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Why Paid Parental Leave Is a Huge Economic Benefit – BlogHer

Jul 6, 2014 |

According to a Rutgers report by the National Partnership for Women & Families, “Women who report taking paid leave are more likely to be working 9 to 12 months after a child’s birth than those who report taking no leave at all.” When that leave isn’t available, women are more likely to leave the workforce entirely. But when it is offered, women consistently report a stronger labor force attachment and positive changes in wages.

Mark Savage on the disparity factor – Healthcare IT News

Jul 5, 2014 |

As director of health information technology policy and programs for the National Partnership for Women and Families, Mark Savage keeps a close watch on healthcare information technology, along with all other aspects of patient care. The idea, of course, is to even the playing field.

At 50 Years Old, the Civil Rights Act is a Reminder of Our Nation’s Promise of Equal Rights and Opportunity for All

Jul 2, 2014 |

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

“Deeply Troubling” Supreme Court Rulings Take Country Backward, Undermine Women’s Health and Sanction Discrimination

Jun 30, 2014 |

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

As Successful California and New Jersey Paid Family Leave Programs Celebrate Milestone Anniversaries, Women’s Leader Calls for Further Progress

Jun 30, 2014 |

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

Supreme Court gives some employers more leeway on birth control – Los Angeles Times

Jun 30, 2014 |

“Women who thought, in 2014, that their birth control coverage was secure now have to stop and consider the views of their bosses. That is truly outrageous,” said Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families.

Supreme Court ruling draws passionate reactions in Louisiana, nation – NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune

Jun 30, 2014 |

“Whether it affects 500 or 5 million women, this is a dangerous and appalling intrusion that takes the country backward and undermines women’s health,” said Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women and Families

Hobby Lobby: Court boosts corporations again – BBC News’ “Echo Chambers”

Jun 30, 2014 |

Meanwhile, Debra L Ness of National Partnership for Women & Families took the opposite view: Today’s US Supreme Court rulings in the Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. cases are deeply troubling – even shocking, in that the Court is allowing some bosses to deny women coverage for something as basic as birth control.

How America ended up with the worst maternity leave laws on Earth – The Week

Jun 27, 2014 |

The idea that women should get paid leave when they have babies started to crop up around World War I and again around World War II. Countries’ populations had been decimated, which meant there was a high premium on women as economic contributors and childbearers, explains Vicki Shabo, vice president of the National Partnership for Women & Families. She says that in the United States, in part due to fewer casualties and the fact that men returned to the labor force, there weren’t the same incentives to offer women paid maternity leave.

S.F. abortion protest buffer zone in danger after Supreme Court vote – San Francisco Chronicle

Jun 26, 2014 |

Judith Lichtman of the National Partnership for Women and Families, which supports abortion rights, said the ruling would create new burdens for patients. “Women deserve access to reproductive health care without being intimidated, harassed, threatened, followed or in other ways harmed,” she said.

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Why Paid Parental Leave Is a Huge Economic Benefit – BlogHer

Mark Savage on the disparity factor – Healthcare IT News

At 50 Years Old, the Civil Rights Act is a Reminder of Our Nation’s Promise of Equal Rights and Opportunity for All

“Deeply Troubling” Supreme Court Rulings Take Country Backward, Undermine Women’s Health and Sanction Discrimination

As Successful California and New Jersey Paid Family Leave Programs Celebrate Milestone Anniversaries, Women’s Leader Calls for Further Progress

Supreme Court gives some employers more leeway on birth control – Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court ruling draws passionate reactions in Louisiana, nation – NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune

Hobby Lobby: Court boosts corporations again – BBC News’ “Echo Chambers”

How America ended up with the worst maternity leave laws on Earth – The Week

S.F. abortion protest buffer zone in danger after Supreme Court vote – San Francisco Chronicle

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