Following today’s release of a new COVID-19 relief package by a bipartisan group of House and Senate negotiators, Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families issued the following statement: “We are deeply concerned that the newly...
Black Women Face More Trauma During Childbirth – Huffington Post
In the third Listening to Mothers survey, compiled by the maternity care nonprofit Childbirth Connection, 10 percent of black moms said they were “often” or “always” treated poorly in the hospital due to their race or background, compared to just 3 percent of white moms and 7 percent of Latina mothers.
Lack of Paid Sick Leave Linked to Poverty – HealthDay
Workers without paid sick leave are three times more likely to have incomes below the poverty line, two new studies find. Compared to adults who have the employee benefit, those without paid sick leave are also more likely to have difficulty affording food. They’re also more likely to use welfare assistance, the researchers said.
Sick and Tired: Paid Sick Time Measure in San Antonio Driven By Low Wages and Broken Politics – San Antonio Current
At first, I didn’t take the paid sick leave initiative in San Antonio seriously enough, maybe because I’m fortunate enough to be compensated for days I’m out sick. Call it a failure of empathy.
Study: Men Want to Do More Caregiving, but Can’t – Slate
Though a majority of Americans support paid family leave (though they may disagree over how to provide it), new research out in time for Father’s Day suggests insufficient paid leave as well as social expectations prevent fathers from caring for their children as much as they’d like.
Teens face a gender pay gap, too. Here’s how to help them navigate it. – The Washington Post
According to Vicki Shabo, vice president for the National Partnership for Women & Families, explicit and implicit messages that young and teen girls receive from parents and employers about girls going the extra mile without complaining or asking for compensation can create a troubling lifelong pattern.
Double duty: Caregivers take on a second shift in an aging America – Star Tribune
“These are folks who are struggling,” said Vicki Shabo, vice president of the National Partnership for Women and Families. “Without income when they need to take time off of work, they face falling deeper into a financial hole. They may need to rely on public assistance. They may need to go into debt.”
Nonpartisan report finds biggest barriers to women’s health are from Wisconsin politicians – Milwaukee Independent
According to the National Partnership’s report, Bad Medicine: How a Political Agenda Is Undermining Abortion Care and Access in Wisconsin, Wisconsin has a number of abortion restrictions that bear no relationship to medical standards; undermining health care providers’ efforts to provide the highest quality, patient-centered care; and taking decision-making away from women.
Tackling the ‘Motherhood Penalty’? Start With Benefits – Bloomberg
Women in the workplace often suffer great consequences for taking large amounts of leave, as opposed to their male counterparts, Sarah Fleisch Fink, general counsel and director of workplace policy for the National Partnership for Women & Families, told Bloomberg Law.
Oh baby! This had to be the cutest Statehouse rally ever. – NJ.com
Parents, clergy and lawmakers participating in the “Think Babies” demonstration in Trenton spoke broadly about the need for more affordable child care and a more generous paid family leave law that would double time off from six weeks to 12 weeks after a child is born or adopted.
Workers rally for paid sick leave in Westchester – News 12 Westchester
Workers in Westchester rallied Monday afternoon in support of paid sick leave. Labor leaders say 125,000 employees in the county do not have it.