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Dec 18, 2023 |
“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.
Dec 13, 2023 |
Today’s announcement introducing the Senate Bipartisan Paid Leave Working Group and announcing a bicameral effort is an important step and opportunity to strengthen strengthen working families and address their caregiving challenges.
Dec 9, 2023 |
“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.”
Dec 6, 2023 |
The “Systems Transformation Guide to Disability Economic Justice: Food Insecurity, Housing and Transportation,” further illuminates the ways in which systems and institutions have harmed disabled women – particularly disabled women of color – and their loved ones.
Nov 28, 2023 |
The representation gap – even more significant for women of color – poses a huge barrier to ensuring policies that support state-level abortion access
Nov 27, 2023 |
“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.”
Nov 8, 2023 |
A new study from the National Partnership for Women & Families finds that Black-led community initiatives may be vital to solving the Black maternal health crisis.
Oct 25, 2023 |
Today NPWF President Jocelyn C. Frye testified as an expert witness in the Senate Finance Committee’s hearing on “The Need for Paid Leave to Better Support American Workers and Families.”
Oct 20, 2023 |
“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.
Oct 17, 2023 |
We commend the Senate for confirming Karla Gilbride as general counsel to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). She is a fierce advocate for workplace equity and in the fight against discrimination, particularly for women, and women of color, and disabled people, who account for the vast majority of wage discrimination and sexual harassment claims filed.
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The wage gap for disabled women is 50 cents for every dollar paid to a nondisabled man WASHINGTON, D.C. – September 18, 2024 – Today, a coalition of gender equity organizations, think tanks, disability rights advocates and policy organizations will...
Women of Color Among Those Most Affected WASHINGTON, D.C. – September 11, 2024 – Today, the National Partnership released a new analysis on the likely impacts of abortion access on state ballots in the November 2024 election. The Supreme Court's decision...
National Partnership analysis reveals women lost $1.7 trillion in earnings in 2023 WASHINGTON, D.C. – September 10, 2024 – A new analysis from the National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF) reveals that the wage gap for all women workers is now...
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have been cornerstones of opportunity since 1837, when Cheyney University was founded to educate free Black students in trades and teaching. For the first time in U.S. history, there was a formal educational space...
Trump Administration Revokes Guidance Requiring Hospitals To Provide Emergency Abortions Associated Press, June 3, 2025 The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it would revoke guidance to the nation’s hospitals that directed them to provide emergency...
Medicaid gives people access to essential health care and supports when they need it most, but enormous Republican-proposed cuts would jeopardize the health of over 70 million people, including children, pregnant people, older adults, people with disabilities and...
ISSUE BRIEF | Disabled women workers overall are only paid 50 cents for every dollar a nondisabled man makes, due to a long legacy of ableism and discrimination.
In order to ensure pregnant people can exercise full autonomy over their bodies and lives on their own terms and without fear of criminalization, data privacy protections are urgently needed.
INFOGRAPHIC | Project 2025, a 900+ page document created by the Heritage Foundation, serves as a playbook to systematically dismantle the foundation of checks and balances that American democracy rests upon. If implemented, Project 2025 would serve as a draconian tool...
