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Apr 17, 2025 |
The DOGE mandate to cut the vast majority of OFCCP employees and shuttering of most OFCCP field offices is an assault on the civil rights of America’s workers, particularly disabled workers and veterans.
Mar 27, 2025 |
“The deceptive nature of the Trump Administration’s claim to care about ‘making America healthy again’ was laid bare by today’s announcement to fire 10,000 workers across the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) apparently without regard to the potential harms to the health and well-being of families and health care delivery overall.”
Mar 26, 2025 |
“This latest veto by Governor Youngkin is deeply troubling and disappointing and sends a clear message about his lack of commitment to adopting concrete policies to address the real needs of families across the state. For too many families, the lack of access to caregiving supports like paid family and medical leave means that they must make impossible choices…”
Mar 24, 2025 |
A group of 22 civil rights organizations vehemently condemn President Trump’s latest memorandum. The organizations call for urgent action to defend the rule of law.
Mar 22, 2025 |
“Advocates say providing paid sick time can reduce the spread of disease. It also can improve production by cutting down on ‘presenteeism,’ or people showing up for work sick and unable to focus on their jobs, said Jessica Mason, a senior policy analyst with the National Partnership. … Mason says interest in paid leave has been building since the COVID-19 pandemic. ‘The pandemic really brought to the forefront of everyone’s mind how important paid sick leave is,’ she said.”
Mar 20, 2025 |
The Administration’s ongoing obsession with attacking the Department of Education is the latest effort to undo critical tools for ensuring that educational opportunity is accessible for everyone.
Mar 20, 2025 |
The NPWF has filed an amicus brief on behalf of 25 reproductive health, civil rights, and social justice organizations in State of Tennessee et al. v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, supporting reproductive health privacy protections.
Mar 19, 2025 |
Trump-appointed Acting EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas targeted 20 law firms, demanding information about their employment practices, with a focus on each firm’s diversity practices. Lucas’ action seems designed to be an intimidation tactic, without sufficient legal authority.
Mar 10, 2025 |
“‘I think part of the reason that so many of us came to Selma is because we really draw inspiration in people who had no reason really to believe that they could get freedom,’ said Jocelyn Frye, president of the National Partnership for Women and Families. ‘They were facing what may have looked like an all-powerful force, but they had a faith and desire to work for something bigger and better, and I think we’re here because we have that same spirit.'”
Mar 10, 2025 |
“In fact, Medicaid provides health care to more than 13 million women of reproductive age (ages 19 to 49), according to the National Partnership for Women & Families.”
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Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 17, 2025 – For decades, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has played a pivotal role, protecting the rights of...
Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 27, 2025 – “The deceptive nature of the Trump Administration’s claim to care about ‘making America healthy again’ was laid bare by today’s...
Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 26, 2025 – This week, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin once more vetoed HB 2531, legislation that would have provided 12 weeks of paid family...
Abortions Keep Increasing in the United States, Data Show TIME, April 15, 2025 The number of abortions provided in most of the U.S. increased slightly in 2024 from the year before, according to new data released on April 15. The research was conducted by the...
This April marks the 8th annual Medicaid Awareness Month. This year, the commemoration is more crucial than ever. Medicaid gives people access to essential health care and supports when they need it most, but enormous Republican-proposed cuts would jeopardize the...
Even with a ban on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts, Black maternal health must remain central in all efforts to improve U.S. maternal health and be a named priority within our legislative agendas. On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued an executive...
FACT SHEET | A look at the wage gap for Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander women by ethnic subgroup, and what that gap means for them and their families.
ISSUE BRIEF | Four lawsuits from anti-abortion extremists challenging the 2024 HIPAA Privacy Rule are jeopardizing health privacy and threatening to put pregnant people at even greater risk of criminalization for their reproductive care.
REPORT | Overall, women in the United States are paid 75 cents for every dollar paid to men, and that gap is widest for women of color. This persistent, pervasive wage gap is driven in part by gender and racial discrimination, workplace harassment, job segregation and...
