Betsy Macdonnell is the executive assistant to the President at the National Partnership.
"Because Equality" (video, 2-19, 2019)
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 WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 29, 2024 – This week, the Trump Administration unlawfully attempted to fire two of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s sitting...
History of EO 11246: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JcPpBZYlxM Pres. Trump has issued an Executive Order that would roll back a 60 year old civil rights order (EO 11246) that helps protect workers from discrimination. Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the...
Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 21, 2024 – “National Partnership for Women & Families strongly condemns the recent executive orders issued by President Donald Trump...
Trump Reinstates the ‘Global Gag Rule’ on Abortion The 19th, January 24, 2025 President Donald Trump has directed his administration to block global aid recipients from telling patients about abortion – a move that could weaken reproductive health care...
Today’s release of union data showed women of color and part-time workers led the gains in union membership growth in 2024. While the rate of union membership overall was little changed in 2024, clocking in at 9.9 percent, compared to 10.0 percent in 2023, women of...
For years, advocates have used the gender wage gap as a metric for progress towards gender equity in the United States. A slew of laws including the 1963 Equal Pay Act, 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act coincided with a gender revolution...
FACT SHEET | Federal employees provide essential services to people – and when they are under threat, so too is that important work. It would also impact the economy overall. Costing hundreds of thousands of workers – or more – their jobs could dramatically spike...
LETTER | The National Coalition for Gender Justice in Health Policy (NCGJHP) and 134 allied organizations sent a letter to Congress to urge them to protect Medicaid and oppose all attempts to cut the program.
FACT SHEET | Complex problems resulting from decades of systemic racism and sexism, compounded by attacks on abortion care and health care, have created barriers for women – particularly mothers – from fully participating in the workforce.
