“‘Warrantless law enforcement access to digital information related to reproductive health care, including location data, threatens reproductive freedom,’ Ashley Emery, senior policy analyst, reproductive health and rights at the non-profit the National Partnership for Women & Families, told 404 Media. ‘If law enforcement can bypass court approval needed to obtain sensitive data and instead use this new surveillance tool to track pregnant people and build cases against them, the implications for abortion and pregnancy criminalization are alarming. This risk is especially salient for Black women, brown women, and low-income women, who are already over-surveilled and over-policed.'”
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Hurricane Helene Exacerbated Barriers to North Carolina Abortion Access – Rewire News Group
Oct 18, 2024 |
“Latinas represent the largest group of women of color harmed by current or likely state bans, with nearly 6.7 million Latinas living in states that have banned or are likely to ban abortion, according to the National Partnership for Women & Families.”
National Partnership for Women & Families’ Staff Ratify First Collective Bargaining Agreement
Oct 17, 2024 |
The National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF) and the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU), IFPTE Local 70, are proud to announce the ratification of their first collective bargaining agreement. National Partnership United (NPU), a chapter within NPEU, was formally recognized in January of 2021 and negotiations for a first contract began later that year.
What’s behind the widening gender wage gap in the US? – AP
Oct 16, 2024 |
“The Census Bureau calculates the gender wage gap by comparing only men and women who work year-round in full-time jobs. But a grimmer picture for women emerges from data that includes part-time workers, said Jocelyn Frye, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families.”
National Partnership Mourns the Loss of Fair Pay Champion Lilly Ledbetter
Oct 15, 2024 |
“All of us at the National Partnership for Women & Families were saddened to hear about the passing of Lilly Ledbetter. She was a true American heroine in every sense of the word and dedicated her life to fighting for equal pay and fairness for all workers.”
How Companies Can Improve Paid Leave With New ‘Leading On Leave Index’ – Forbes
Oct 13, 2024 |
“Offering competitive paid leave benefits is becoming a business imperative. But the absence of any ‘standard’ paid leave package, coupled with a lack of benefits transparency, has made it challenging for companies to achieve this goal. To overcome these barriers, the National Partnership for Women & Families has launched a new initiative called the ‘Leading on Leave Index.'”
Latina Equal Pay Day: South Bay rallies to end to pay disparities – ABC7 Bay Area
Oct 3, 2024 |
“‘San Jose, unfortunately, is the epicenter of the wage gap in the entire nation,’ said Gabby Chavez-Lopez, Executive Director of Latina Coalition of Silicon Valley. ‘Latina workers are paid 33.6 cents on the dollar compared to their white male, non-Hispanic counterparts and what that means is debilitating happening for that individual for families.’ That data comes from a HOPE ESL report and National Partnership for Women and Families.”
National Partnership Welcomes Dvora Lovinger as Vice President of Congressional Relations and Social Impact, Sara Goldberg as Vice President of Development
Oct 1, 2024 |
“I am thrilled to welcome Dvora and Sara to the National Partnership,” said Jocelyn C. Frye, President of National Partnership for Women & Families.
Abortion-rights groups are courting Latino voters in Arizona and Florida – AP News
Sep 27, 2024 |
“Sinsi Hernández-Cancio, vice president for health justice at the National Partnership for Women & Families, said abortion-rights supporters cannot afford to assume Latino voters do not support abortion rights, especially in majority-Republican Florida, which requires 60% voter support to pass a constitutional amendment.”
Judge lets over 8,000 Catholic employers deny worker protections for abortion and fertility care – AP News
Sep 24, 2024 |
“Sharita Gruberg, vice president for economic justice at the National Partnership for Women and Families, said she’s worried about a ‘broader chilling effect’ from this ruling and other decisions that could inhibit pregnant workers from feeling empowered to exercise their rights under the act.”
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