LaKisha Wiley is the accounts payable specialist at the National Partnership for Women & Families.
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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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Women of Color Face Greater Harm WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 16, 2026 – Today, the National Partnership for Women & Families released new analysis on the impacts of anti-abortion policies four years after the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization...
The groups’ recommendations aim to ensure taxpayer dollars aren’t funding discrimination WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 11, 2026 – Today, the National Partnership for Women & Families, Equal Rights Advocates, and The 75 Million Project issued recommendations for...
Survey of 3,857 new mothers is the most comprehensive in a decade WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 9, 2026 – Today, the National Partnership for Women & Families, in partnership with MomsRising and the Black Mamas Matter Alliance, released the fourth national...
Full disclosure: When you read this, I'll be out on parental leave. As I've been prepping and planning, I've been thinking a lot about what my own parents went through, wondering what will be the same and what I'll try to do differently. Birth and early parenting are...
FDA Moves Ahead With Safety Study of Abortion Pill Mifepristone CBS News, June 5, 2026 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is moving ahead with a safety study of the abortion pill mifepristone, a senior FDA official confirmed to CBS News, a step that could create a...
As the United States prepares to mark the 250th anniversary of its founding later this summer, there will be extensive celebration and reflection about our democracy and the values it embodies. But the 250th is not the only anniversary that should capture our...
ISSUE BRIEF | Four years post-Dobbs, anti-abortion extremists are banning abortion outright, defunding and shuttering reproductive health clinics, blocking telehealth abortion, and restricting medication abortion pills.
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.
ISSUE BRIEF | 42 states and the District of Columbia have expanded leave rights to workers in their states, joined by local and federal wins that increased leave rights.
