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Today, Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), John Katko (R-NY), Bobby Scott (D-VA), Jaimie Herrera-Beutler (R-WA), and Lucy McBath (D-GA) announced the reintroduction of the bipartisan Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). As pregnant workers face sharply increased...

Statement of Sinsi Hernández-Cancio, Vice President for Health Justice, National Partnership for Women & Families

Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families

Statement from Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families

Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families

Today, the National Partnership for Women & Families released a set of new briefs laying out how workers and the entire economy will benefit from the paid leave provisions that are included in the House of Representatives’ Build Back Better Act. Paid leave would...

“Today, the nation’s largest health care philanthropy, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), has publicly affirmed its support for abortion rights and access. Richard Besser, MD, RWJF’s president, and CEO, issued a clarion call for quality and...

“The framework of the Build Back Better plan marks a historic investment in our care economy. We would be remiss, though, if we did not acknowledge that it is deeply disappointing that paid leave is not currently in the package. The pandemic painfully...

I have always found it difficult to say no to book clubs. So when our Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Antiracism (DEIA) Team started a book club at the National Partnership, I immediately nominated "Disability Visibility: First Person Stories from the Twenty-First...

Women Claim Texas Hospitals Denied Them Abortions for Ectopic Pregnancies The Washington Post, August 13, 2024 Two women have filed complaints against two Texas hospitals for allegedly denying them treatment for ectopic pregnancies, which they say put their lives at...

Over the past few months, lawmakers in several states and localities have been advocating for mask bans and have seen success in places like North Carolina and Nassau County, New York. These proposals follow a wave of protests opposing human rights violations...

The National Partnership for Women & Families is a nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy organization dedicated to promoting fairness in the workplace, access to quality health care and policies that help women and men meet the demands of work and family. The National...

Statement for the record, February 11, 2020.

This has been a year when we had to fight, night and day, for the soul of this country, when it was entirely clear that our rights, our dignity, and our future were on the line.

62% of SC workers have no access to even unpaid family leave, report shows – Post and Courier

Paid Leave Is the Workplace Equalizer That Americans Deserve – Fatherly

Pregnant Workers Fairness Coalition Applauds House Reintroduction of the Bipartisan Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and Urges Swift Passage

Momnibus Urgently Needed to Address Black Maternal Health Crisis

Congress is ‘better poised than ever’ to pass paid family leave bill, lawmakers say – The Guardian

National Partnership for Women & Families Applauds Introduction of the FAMILY ACT on the Anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act

The Family and Medical Leave Act was a good start, but it’s time for something new – The Hill

Seventy-five organizations are asking Congress to increase insurance subsidies in a coronavirus relief package – Washington Post

National Partnership Applauds Introduction of the Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act

National Partnership Praises Biden Executive Order on Protecting Women’s Health, Urges Stronger Actions to Protect Reproductive Autonomy

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New Research Demonstrates Paid Leave, as Included in the House Build Back Better Act, Financially Benefits Families and our Economy

National Partnership Applauds RWJF Abortion Rights Stance

Build Back Better Includes Historic Investment But Without Paid Leave Women Will Continue to Face Inequities

Beyond Disability Pride Month: NPWF Staff Reflections on “Disability Visibility”

NEWS: Women claim Texas hospitals denied them abortions for ectopic pregnancies

Mask Bans are Dangerous for Disabled Women

Testimony to Md. Senate Finance Committee in Opposition to Maryland Healthy Working Families Act – Verification

National Partnership Statement for the Record Ed and Labor Subcommittee Hearing February 2020

2019 Annual Report