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Jul 12, 2025 |
“’More than 1 in 6 women veterans actually works for the federal government, which is way higher than the rates you see kind of across the population,’ said Katherine Gallagher Robbins, a senior fellow at the National Partnership for Women & Families.”
Jul 9, 2025 |
New data from the National Partnership for Women & Families and A Better Balance reveals how Black and Southern workers bear the brunt of abusive state overreach.
Jul 9, 2025 |
“Medicaid covers over 40 percent of births in the United States, and an even higher percentage in rural areas. According to an analysis from the National Partnership for Women & Families, a nonprofit advocacy organization, “144 rural hospitals across the country with labor and delivery units are at risk of closure or severe service cutbacks” based on the Medicaid cuts outlined in the bill. That’s in addition to the over 100 rural labor and delivery units that have closed or plan to close since 2020.”
Jul 8, 2025 |
Today, President Trump signed the Republican budget bill that will undermine the health and economic security of millions of people who rely on essential programs like Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for health care coverage and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for food assistance.
Jul 3, 2025 |
“A key tenet of the bill’s current iteration is a whopping $1.1 trillion in cuts over the next decade to Medicaid, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Currently, 24 million women are enrolled in Medicaid; 56% of those women are of reproductive age, according to research from the National Partnership for Women and Families. Women of color make up over half of this group as well.”
Jul 2, 2025 |
The Senate has voted to advance a Republican Budget Bill that would undermine the health and economic security of 17 million people who rely on essential programs like Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for health care coverage.
Jul 1, 2025 |
“Only about half of small businesses offer their employees any amount of paid family or medical leave, according to a nationwide 2024 survey of 500 small business owners conducted by Lake Research Partners for the Small Business Majority and the National Partnership for Women & Families. And small businesses that do provide paid leave tend to offer much shorter durations than larger companies.” … “The NPWF Report highlights how smaller companies are innovating on paid leave by prioritizing flexibility. The Report also reveals how public policy gaps make it harder for small and mid-sized companies to keep up with larger companies on paid leave.”
Jul 1, 2025 |
“The historically brutal Medicaid cuts—a staggering $930 billion slashed from the program over the next decade—could force as many as 144 rural hospitals around the US to close their labor-and-delivery units or drastically scale back services, a new analysis by the National Partnership for Women & Families projects. That could have potentially catastrophic consequences for maternal and infant health. ‘When somebody is in labor or having a pregnancy-related emergency, every second counts,’ says Rolonda Donelson, lead author of the analysis. ‘And with these hospital closures, people are going to have to travel further and further to get the help that they need.’”
Jun 26, 2025 |
A new analysis from the National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF) finds that if Americans who provide care to loved ones received a check for that work, it would be in the amount of more than $1.1 trillion.
Jun 26, 2025 |
Today, in a new decision (Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic), the Supreme Court has made it harder for people in South Carolina with Medicaid coverage to choose their health care provider and limited their ability to challenge that restriction in court. The decision now opens the door for other states to exclude Planned Parenthood from their state Medicaid programs.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – October 6, 2025 – Today, the National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF) announced that Taryn Mackenzie Williams has joined the organization as the new senior fellow for disability. Williams will be a member of the...
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It’s now been more than a month since Trump and Republicans in Congress shut down the government rather than work with Democrats to help lower health care costs for Americans. Instead of working to fund food assistance and keep health care premiums from rising for...
Open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance marketplace has officially begun for 2026, but this year comes with a mountain of challenges. With enhanced premium tax credits (ePTCs) set to expire and new federal restrictions taking effect,...
On October 1, the federal government shut down because Republicans were unable to pass a funding bill, despite having control over all three branches of government. As the shutdown enters its fifth week, women and families across the country continue to feel the...
FACT SHEET | Women of color in the United States experience the nation's persistent and pervasive gender wage gap most severely. U.S. Census Bureau data reveal the size of that gap by race.
FACT SHEET | Overall, women in the United States are paid 75 cents for every dollar paid to men. The wage gap widened in 2023 from 2022 – the first time this has happened since 2003. When women lose income, their economic security and that of their families is...
LETTER | On behalf of the undersigned organizations and the tens of millions of working families we represent, we urge members of Congress to become a co-sponsor of the Family And Medical Insurance Leave Act (FAMILY) Act.
