“I think groups like MomsRising, Ultraviolet and EMILY’s List, coupled with the power of public policy organizations like ours, makes this exquisitely the right time to talk about these issues in this way,” said Judith Lichtman, senior adviser to the National Partnership of Women and Families.
America’s women and their families need and deserve a nation where no worker has to choose between job and family, where people can earn a living without suffering discrimination, and where everyone has access to quality, affordable, coordinated health care....
Beside, unpaid leave is not a financial option for most Americans, said Vicki Shabo, director of work and family programs for the National Partnership for Women & Families.
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
“It is a little shocking how tone deaf those members of Congress and those in states who continue to push for restrictions on women’s reproductive health are,” says Andrea Friedman, the director of reproductive health programs at the National Partnership for Women & Families, a non-profit group that advocates for a woman’s right to choose.
“The House Judiciary Committee continued its outrageous and irresponsible attack on women’s health today by passing legislation that would impose a 20-week ban on abortion nationwide,” said Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families…
“The debate that unfolded in the committee today was deeply disturbing and a profound disservice to women,” said Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women and Families.
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
National Partnership for Women & Families Annual Luncheon is Friday, June 14
Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act — a 1963 law aimed at closing the gap between the wages of men and women. But, despite this landmark law, a significant gender-based wage gap persists.
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Mark Savage, director of health information technology policy and programs with the National Partnership, takes the consumer’s standpoint in EHR adoption and use — meaning he is a supporter of strengthening, rather than delaying, the meaningful use program.
Judith L. Lichtman, a senior adviser at the National Partnership for Women and Families, said that penalties in wellness programs could have “an unjustified disparate impact” in violation of civil rights laws.
According to the National Partnership for Women and Families (NPWF), only 11 percent of US workers have access to paid parental leave, leaving the rest to rely on some combination of vacation days, sick and disability leave, and employer sympathy.
Changing or delaying Stage 3 of meaningful use would only harm patients, says the Consumer Partnership for eHealth (CPeH) and the Campaign for Better Care (CBC) in response to a recent white paper released by a group of six Republican senators questioning the trajectory of the HITECH Act and the EHR Incentive Program.
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
A post-election survey for National Partnership for Women & Families found that 96 percent of self-described Democrats, 87 percent of Independents, and 73 percent of Republicans believe it is important for Congress to consider new laws including paid sick days and family and medical leave insurance.
