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...
Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 22, 2024 – Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized a regulation that would strengthen the Health Insurance...
Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 17, 2024 – The National Partnership for Women & Families today announced the addition of Jennifer M. Ng'andu to the Board of Directors and...
July 10th, 2025, is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, commemorating how far into the year that Black women need to work to earn what white, non-Hispanic men made in the previous year. In 2023, Black women earners, including full-time, part-time and part-year workers, were...
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...
ISSUE BRIEF | This brief examines key policy design features related to paid leave program finances and reviews the financial state of these programs to offer lessons and best practices for policymakers.
REPORT | The first report in this series discussed barriers that disabled women face in obtaining and maintaining employment. Many of these barriers are exacerbated by a lack of safe, stable, accessible and affordable housing and transportation.