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Dec 3, 2014 |
“Every family in America has a stake in the outcome of this case,” said Judith L. Lichtman, a senior advisor to the National Partnership for Women and Families, which submitted a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of 12 groups committed to maternal and fetal health.
Dec 3, 2014 |
“It’s really tough to think, that in this day and age, when women are half the workforce, and so many families depend on their income, that women are still having to choose, and potentially, lose their job and lose their health insurance because they’re pregnant,” said Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women and Families.
Dec 2, 2014 |
(Statistics provided by the National Partnership for Women & Families)
Dec 2, 2014 |
“Here we are at the end of 2014, talking about pregnancy discrimination, which we women’s rights advocates thought we had addressed and basically fixed in 1978,” says Judith Lichtman, senior adviser at the National Partnership of Women and Families.
Dec 1, 2014 |
“Access to one’s own health information is a right guaranteed to all patients by HIPAA but it’s not well understood, even within the provider community,” says Erin Mackay, associate director of HIT programs for the National Partnership for Women & Families. “One of the great potentials for technology is the ability to put that information at the fingertips of patients — particularly as more individuals become caregivers to their children and, increasingly, to their parents as well.”
Nov 28, 2014 |
According to a 2012 poll commissioned by the National Partnership for Women and Families, 86 percent of Americans support paid leave.
Nov 26, 2014 |
So what does patient engagement in research look like (question courtesy of the National Partnership for Women and Families)? PCORI responded with the following tweet: “Should engage early and often, but it is not one size fits all,” and then referenced their engagement rubric.
Nov 25, 2014 |
“Oregon is entirely blue,” Vicki Shabo, vice president at the National Partnership for Women & Families, pointed out. “Paid sick days is something they’ve been working on for a long time.”
Nov 25, 2014 |
On Nov. 24, the Center for American Progress, the National Women’s Law Center and the National Partnership for Women & Families hosted a webinar on pregnancy job discrimination and Young v. UPS. Several experts, including Michele Jawando, Rachel Lyons, Diane Feldman and Emily Martin, discussed the case, the historical context of pregnancy discrimination and information on how to take action—and it’s clear that Young has already made a difference for pregnant workers.
Nov 20, 2014 |
Last year, the National Partnership for Women and Families released findings that showed in South Carolina, on average, a woman who holds a full-time job is paid $31,330 per year while a man who holds a full-time job is paid $41,464 per year.
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