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Military Spouses Need Expanded Eligibility for Family and Medical Leave

by Maddie Shirley | Jul 31, 2025 | Paid Leave

Family and medical leave is critical for military spouses, but frequent moves and underemployment make it harder for them to qualify for job-protected leave under the law. A new bipartisan bill would help.

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New Report: More Than 40% of Georgia Veterans Rely on Social Security

The Campaign for a Family Friendly Economy and National Partnership for Women & Families Highlight the Importance of Social Security Benefits for Georgia’s Veterans and Military Families WASHINGTON, D.C. – December 3, 2025 – The Campaign for a Family...

Shalanda Young and Neneki Lee Join National Partnership’s Board

WASHINGTON, D.C. – November 20, 2025 – Today, the National Partnership for Women & Families announced the additions of Shalanda Young and Neneki Lee to the Board of Directors. Both were appointed effective November 2025. Young brings over two decades of...

NPWF Statement on Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi’s Announcement of Her Retirement in 2027

Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families WASHINGTON, D.C. – November 6, 2025 – "Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been a groundbreaking, transformative leader whose vision, tenacity, dogged determination, and...

NEWS: Judge blocks Trump from cutting Medicaid funds for Planned Parenthood in 22 States

Judge Blocks Trump From Cutting Medicaid Funds for Planned Parenthood in 22 States The Guardian, December 2, 2025 A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing in 22 states a provision of Donald Trump’s signature tax and domestic policy...

NEWS: Dobbs has triggered widespread discrimination in non-reproductive healthcare

Dobbs Has Triggered Widespread Discrimination in Non-Reproductive Health Care Ms. Magazine, November 18, 2025 Physicians for Reproductive Health issued a groundbreaking research brief, “Cascading Harms: How Abortion Bans Lead to Discriminatory Care Across Medical...

The economy lurches towards disaster as Black women’s unemployment skyrockets | Jobs Day November 2025

Today the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) finally released the employment data collected in September. Delayed more than six weeks by the government shutdown, these data are the last snapshot of the economy before the costly shutdown shuttered Head Start centers,...

Repeal, Defund and Deauthorize: The 15-Year War Against the ACA

FACT SHEET | The ACA remains widely popular, with a majority of U.S. adults favoring its provisions across political lines. Yet 15 years and over 100 attempts to repeal, defund or deauthorize later, the ACA continues to face political and legislative threats.

Latina Women and the Wage Gap

FACT SHEET | The wages of Latina women are driven down by a number of current factors including gender and racial discrimination, workplace harassment, job segregation and a lack of workplace policies that support family caregiving, which is still most often performed...

Reproductive Health and Data Privacy After Roe: Threats and Opportunities for State Action

ISSUE BRIEF | Health and data privacy are increasingly under threat, leaving people vulnerable to the misuse of their personal information amid the broader landscape of reproductive health and pregnancy criminalization.