A controversial Census Bureau proposal could shrink the U.S. disability rate by 40% – NPR
“Part of the issue with what they proposed is they are asking this scale and then excluding every person who says they have some difficulty in terms of these functions. Even if you say you have some difficulty with all of these functions, you would not be included as disabled,” said Kate Gallagher Robbins, senior fellow at the National Partnership for Women & Families.
As the nation battles a maternal health crisis, more women of color are choosing birth centers over hospitals – CNN
“While the majority of births in the US still happen in a hospital setting, in 2020 nearly 2% of people chose to give birth in a ‘community birth setting’ such as a birth center or home birth, according to the most recent data from the National Partnership for Women & Families, a nonprofit that tracked these trends based on birth certificate data.”
Study finds large pay gap for Native American women – Minnesota Public Radio
“An analysis by the National Partnership for Women and Families found Native American women earn just 55 cents for every dollar earned by white men.”
What Sean McVay Gets Wrong About NFL Paid Leave – Fatherly
“Even in jest, it’s disappointing that an expectant father feels compelled to walk back comments suggesting he’d need time to be at the birth of his first child,” said Venicia Gray, senior manager for maternal and infant health for the National Partnership for Women & Families in a statement to Fatherly.
Mothers of Color Can’t See if Providers Have a History of Mistreatment. Why Not? – KFF Health News
“After a survey’s measures are created, it can take several years for the results to be publicly reported or tied to payment, said Carol Sakala, senior director for maternal health at the National Partnership for Women & Families, an advocacy organization.”
More Latinas are living in states with abortion bans and restrictions, new report finds – NBC
“A new analysis from the National Partnership for Women & Families and the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice, first shared with NBC News, found that close to 6.7 million Latinas (43% of all Latinas ages 15-49) live in 26 states that have banned or are likely to ban abortions.”
The wage gap costs women $1.6 trillion a year, new report finds. Here’s how to get the pay you deserve – CNBC
“Women earned 78 cents for every dollar that men made in 2022, according to National Partnership for Women and Families.”
What Will It Take for Workplaces to Work for Women? – Women Wear Daily
“It’s clear that care work is valuable labor, but we rarely treat it as such,” Jocelyn Frye, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, said in a statement. “The additional unpaid caregiving that women perform, combined with longstanding gender-based pay disparities, mean that too many women are unable to achieve economic stability at a time when mothers are increasingly breadwinners, especially Black and Latina moms.”
US Women Miss Out on $627 Billion by Not Getting Paid for Caregiving – Bloomberg
“Women average about 52 minutes per day caring for children and other family members, including those outside the home, while men spend about 26 minutes a day on care, an analysis published Monday by the National Partnership for Women & Families…”
Philly’s salary history ban promotes equal pay for Black women, activists say – Daily Herald News Today
““If you are held to your prior salary, you are effectively forcing Black women to be stuck with that discriminatory pay going forward,” said Jocelyn Frye, president of the National Partnership for Women and Families.”
