Brittany Williams joins the National Partnership as Policy Counsel on the Economic Justice team. Brittany has a background reproductive justice, religious equality, and victim-centered advocacy for survivors. As Policy Counsel, Brittany’s portfolio includes advocating for equal pay and nondiscrimination in the workplace.
"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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WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 22, 2025 – Yesterday, the White House sent a memo to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem directing the Department of Justice to pursue sanctions against lawyers and law firms that...
Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 20, 2025 – “The Administration’s ongoing obsession with attacking the Department of Education is the latest effort to undo critical tools for...
Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 20, 2025 – “Today, I’m proud to announce that the National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF) has filed an amicus brief on behalf of...
On March 25, 2025, we commemorate Equal Pay Day, the day that marks how far into the year women must work in order to catch up with what men were paid the year before. This day brings into sharp focus the significant pay disparities women face across age groups,...
Texas’ First Abortion Arrests Stem From Monthlong Attorney General Investigation The Texas Tribune, March 17, 2025 Two people have been arrested and charged with performing illegal abortions at a Houston-area health clinic, the first criminal charges brought under the...
National Partnership analysis of new data released today on veterans’ employment reveals that women’s share of the veterans’ workforce has nearly doubled since 2000, reaching an all-time high of 13.8 percent in 2024. But even as women’s share of the veterans’...
ISSUE BRIEF | Four lawsuits from anti-abortion extremists challenging the 2024 HIPAA Privacy Rule are jeopardizing health privacy and threatening to put pregnant people at even greater risk of criminalization for their reproductive care.
REPORT | Overall, women in the United States are paid 75 cents for every dollar paid to men, and that gap is widest for women of color. This persistent, pervasive wage gap is driven in part by gender and racial discrimination, workplace harassment, job segregation and...
FACT SHEET | Women of color in the United States experience the nation's persistent and pervasive gender wage gap most severely. U.S. Census Bureau data reveal the size of that gap by race.
