How the Wage Gap Persists Beyond Working Years, Especially for Black and Latina Women
Many don’t realize the gender wage gap continues to impact women beyond working years. With longer life expectancies than men, the gender wage gap quickly turns into a retirement income gap, meaning women have fewer resources to stretch over longer periods when they may be unable to work or more vulnerable to health complications.
NEWS: Abortion rights keep winning
Tuesday’s elections confirmed that voters remain concerned about threats to reproductive rights 16 months after the end of Roe v. Wade and the issue is a potent one for Democrats at the ballot box.
Black Women & Birthing People: We Inherit Joy, Too
Black women, in particular, are no strangers to traumatic experiences or being forced to be “strong” and “resilient” in the face of said trauma and, yet, somehow, finding joy anyhow. This is especially true for Black maternal health.
Warning Signs in the Latest Jobs Report – and a Chance for Congress to Save Child Care | #JobsDay November 2023
The October Jobs Report data offer some clear warning signs about the state of the country’s economy – and underscore the need for Congress to act to save child care.
NEWS: Abortion rights are on the ballot in Ohio this Election Day
The number of legal abortions in the United States increased in the year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. But they decreased sharply in states with total bans or strict limits on the procedure.
The Child Care Funding Cliff Has Been Centuries in the Making
Our country’s child care sector is historically underpaid, underfunded—with some workers even excluded from the full protections provided in our labor and civil rights laws—because its burdens are borne by women of color.
NEWS: Abortions Increased the Year After Roe was Overturned
The number of legal abortions in the United States increased in the year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. But they decreased sharply in states with total bans or strict limits on the procedure.
Expanding Care Investments Is Not A Secondary Luxury; It Is An Urgent Issue: My Testimony Before the Senate Finance Committee.
On October 25, 2023, NPWF President Jocelyn Frye delivered the following opening statement before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee at a hearing entitled: “Exploring Paid Leave: Policy, Practice, and Impact on the Workforce." Watch my opening remarks before the Senate...
NEWS: Domestic Violence Calls about ‘Reproductive Coercion’ Doubled After the Overturn of Roe
Reports of abuse involving reproductive coercion – actions that prevent someone from making crucial decisions about their body and reproductive health – nearly doubled in the yearlong period after Roe v. Wade was overturned, according to new data from the National Domestic Violence Hotline (NDVH).
NEWS: Indigenous people unite to navigate abortion access after Roe
Latinas remain the largest group of women of color in the nation impacted by current or likely state abortion bans more than a year after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade last summer.
Latinas/xs Need Abortion Justice and Economic Justice
Given the increased economic resources required to access abortions in many communities post-Dobbs, Latinas in these 26 states who face large wage gaps are particularly likely to be harmed.
Black women’s labor force participation continues to decline| #JobsDay October 2023
Black women’s and men’s labor force participation continues to decline since the spring, while the rates for men and women overall are steady or higher.
