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Organization: National Women’s Law Center
(Washington DC) 
Since 1972, NWLC has been advancing and protecting women’s legal rights. The Center seeks “broad-based systemic changes in the law that will remove barriers based on gender, open opportunities, and help women and their families lead economically secure and fulfilled lives.” The Center uses the law in all of its forms; getting new laws on the books and enforced; litigating groundbreaking cases all the way to the Supreme Court; and educating the public about ways to make the law and policy work for women and families. NWLC’s Gender Equity in Education project removes obstacles blocking the path to traditionally male careers for women and girls. NWLC uses a full arsenal of legal and policy tools --research, analysis, litigation, advocacy, education and media outreach-- to encourage real reform of programs and policies. NWLC has participated in every Title IX (of the Education Amendments of 1972) case that has reached the Supreme Court, and is committed to fulfilling Title IX's promise: gender equity in all aspects of education. Their strategy includes serving as lead counsel in high-profile civil rights and sexual harassment cases. This includes the Roderick Jackson VS. Birmingham Board of Education case (no. 02-1672) involving the firing of a high-school coach allegedly for complaining of Title IX violations. The Supreme court heard the case in November 2004, and ruled in Jackson’s favor in April 2005. This decision reaffirms that individuals are protected from punishment when they protest sex discrimination. 3GF’s 2005 two-year investment of $60,000 in NWLC brings the Fund's total investment in the organization to $82,000, and is helping to remove institutional barriers to educational equity for girls in the United States.
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