Structural and discriminatory barriers have disadvantaged people of color throughout our country’s history and are responsible for punishing economic, wealth and health disparities that persist today. Our failure to adopt a national paid family and medical leave...
A Settled Matter: Voters Across Parties and Key Demographics Want a National Paid Leave Program that Covers Everyone
Aug 8, 2018
Powerful Consensus that Paid Leave Should Cover Child and Elder Care and Personal Medical Leave, Be Paid for By Employers and Employees, Make It Possible for Low-Income Workers to Afford to Take Leave
Seven Reasons Confirming Brett Kavanaugh Would Harm Women
Aug 6, 2018
Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation by the United States Senate would be a tremendous and enduring setback for women, and for all who care about protecting women’s health and rights, including access to abortion care; ending discrimination of all kinds;...
Trump Rule Means More Sabotage, More Discrimination, More Women & Families With Junk Health Plans That Will Fail Them When They Need Coverage Most
Aug 1, 2018
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Rubio Paid Leave Plan is ‘Wrong for America.’ It Excludes Most Workers, Jeopardizes Essential Social Security Benefits
Aug 1, 2018
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
‘An Unfair, Undemocratic, Underhanded Attempt to Take Away the Paid Sick Days Workers Have Won and Need,’ Women’s Leader Says, Blasting Deceptively Named ‘Workflex’ Bill
Jul 24, 2018
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
House Hearing Underscored Harm that Deceptively Named ‘Workflex’ Bill Would Cause to Women, Workers, Families Across Country
Jul 24, 2018
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Enormous Progress, Shocking Disparities on Paid Sick Days; New Data Underscore Need for Congress to Pass Healthy Families Act and Reject False Alternatives
Jul 20, 2018
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Oral Testimony of Vicki Shabo, United States Senate Committee on Finance Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy
Jul 11, 2018
Hearing on Examining the Importance of Paid Family Leave for American Working Families
MEDIA ADVISORY: National Paid Leave Expert to Testify Before Senate Subcommittee on Best Way Forward on Paid Leave
Jul 9, 2018
Shabo Will Urge Congress to Pass a Paid Leave Plan that Covers All Family Caregiving and Personal Medical Needs and Does Not Require Leave-Takers to Lose Social Security Benefits