Women in the U.S. who work full-time, year-round are typically paid only 83 cents for every dollar paid to their male counterparts. This gap in earnings translates into $10,435 less per year in median...
View ArticleNWLC Reacts to R. Kelly’s Guilty Verdict
The following is a statement by Fatima Goss Graves, President and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC): “Today, Black survivors realized some measure of justice with the conviction of R....
View ArticleWebinar: Title IX & Sexual Harassment: School Complaints, OCR Complaints, and...
The Legal Network for Gender Equity and the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund hosted this webinar, “Title IX & Sexual Harassment: School Complaints, OCR Complaints, and Litigation,” on Wednesday,...
View ArticleWebinar: Using Title IX to End Gender Disparities in Athletics
The Legal Network for Gender Equity and the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund hosted this webinar, “Using Title IX to End Gender Disparities in School Athletics,” on Wednesday, September 29, 2021. The...
View Article2021 Progress Update: #MeToo Workplace Reforms in the States
Four years after #MeToo went viral, legislators and advocates across the country are still advancing substantive policy change to address harassment in the workplace. Though many states’ legislative...
View ArticleCongress Reintroduces BE HEARD Act that Covers All Workers, Regardless of...
(Washington, D.C.) The Bringing an End to Harassment by Enhancing Accountability and Rejecting Discrimination (BE HEARD) in the Workplace Act of 2021 was reintroduced today in both the U.S. Senate and...
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