America’s Gender Pay Gap Going In Wrong Direction – Newsweek
“‘The wage gap persists because of systemic, discriminatory barriers, including the overrepresentation of women in low-wage work, and the lack of workplace policies to support workers’ caregiving needs,’ Jocelyn Frye, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families (NPFW), wrote in a statement responding to the census data. ‘It is long past time for our nation to finally ensure that every woman is paid what she is due.'”
How Big Is the Gender Wage Gap Now? What New Census Data Shows.– USA Today
“Most pay equity advocates are glad men’s earnings have increased, said Katherine Gallagher Robbins, senior research fellow for the National Partnership for Women & Families.
“‘Women are falling farther behind because they are not gaining at the same level that men are,’ Robbins said. ‘It’s good that men are gaining; we want to see those wages go up. We know families need it. But we also can’t be in the situation where we’re seeing women being left further and further behind.'”
For the First Time in Over 60 Years, the Gender Pay Gap Widened 2 Years in a Row– CNBC
“On the one hand, it’s a good sign that men’s wages increased last year, says Katherine Gallagher Robbins, a senior fellow at the National Partnership for Women and Families. And when considering part-time workers, women’s median earnings grew about 5% between 2023 and 2024.
“But overall, ‘the concerning part is that women’s wages are not keeping pace,’ Robbins tells CNBC Make It. ‘What we would like to see is everyone’s wages to be increasing and for that gap to be closing at the same time.'”
The Gender Pay Gap Is Getting Wider, Reversing Progress – Axios
“Wages for workers without a high-school degree were up 5.5% last year — and that may be driving the gap, Katherine Gallagher Robbins, a senior fellow at the National Partnership for Women & Families, tells Axios.”
This Summer, Parents Stitched Together Child Care To Give Their Kids a ‘Space for Black Joy’ – The 19th
“Experts like Jocelyn Frye, the president of the National Partnership for Women and Families, an organization that advocates for family policies, know how unaffordable child care can be a stressor for Black families.
“’If you have a high number of moms who are working, then you’re going to need access to care and if you’re asking them to spend almost half their income on childcare, that’s going to not only put pressure on the entire family economically, but it’s going to make it harder for them to afford that care to begin with.’”
350,000 Black Women Were Ousted From The Workforce — For Millennials, Where Are They Going Next? – Forbes
“The broader context, says Jocelyn Frye, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families and co-leader of the 75 Million Campaign, is that today’s job losses are less about performance and more about politics.
“’When you lose a job not because of your work but because of a political agenda, it can feel demoralizing,’ Frye told me. ‘And for Black women, particularly Black mothers – more than 80% of whom are the primary breadwinners – it threatens the stability of entire families.’
“She points to the rollback of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives as both a cause and a consequence.
“’This administration has deployed a different narrative, but the purpose is the same as always: to erode the pathways that allowed Black women even a chance at the middle class,’ Frye told me.”
Her call to action: don’t internalize the systemic failures.
“This is not about individual deficiencies. It’s an ideological agenda. And we must push back—not only to protect jobs, but to protect the progress that got us here in the first place.”
Looming Medicaid Cuts Could Hurt Black Children, Advocates Warn – POLITICO
“’Having these cuts is something that’s going to limit that access for a lot of Black women out there, and that’s something that will have a ripple effect on maternal mortality and morbidity,’ said Rolonda Donelson, a reproductive health equity legal fellow at the National Partnership for Women & Families.”
Supreme Court’s Medina decision limits options for Medicaid enforcement actions – Reuters
“Following Medina, Medicaid providers and enrollees will have few practical options for challenging state decisions about Medicaid funding and benefits. Medina is especially relevant to reproductive health services providers, and individuals seeking reproductive health care. Medicaid is the largest single payer of reproductive and maternal health services in the United States. According to the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services, it covers nearly 41% of all births nationwide, and the National Partnership for Women & Families states nearly 24 million women receive health insurance through the program. Post Medina, states may pursue policies to limit Medicaid spending on reproductive health care services.”
Trump Prepares to Revoke Lifesaving Abortion Care for Veterans – The Intercept
“‘So that’s 345,000 women veterans that live in states that have banned or are likely to ban abortion,” said Jaclyn Dean, director of congressional relations, reproductive health, at the National Partnership for Women & Families. “For many of the women veterans living in any of those 12 states with total abortion bans, the VA is the only place that they can get abortion care. So you can expect those people to lose abortion care in cases of rape, incest, in the life and health of the pregnant person.’”
DEI’s Collapse and the Cost to Black Women – Feminist Majority Foundation
“The National Partnership for Women & Families warns that without meaningful DEI protections, these disparities are likely to grow, particularly in workplaces that are no longer accountable to inclusive recruitment and advancement policies.”
