According to a 2008 survey by the National Partnership for Women & Families, only 16 percent do — which just goes to show we’ve got a lot of work to do.
4 Things You Won’t Believe Women Couldn’t Do In 1990 – Bustle
read more
News
C-Sections Are Best With a Little Labor, a Study Says – New York Times
Dec 14, 2015 |
“When you don’t wait for labor to begin on its own, you cut short all kinds of physiological changes and preparations for birth that are taking place toward the end of pregnancy,” said Carol Sakala, the director of the nonprofit Childbirth Connection programs at the National Partnership for Women & Families. “What is the effect of cutting off those processes so casually on such a large scale?”
New Resesarch Proves the Hidden Inequality Within the Gender Wage Gap – Fast Company
Dec 7, 2015 |
In new analysis conducted by the National Partnership for Women & Families, the 77¢ to the dollar figure is a median for all women collectively. “Pay inequities and wage discrimination perpetuate poverty, and women of color suffer the most,” said Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership. “In the very states in which most African-American women and Latinas work, the loss of critical income makes it much harder for them and their families to get ahead or even stay afloat.”
Senate Passage of Reconciliation Bill Is ‘A Shameful Display of Contempt for Women’s Health,’ Ness Says
Dec 4, 2015 |
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
New Analysis Reveals Punishing Wage Gaps for African American Women and Latinas in the States Where Most Work
Dec 3, 2015 |
According to just-released U.S. Census Bureau data, African American women and Latinas are suffering from significant gender-based wage gaps in the 20 states in which most are employed full time, year round. The analysis reveals that for every dollar paid to white,...
Senators Must Reject ‘Mean-Spirited, Indefensible Reconciliation Bill that Would Deny Essential Health Care to Millions’
Dec 2, 2015 |
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Top 6 Trending Payment Models Demanding New Long-Term Focus – RevCycle Intelligence
Dec 2, 2015 |
“This kind of innovation is a positive and promising step toward a health care system that rewards value instead of volume and treats patients and families as partners in health care decision-making,” stated Debra L. Ness, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families.
Study Suggests 19 Percent Could Be Benchmark C-Section Rate – WBUR
Dec 1, 2015 |
“We could shift this number downward,” said Carol Sakala, director of childbirth connection programs at the National Partnership for Women and Families, by helping women get “fit and ready for the challenges of labor, using a doula, being upright and moving around during labor and periodic listening to the baby’s heart patterns as opposed to continuous electronic fetal monitoring.”
Getting copies of medical records costly for Ohioans – Columbus Dispatch
Nov 29, 2015 |
Kentucky has the right approach, said Christine Bechtel, a coordinator with the national campaign Get My Health Data, which is working to increase consumer demand for their own medical records. “It’s such an outdated view that patients should be charged for health data that is so essential to their care,” Bechtel said. “We have to shift the mentality around patient health information” so it’s no longer looked at as competitive information or a line item.
The Politics of Paid Time Off to Have a Baby – The New York Times
Nov 23, 2015 |
The F.M.L.A. was introduced in Congress, in some version, regularly between 1984 and 1993, according to an advocacy group that worked closely on the bill, only to be felled by two vetoes by President George H.
Categories
