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May 1, 2015 |
(Document and recommendations endorsed by the National Partnership for Women & Families)
Apr 30, 2015 |
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Apr 30, 2015 |
“There’s definitely stigma that’s still involved,” said Vicki Shabo, vice president at the National Partnership for Women & Families. “Cultures where employers look less favorably, or employees think they’ll be looked on less favorably, if they take [parental] leave.”
Apr 30, 2015 |
In a letter to Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and the National Partnership for Women & Families said, “The Postal Service continues to maintain a legally indefensible position that allows for discriminatory treatment against its own employees.”
Apr 29, 2015 |
Too often the Texas Legislature inserts politics into the exam room. Both patients and providers suffer as a result. Unfortunately, Texas is not alone – a 2014 report by the National Partnership for Women & Families, “Bad Medicine: How a Political Agenda is Undermining Women’s Health Care,” finds that a majority of states have one or more laws like these.
Apr 28, 2015 |
“The proposed modification to Meaningful Use … is a startling and unwelcome departure from the administration’s commitment to healthcare transformation that produces higher value, more patient- and family-centered care,” Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women and Families here, said in a statement.
Apr 27, 2015 |
(Statistics provided by the National Partnership for Women & Families)
Apr 23, 2015 |
“Paid sick days laws are or will soon be in place in 21 places across the country and 81 percent of voters say they want lawmakers to consider new laws like paid sick days,” the National Partnership for Women & Families said in a statement. “It is past time for action at the federal level.”
Apr 23, 2015 |
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Apr 23, 2015 |
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
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“Today’s U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the troubling nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions for attorney general of the United States is a critical opportunity for senators and the public to examine his record. Anyone who takes a hard look will...
“The introduction of the budget resolution in the U.S. Senate today has started the countdown to the demise of critical health care protections we worked so hard to achieve for women and families through the Affordable Care Act (ACA). It is shameful that on day...
Cross-posted from Medium Co-authored by Gilda Z. Jacobs and Sherry Leiwant Last month, Gov. Rick Snyder dealt a blow to democracy by gutting the state’s paid sick time law. This was just one of the intentional subversions of democratic process that occurred in...
Superheroes are a huge part of our modern popular culture. Unfortunately this grand universe doesn’t include many women. In fact, only one quarter of comic book characters are female. In our universe, however, female superheroes abound.Women make up the majority...
Over the past couple of years, the Trump administration has aggressively sidelined science in policymaking — whether by suppressing or misrepresenting evidence, undermining federal grants, or selecting unqualified and conflicted appointees to lead agencies and...
The undersigned organizations appreciate the opportunity to respond to the Department of Labor’s request for public comment. This letter responds to the Wage and Hour Division’s proposed information collection request for the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)...
Medicaid, the nation’s principal safety net health insurance program, provides critical health care for millions of lower income women, including many older women and women with disabilities.
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