Honoring Black Maternal Health Week
Too many Black women are dying in pregnancy and childbirth. It’s unacceptable. We’re proud to support Black Mamas Matter Alliance’s Black Maternal Health Week.
Survey Says: We’re Missing an Opportunity to Engage Women in Their Health Care
The 2017 NCI Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) survey included questions on consumer use of health IT. We look at what it says about how women access and use health information via digital health tools.
Women Deserve the Truth
National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) v. Becerra should be a no-brainer for the Court. It’s a case about the simple proposition that women deserve the truth.
This International Women’s Day, We Must #PressforProgress on Women’s Health
We all must speak out against the Trump administration’s attacks on women’s health and health care — before it’s too late.
Let’s Press for Progress on Gender Equality Through a Strong U.S. Paid Leave Policy
On International Women’s Day, it is difficult to ignore the fact that the United States is an international outlier when it comes to paid leave.
Women Just Can’t Win: Medicaid Work Requirements and Inadequate Workplace Policies
Here’s an idea for politicians who claim they want to help women and families become more financially secure: Don’t institute punishing work requirements in programs that are meant to help people achieve and maintain economic security. Instead, promote and protect access to affordable, quality health care and supportive workplace policies.
Standing Together to Unrig the System for Working People
Workers need strong workplace policies – and strong unions – to ensure they are treated with dignity and respect. But working people are under attack.
First Equal Pay Day of the Year – for Asian Women – Reminds Us That the Wage Gap is Pervasive
Unless Congress enacts legislation that will help all women receive higher wages and remain and succeed in the workforce, women and families, and especially women of color, will continue to suffer – and our economy and nation will pay the price.
Resisting Attacks From Corporate Interests, Advocates in Austin Win Paid Sick Days
The Austin City Council approved a paid sick days ordinance this week. When signed into law, the new measure will guarantee paid sick days for more than 210,000 Austinites who currently cannot earn such time.
Celebrating 25 Years of the FMLA With a Resounding Call for Paid Leave for All
As this wrap up shows, there is tremendous strength, diversity, passion and clout behind the vibrant movement to win paid family and medical leave for all.
Delays are Destructive: Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands Need Health Care Funding Now
It is my hope that by Super Bowl 2019, I will be able to tell my son that Puerto Rican families have the resources they need to enjoy a Sunday football game, rather than worry about basic necessities and access to affordable health care. We urge Congress to act without further delay.
Why Paid Leave Means… Everything
Twenty-five years after we won a national unpaid leave law, it’s time to finally win paid leave.
