NEWS: Here’s what Harris and Trump said about abortion in the 2024 presidential debate
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump lambasted one another over their stances on abortion during the presidential debate Tuesday night.
Digital Surveillance Supercharges Abortion Criminalization. Closing the Data Broker Loophole Is Urgent
In the wake of the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, millions are living under the specter of surveillance and criminalization for seeking, assisting with, or providing abortion care. The dangers that electronic surveillance poses to reproductive health privacy are daunting.
A Potential Soft Landing, but Trouble for Teachers | #JobsDay September 2024
School has started and a soft landing still seems possible. New #JobsDay data continues to show a slowing job market with some bright spots for women, but continuing struggles for teachers.
Extreme Heat Puts Women Workers in Danger
Communities across the nation are seeing longer and more frequent heat waves as well as higher average temperatures. But the risks of heat to people’s health and well-being don’t fall equally on all workers. It is essential, and increasingly urgent, that our policy approaches to heat recognize the elevated and distinct risks that women workers face.
NEWS: More voters, especially women, now say abortion is their top issue
Attitudes on abortion are deeply entrenched and have motivated voters across the American political landscape for decades. But in a post-Roe world, with abortion access sharply limited or at stake in several states, voters who want to protect abortion rights are increasingly energized.
Pushing Past Restrictions: Six Places Where City Workers Have Access to Paid Sick Leave
Over the last several years, cities have worked to advance earned sick leave for workers by passing local laws that require local employers to offer paid sick leave or other forms of paid leave. However, many cities across the nation have been restricted by preemption.
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Women Shouldn’t Be Left out of the Equal Pay Conversation
August 28 marks Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) Women’s Equal Pay Day in 2024. NHPI women are typically paid 60 cents for every dollar paid to white, non-Hispanic men – one of the largest gender wage gaps in the country.
We Must Fight Back Against the Supreme Court’s Attacks on Women’s Equality
August 26 marks Women’s Equality Day. It’s a reminder that the founding promise of equality in our Constitution was not always available to everyone — and that women have had to fight to be treated as equals to men.
NEWS: Women running for office are talking about their reproductive history, once seen as a liability
Lucia Báez-Geller, 41, has funneled her anger over the law change into a run for a competitive U.S. House seat in a district near Miami.
The Next Chapter of Paid Leave Leadership: Transparency
There has been a surge of workers in the U.S. demanding better from their employers and leading employers have responded. To highlight companies that have cutting-edge leave policies, as well as to showcase the benefits to companies of transparency, we have launched the Leading on Leave Index.
Beyond Disability Pride Month: NPWF Staff Reflections on “Disability Visibility”
National Partnership staff share their reflections on Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century by Alice Wong following book club discussions led by the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism team.
NEWS: Women claim Texas hospitals denied them abortions for ectopic pregnancies
Two women have filed complaints against two Texas hospitals for allegedly denying them treatment for ectopic pregnancies, which they say put their lives at risk and breached federal law.
