Recommendations in "Partnership in Action" would help women return to work WASHINGTON, D.C. – December 7, 2022 – Today, the National Partnership for Women & Families released a new guide on gender equity in the workplace which the organization hopes...
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Domestic Violence Survivors Deserve Supportive Policies
by Kimiko Hirota | Oct 16, 2018 | Reproductive Rights
This Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we honor survivors and continue working on their behalf.
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A Shameful Day In Our Nation’s History
by Debra L. Ness | Oct 9, 2018 | Supreme Court and Judicial Nominations
By voting to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh, U.S. Senators turned their backs on America’s women.
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Labor Day 2018: Congress Needs to Step Up
by Debra L. Ness | Aug 31, 2018 | Reproductive Rights
Next week the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold hearings on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill the open seat on the Supreme Court. If Kavanaugh is confirmed, we fear — and expect, based on his record — that workers’ rights and the rights of women will be in grave jeopardy.
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Access to Paid Sick Days Reaches Record High, But Stark Disparities and Threats Persist
by Sarah Fleisch Fink | Jul 27, 2018 | Paid Sick Days
A record number of people in this country – 71 percent of private sector workers – now have access to paid sick days, but shameful disparities continue.
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Stabilize Housing, Improve Women’s Health
by Katie Martin | Jul 26, 2018 | Maternal Health
Where you live, work and play all affect your health. Indeed, research shows that access to nutritious food and safe housing are clearly linked to your health.
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Gotcha? Hardly!
by Judith L. Lichtman | Jul 14, 2018 | Supreme Court and Judicial Nominations
That is what’s at stake here: our lives. Our right to abortion care and ability to access it is about our health, the well-being and future of our families, our autonomy and our dignity. Ultimately it is about our ability to be equal.
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Fasten Your Seatbelt. This Is Going to Be the Fight of Our Lives
by Judith L. Lichtman | Jul 6, 2018 | Supreme Court and Judicial Nominations
Sometimes the world changes in a moment. One of those moments came when Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement.
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We March …
by Debra L. Ness | Jun 30, 2018 | Other
For every immigrant child who finds herself in a strange place, without the parents she loves and needs …
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Let’s Not Repeat the Mistakes of the Past With Worker Protections
by Jessica Mason | Jun 25, 2018 | Fair Pay
Eighty years ago today, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) – the cornerstone of labor protections for working people in the United States – was enacted. While its protections for working people remain in place today, so, unfortunately, do its exclusions, which disproportionately harm women and people of color.
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I am one of the 67 million women and girls with a pre-existing condition.
by Katie Martin | Jun 21, 2018 | ACA
Having my son could essentially blacklist me from getting affordable, comprehensive health coverage if opponents of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) succeed with their relentless efforts to sabotage it.
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Helping Men Care: Father’s Day is the Perfect Time to Fight for Paid Leave
by Vicki Shabo | Jun 17, 2018 | Paid Leave
Today’s dads aren’t the same as their own fathers. One indication of the change is the fact that fathers in the United States have nearly tripled the time they spend caring for children since 1965. But our paternity leave policies and the uptake of leave haven’t kept up with the change. It’s time to press the update button.
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Healing with HEAA
by Katie Martin | May 23, 2018 | Maternal Health
Supporting the Health Equity and Accountability Act (HEAA) should be a no-brainer. This bill would help eliminate racial and ethnic health and health care disparities.