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"Fighting for Equality + Equity" (video, June 5, 2025)
Our mission is to improve the lives of women and families by achieving equality for all women.
Kamala Harris speaking at the National Partnership Annual Gala (Washington, DC, 2016)
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“No company that egregiously or repeatedly violates our nation’s labor laws should benefit from a federal contract, and the final regulations issued today by the U.S. Department of Labor will help prevent that from happening in the future. These...
[NOTE: According to news reports, on Friday Donald Trump said he favors a delay and/or small business carve out to the new U.S. Department of Labor overtime rule, which is scheduled to take effect on December 1, 2016.] “The new overtime rule that is...
“At a time when public demand for paid family and medical leave has never been higher, we commend the Obama administration for the $1.1 million in one-time, competitive grants awarded today to support six jurisdictions – Hawaii; Indiana; Pennsylvania;...
Alongside more than 100 million people, I spent Sunday night watching the Super Bowl. As I voiced my approval that one of the companies touting hurricane relief efforts included Puerto Rico, my young son asked, “Why do you care so much about Puerto Rico?”...
Cross-posted from Shondaland.com. Twenty-five years after we won a national unpaid leave law, it's time to finally win paid leave. What would it mean for women, families, our country and our economy if the birth of a child or a serious illness didn’t force millions of...
Cross-posted from the State Innovation Exchange blog. The signing of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) 25 years ago this week was a landmark moment for women, families and America’s workplace culture. Since 1993, people have taken unpaid leave under the FMLA...
The start of each new Congress and Administration provides an opportunity for a fresh start and a fresh approach to critical issues facing our nation. Nowhere is this opportunity more sorely needed than with judicial nominations.
Judges are charged with the responsibility to interpret and help administer our nation’s laws. Judges’ decisions govern our lives in many areas, such as the question of when women may bring suit to challenge and change unequal pay practices, and whether health plans...
“Good morning. I am Debra L. Ness, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families. We are a national advocacy organization that, for more than three decades, has broken new ground on issues that are vitally important to America’s women and families.
