Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 12, 2024 – The National Partnership for Women & Families praised the critical investments to support working families in President...
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NPWF takes a Care Week: Reflections on a Week dedicated to Self-Care
by Aimee Peoples, Anagha Sreevals, National Partnership Staff | Nov 20, 2023 | Other
During Care Week, our staff truly prioritized their rest and time based on their own needs. Here are some things our staff did with this time.
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NEWS: How abortion bans are undercutting efforts to prevent domestic violence
by Repro Health Watch | Nov 16, 2023 | Repro Health Watch
As more abortion bans have gone into effect across the country, it has become far more difficult to perform a standard element of gynecological care: screening patients for domestic abuse.
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How the Wage Gap Persists Beyond Working Years, Especially for Black and Latina Women
by Genevieve Hayman, Jessica Mason | Nov 13, 2023 | Fair Pay
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.
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NEWS: Abortion rights keep winning
by Repro Health Watch | Nov 9, 2023 | Repro Health Watch
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.
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Black Women & Birthing People: We Inherit Joy, Too
by Venicia Gray | Nov 8, 2023 | Maternal Health
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.
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Warning Signs in the Latest Jobs Report – and a Chance for Congress to Save Child Care | #JobsDay November 2023
by Katherine Gallagher Robbins | Nov 3, 2023 | Fair Pay
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.
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NEWS: Abortion rights are on the ballot in Ohio this Election Day
by Repro Health Watch | Nov 2, 2023 | Repro Health Watch
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.
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The Child Care Funding Cliff Has Been Centuries in the Making
by Fatima Goss Graves | Oct 30, 2023 | Other
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.
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NEWS: Abortions Increased the Year After Roe was Overturned
by Repro Health Watch | Oct 26, 2023 | Repro Health Watch
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.
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Expanding Care Investments Is Not A Secondary Luxury; It Is An Urgent Issue: My Testimony Before the Senate Finance Committee.
by Jocelyn Frye | Oct 25, 2023 | Paid Leave
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...
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NEWS: Domestic Violence Calls about ‘Reproductive Coercion’ Doubled After the Overturn of Roe
by Repro Health Watch | Oct 19, 2023 | Repro Health Watch
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).
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NEWS: Indigenous people unite to navigate abortion access after Roe
by Repro Health Watch | Oct 12, 2023 | Repro Health Watch
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.