Ashley Kurzweil (she/her) is the Senior Policy Analyst for Reproductive Health and Rights at the National Partnership for Women & Families.
"Fighting for Equality + Equity" (video, June 5, 2025)
Our mission is to improve the lives of women and families by achieving equality for all women.
Kamala Harris speaking at the National Partnership Annual Gala (Washington, DC, 2016)
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Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families The Senate has voted to advance a Republican Budget Bill that would undermine the health and economic security of 17 million people who rely on essential programs like Medicaid...
Women Do a Majority of Unpaid Care Work, With Each Woman Spending Nearly 300 Hours per Year on Caregiving WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 26, 2025 – A new analysis from the National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF) finds that if Americans who provide care...
Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 26, 2025 – Today, in a new decision (Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic), the Supreme Court has made it harder for people in South...
A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage ProPublica, July 1, 2025 Before states banned abortion, one of the gravest outcomes of early miscarriage could easily be avoided: Doctors could offer a dilation and...
“Thus it is not enough just to open the gates of opportunity. All our citizens must have the ability to walk through those gates. This is the next and the more profound stage of the battle for civil rights.” — Lyndon B. Johnson, Commencement Address at Howard...
Caring for our loved ones and neighbors is critical, important work that our families and communities depend on – and our analysis of new data from the 2024 American Time Use Survey underscores just how essential caregiving is. We find that Americans each spend...
ISSUE BRIEF | Rather than passing a comprehensive bill to create a national paid family and medical leave program, Congress's reconciliation bill uses a much narrower, business-focused tax code approach to extend a corporate tax credit that has failed working families.
FACT SHEET | Republicans in Congress are considering historic Medicaid cuts that would have a devastating impact on rural hospitals and patients, particularly on pregnant women with low incomes and their children.
FACT SHEET | A national paid family and medical leave insurance program would provide mothers and fathers with much-needed pay when they need time off for family or medical reasons.
