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Virginia takes steps to address maternal health disparities and mortality ahead of 2022 session – State of Reform

Sep 28, 2021

This Is the Year We Pass Paid Leave – New York Magazine

Sep 24, 2021

Arizonans join hundreds of female athletes opposing strict abortion law – Tucson Weekly

Sep 23, 2021

Care Matters: A Report Card for Care Policies in the States – The Century Foundation

Sep 22, 2021

Why Abortion Rights Are a Workplace Issue – Quartz

Sep 16, 2021

A Paid Family Leave Policy Could Be Coming to the U.S. Here’s What It Would Look Like – CNBC

Sep 16, 2021

Improving Maternal Care Across All Demographics – Issuu

Sep 10, 2021

Paid Family and Medical Leave Is Essential for Older Adults, Too – Next Avenue

Sep 8, 2021

What Can We Learn From the Cuomo Case About Workplace Sexual Harassment? – Women’s Media Center

Sep 8, 2021

Parents Have Few Paid Leave Rights as Covid Closes Schools Again – Bloomberg

Aug 30, 2021

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Minnesota Becomes 13th State to Pass Paid Family and Medical Leave

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NPWF Applauds Renewed Push in Congress for National Paid Sick Days and Paid Family and Medical Leave

National Partnership for Women & Families joins Congressional leaders on Capitol Hill to reintroduce paid leave and paid sick days, including paid safe leave for survivors of domestic abuse WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 18, 2023 – In a renewed push for a...

NEWS: Abortion ruling leaves pregnant women, doctors in limbo over high-risk care

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Americans’ Unpaid Caregiving is Worth More than $1 Trillion Annually – and Women are Doing Two-Thirds of The Work

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NEWS: Abortion pill access could still face challenges after Supreme Court decision

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Sexual Harassment and the Gender Wage Gap

Despite being prohibited by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, workplace sexual harassment remains pervasive and pernicious. Sexual harassment is one of many manifestations of power imbalances in the workplace.

Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) Coalition Letter to Congress

LETTER | 28 organizations urge Congress to cosponsor the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA), a bill that would create a statutory right for health care providers to provide abortion care and a right for their patients to receive that care.

Women’s Work Is Undervalued, and It’s Costing Us Billions

ISSUE BRIEF | This analysis documents the persistence of occupational segregation: women tend to hold jobs that are paid less than those men are likely to hold, and jobs in which women of color are overrepresented pay less than those primarily filled by white,...