Regulations implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act would protect 2.8 million pregnant workers WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 26, 2024 – The National Partnership for Women & Families is calling out the recent partisan lawsuit led by 17 states to...
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Regulations implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act would protect 2.8 million pregnant workers WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 26, 2024 – The National Partnership for Women & Families is calling out the recent partisan lawsuit led by 17 states to...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 26, 2024 – Today, the National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF) announced the release of two new installments of the “Disability Economic Justice Systems Transformation Guide.” The report on wealth building, timed to...
Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 23, 2024 – Today, the Biden administration published a final rule to support higher pay and better work-family balance for workers by...
As Minority Health Month comes to a close, we should spotlight the enduring inequities affecting minority populations in our health care system. Glaring inequities persist among historically marginalized populations that demand transformative action. These inequities...
The Supreme Court’s Likely to Make it More Dangerous to be Pregnant in a Red State Vox, April 24, 2024 A federal law requires most US hospitals to provide an abortion to patients experiencing a medical emergency if an abortion is the proper medical treatment for that...
This Care Workers Recognition Month, advocates across the country are calling for action on policies that support our paid and unpaid caregivers – including paid family and medical leave. 14 states, including the District of Columbia, have already stepped up to...
ISSUE BRIEF | The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, and extreme abortion bans and restrictions passed by states even prior to then, have had far reaching impacts on health care providers and the communities they care for.
We call on Congressional champions for women's health and economic security to cosponsor and push for passage of the following priority bills in 2024.
FACT SHEET | Misclassification of workers as independent contractors deprives many women of critically important protections for equal pay and accommodations for breastfeeding.