Alice Leiter Archives - National Partnership for Women & Families

Doula using a rebozo shawl to relieve the lower back pressure of a pregnant woman.

NEW: Improving Our Maternity Care
Through Doula Support

Lack of Representation by Women in State Legislatures Threatens Abortion Access

The representation gap – even more significant for women of color – poses a huge barrier to ensuring policies that support state-level abortion access WASHINGTON, D.C. – November 28, 2023 – In a newly released report, Democracy & Abortion...

New Analysis: Community Initiatives Are Key to Ending the Black Maternal Health Crisis

WASHINGTON, D.C. – November 8, 2023 – A new study from the National Partnership for Women & Families finds that Black-led community initiatives may be vital to solving the Black maternal health crisis. The analysis Black Women’s Maternal Health...

ICYMI: Expanding Care Investments Is Not A Secondary Luxury; It Is An Urgent Issue

In Senate testimony, NPWF President Jocelyn C. Frye called for U.S. to stop lagging behind and make national comprehensive paid leave a reality for all workers Watch Frye’s Testimony Here WASHINGTON, D.C. – October 25, 2023 – In case you missed it, today...

Why we’re launching the Women 2024 Action Fund this Giving Tuesday

We’re launching our new Women 2024 Action Fund this Giving Tuesday because women cannot continue bearing the brunt of Congress' dysfunction and inaction. Here we are, approaching the end of 2023, and women are still without abortion rights nationwide, working parents...

Inequality Didn’t Just Happen… It Was By Design. It’s Time to Return to Our Values and Return to the Heart.

Equal pay is one marker of the multitude of inequalities Native women face. We are a young democracy as an American government that can still learn from the values of its Indigenous people who cultivated and cared for this land since time immemorial, sustaining it for...

NPWF takes a Care Week: Reflections on a Week dedicated to Self-Care

Hello, You’ve reached The National Partnership for Women & Families during our first-ever Care Week.  As part of our commitment to creating a culture of employee well-being, from August 28-September 4, our office is closed to allow our employees to collectively...

Native American Women and the Wage Gap

FACT SHEET | The wages of Native women are driven down by a number of factors that they are likely to encounter in the workplace and labor market, including gender and racial discrimination, workplace harassment, job segregation and a lack of workplace policies that...

Back to the Blog

At the National Partnership, we're all about making life better for women and families.

Lack of Representation by Women in State Legislatures Threatens Abortion Access

New Analysis: Community Initiatives Are Key to Ending the Black Maternal Health Crisis

ICYMI: Expanding Care Investments Is Not A Secondary Luxury; It Is An Urgent Issue

Inequality Didn’t Just Happen… It Was By Design. It’s Time to Return to Our Values and Return to the Heart.

NPWF takes a Care Week: Reflections on a Week dedicated to Self-Care

Native American Women and the Wage Gap

State Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Laws

Paid Family and Medical Leave: Good for Business

Calling All State Advocates

News Room

More Ways to Give

Jobs & Internships

Blog

Racial Equity