WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 22, 2024 – This term, two important cases are in front of the Supreme Court that could restrict abortion care nationwide, have devastating impacts on the health of women of color, and undermine the independence of federal...
Obama Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Prioritizes Many Initiatives Important to Women, Families
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Ness Calls House Appropriations Committee’s Budget Proposal A Catastrophe for Women, Working Families, Our Most Vulnerable Citizens
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
The Verdict Is In: Nation’s First Paid Family Leave Program An Unqualified Success, Women’s Leader Says
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
New Data: More Than 44 Million Private Sector Workers in the U.S. Don’t Have a Single Paid Sick Day
New Research Should Be a Call to Action for Lawmakers
Women’s Leader Praises Senator Mikulski for “25 Years of Principled, Highly Effective Leadership”
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President
National Partnership for Women & Families
Women’s Health Expert Decries Prohibition on Privately-funded Abortion Services for Women in the Military
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Familie
If Virginia Ruling on Affordable Care Act Stands, “Women’s Health Will Suffer,” Ness Says
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Women’s Leader Urges Policymakers to Consider Plight of Working Families, Seniors, People with Multiple Health Problems
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Filibuster Vote on Paycheck Fairness Act “a Deep Disappointment,” Women’s Leader Says, Vowing that “the Fight for Fair Pay Will Continue”
Statement of Debra Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Innovation Center Launch Is Good News for Patients, Leading Consumer Advocate Says
Statement of Debra L. Ness, Campaign for Better Care
National Dialogue on Workplace Flexibility is Prompting Discussion the Nation Urgently Needs, Women’s Leader Says
Statement of Debra Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Health Care Expert Applauds NCQA for Developing New Quality Measures for ACOs with Consumer Input
Current Draft Reflects Patient-Centered Vision for New Health Care Model
Top Work/Family Expert Expresses Grave Disappointment with Speaker Quinn’s Decision to Block Vote on Paid Sick Days
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
A Sick Deal for America’s Families
Tuesday Congressional Briefing to Focus on How Failure to Provide Paid Sick Days Harms Families’ Health & Economic Security
Serious Blow to Equal Opportunity
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Stay Home with Swine Flu Symptoms? Not Without Paid Sick Days
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Memorandum: What’s at Stake in Ricci v. DeStefano
On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case that could reinforce or cripple the civil rights laws that for decades have helped open doors to women in the workplace. In Frank Ricci v. John DeStefano, the justices will weigh whether...
On the One-Year Anniversary of the Ruling in Ledbetter v. Goodyear, National Partnership President Calls Upon the Senate to Vote Again on the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Nation’s Top Family Leave Expert Lauds Commission on Care For Urging Extended Family and Medical Leave for Soldiers’ Families
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President National Partnership for Women & Families
Legislation to Undo Damage from Supreme Court’s Ledbetter Ruling
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President National Partnership for Women & Families on Today’s Introduction of the ‘Fair Pay Restoration Act’