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Aug 15, 2023 |
“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…”
Aug 15, 2023 |
Today, the National Partnership released new analysis that demonstrates how wide the caregiving gap is between men and women across the United States.
Jul 27, 2023 |
NPWF President Jocelyn C. Frye released released a new issue brief on the systemic barriers that impact Black women’s economic security. The report, “Rejecting Business as Usual” comes on Black Women’s Equal Pay Day.
Jul 26, 2023 |
This is the first report from the National Partnership that dives into how to build an equitable economy that centers the needs of women with disabilities, and women of color with disabilities, in particular.
Jul 25, 2023 |
““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.”
Jul 24, 2023 |
“”When there have been opportunities to pass the policies that pregnant people and parenting people and families need to thrive, the vast majority of Republicans have opposed them,” said Shaina Goodman, a policy expert with the National Partnership for Women and Families, which has for years championed a federal paid family and medical leave program.”
Jul 24, 2023 |
“In Pennsylvania, Black women earn 60 cents on every dollar, according to U.S. Census data compiled by the National Partnership for Women and Families.”
Jul 20, 2023 |
“At the National Partnership for Women & Families, where I work, my colleagues and I have recently witnessed corporations using their clout to take a stand, many for the first time, on guaranteeing reproductive health coverage for their employees, and publicly standing against restrictions on reproductive rights.”
Jul 14, 2023 |
This month, Sinsi Hernández-Cancio joined Univision Dallas – Fort Worth to discuss the new benefits provided to working women by the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. Watch her interview.
Jul 12, 2023 |
Today the Senate took an important step in the fight for equity in the workplace when it confirmed Kalpana Kotagal as a commissioner to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
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