Pursuing justice for women and girls,
fighting to create an equal future.
- Since Title IX passed in 1972, female athletic participation has exploded by 1,063%.
- More than 90% of women in C-suite executive level positions say they played sports.
- Girls who participate in sports are more likely to graduate from high school and college, and are less likely to use drugs or experience an unplanned pregnancy.
- Parenting and education are not incompatible. While 70% of teens who give birth drop out of high school, most would like to continue their education. Making it easier for moms to express milk at school can help.
- Students are protected from being penalized for absences due to breastfeeding.
- Laws in California strengthen moms’ abilities to breastfeed and pump at work and school, protecting pare
- Between 20-25% of women will experience a completed and/or attempted rape during their college career; more than half of them tell no one of their victimization.
- Women are at the highest risk for sexual assault during the initial months of their first and second semesters in college.
- Approximately one in five female high school students report being physically or sexually abused by a dating partner.
Title IX Gender Discrimination
Gender discrimination comes in many forms, and one way we combat inequity is by enforcing Title IX.
This 1972 law prohibits educational institutions from discriminating based on sex. CWLC is a leading expert in Title IX enforcement, and we focus on three ways this law protects the rights of girls and women: athletic opportunities, the treatment of pregnant and parenting students and employees, and campus sexual assault and harassment.