“Unfair wages cause real and lasting harm to women, the families they support, and to our economy,” said Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Woman and Families.
Women’s Leader Praises President Obama for Promoting Fair Pay
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Conservatives Push Back Against Equal Pay Efforts – Huffington Post
“With women making up nearly half the workforce and serving as essential breadwinners in two-thirds of households, it’s time to finally put ‘Mad Men’-era wage policies in the past,” said Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families.
Senate Hearing on the Paycheck Fairness Act Brings “Welcome and Promising Attention” to the Wage Gap in Advance of Equal Pay Day
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
How a Pennsylvania Domestic Violence Bill Became Anti-Worker and Anti-Survivor – RH Reality Check
According to the National Partnership for Women & Families, victims of severe domestic violence miss nearly eight million days of paid work each year, with between 25 and 50 percent of survivors reporting losing employment “at least in part due to domestic violence.”
Gender gap: Los Angeles City Hall women paid 83 cents for every $1 that men get – Los Angeles Daily News
The national average is 77 cents for women nationally, but 92 cents in Los Angeles and 85 cents in California, according to census data compiled by the National Partnership for Women and Families.
The 12 Best Rally Signs: My Birth Control Is Not My Boss’s Business! – BuzzFeed
What had us chanting and dancing in the snowfall for hours? Our “Not My Boss’s Business” rally outside of the Supreme Court! We rallied outside while justices heard oral arguments for a case that would give bosses the right to deny their employees birth control coverage just because they oppose it.
Austin Fights For Equal Pay – KEYE-TV
“A National Partnership for Women & Families report says if that disparity was eliminated, a working Austin woman could pay for 73 more weeks of food, or buy nearly 2,400 additional gallons of gas.”
Will new guidelines to reduce C-sections change maternity care in St. Louis? – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“The consensus statement has the potential to be a game-changer in ongoing efforts to improve the quality of maternal health care, and maternal and child health outcomes,” the National Partnership for Women and Families said in a statement.
Top 20 Best-Paying Jobs For Women 2014 – Forbes
Vicki Shabo, Director of Work and Family Programs at the National Partnership for Women & Families, says the same factors–non-linear careers, greater responsibilities at home, and outright discrimination–that maintain the wage gap in lower-earning professions are shaping the conversation around compensation in top-tier professions as well.
Fair Employment Protection Act Needed to Help Stop Harassment of Workers, Women’s Leader Says
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Members of Congress Urge that Stage 3 Address Health Disparities – HIMSS
The letter, addressed to CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner, MHA, RN, and National Coordinator Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc, urged them to take a look at the Consumer Partnership for eHealth’s Disparities Action Plan that was submitted to the Health IT Policy Committee on August 7, 2013. The Members pointed to four recommendations that they think would address immediate needs:
The Secret Benefits Of Paid Sick Days For All – ThinkProgress
Guaranteed paid leave reinforces “the idea of caregiving and taking care of oneself as a value and a norm, standardized across gender,” Vicki Shabo, director of work and family programs at the National Partnership for Women & Families, added.
Democratic Lawmakers Propose Requiring Paid Sick Days – Wisconsin Public Radio
“When families can’t afford the basics, local businesses lose sales,“ said Vicki Shabo of the National Partnership for Women & Families.
New Directive to Department of Labor on Overtime Pay Is Good for Women and Working Families, Women’s Leader Says
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Obama’s Overtime Move Designed To Excite Base, Swing Voters – NPR
At the progressive National Partnership for Women and Families, president Debra Ness hailed Obama’s move as a big step for “women and working families.”
Obama executive order to expand overtime pay – Washington Post’s “Federal Eye”
Worker advocates have expressed support for the White House plan. Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women and Families, said the order is “very welcome and badly needed move to promote fair pay by requiring employers to pay more low-wage workers the wages they rightfully deserve for overtime work.”
President Obama’s plan to make more workers eligible for overtime pay could be a seismic shift – The Kansas City Star
“It’s a very welcome and badly needed move to promote fair pay,” said Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families.
Dignity in Childbirth – Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing
Similarly, Childbirth Connection released their third national Listening to Mothers survey in 2013 and reported that among women who had a singleton infant during 2011–2012, 17% rated US maternity care as fair or poor.
House members urge Tavenner to see value of mobile platforms – Modern Healthcare
Twenty-four House members have sent a letter to CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner calling on the federal government to use the Stage 3 meaningful-use criteria of the EHR incentive payment program to address health disparities, while also embracing mobile platforms.
