Brittany Williams joins the National Partnership as Policy Counsel on the Economic Justice team. Brittany has a background reproductive justice, religious equality, and victim-centered advocacy for survivors. As Policy Counsel, Brittany’s portfolio includes advocating for equal pay and nondiscrimination in the workplace.
"Because Equality" (video, 2-19, 2019)
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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Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 27, 2025 – “The deceptive nature of the Trump Administration’s claim to care about ‘making America healthy again’ was laid bare by today’s...
Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 26, 2025 – This week, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin once more vetoed HB 2531, legislation that would have provided 12 weeks of paid family...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 22, 2025 – Yesterday, the White House sent a memo to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem directing the Department of Justice to pursue sanctions against lawyers and law firms that...
Trump Makes Moves Toward Defunding Planned Parenthood HuffPost, March 26, 2025 The Trump administration is planning to freeze millions in federal family planning grants, a move that could significantly hinder operations at organizations including Planned Parenthood,...
On March 25, 2025, we commemorate Equal Pay Day, the day that marks how far into the year women must work in order to catch up with what men were paid the year before. This day brings into sharp focus the significant pay disparities women face across age groups,...
Texas’ First Abortion Arrests Stem From Monthlong Attorney General Investigation The Texas Tribune, March 17, 2025 Two people have been arrested and charged with performing illegal abortions at a Houston-area health clinic, the first criminal charges brought under the...
ISSUE BRIEF | Four lawsuits from anti-abortion extremists challenging the 2024 HIPAA Privacy Rule are jeopardizing health privacy and threatening to put pregnant people at even greater risk of criminalization for their reproductive care.
REPORT | Overall, women in the United States are paid 75 cents for every dollar paid to men, and that gap is widest for women of color. This persistent, pervasive wage gap is driven in part by gender and racial discrimination, workplace harassment, job segregation and...
FACT SHEET | Women of color in the United States experience the nation's persistent and pervasive gender wage gap most severely. U.S. Census Bureau data reveal the size of that gap by race.
