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

Today, the National Partnership marks three years of its Business Working Group for Gender Equity with fourteen leading companies spanning across various industries. The National Partnership will continue to work closely with these businesses on issues of gender...

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

Today, Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), John Katko (R-NY), Bobby Scott (D-VA), Jaimie Herrera-Beutler (R-WA), and Lucy McBath (D-GA) announced the reintroduction of the bipartisan Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). As pregnant workers face sharply increased...

Statement of Sinsi Hernández-Cancio, Vice President for Health Justice, National Partnership for Women & Families

Today, the National Partnership for Women & Families released a set of new briefs laying out how workers and the entire economy will benefit from the paid leave provisions that are included in the House of Representatives’ Build Back Better Act. Paid leave would...

“Today, the nation’s largest health care philanthropy, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), has publicly affirmed its support for abortion rights and access. Richard Besser, MD, RWJF’s president, and CEO, issued a clarion call for quality and...

“The framework of the Build Back Better plan marks a historic investment in our care economy. We would be remiss, though, if we did not acknowledge that it is deeply disappointing that paid leave is not currently in the package. The pandemic painfully...

Every October, we recognize National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) to celebrate the value and talent disabled workers add to America’s workplaces and economy. This year’s theme, “Access to Good Jobs for All,” highlights the importance of ensuring good,...

Biden Administration Proposes a Rule To Make Over-the-Counter Birth Control Free NPR, October 21, 2024 The Biden administration is proposing a rule that would expand access to contraceptive products, including making over-the-counter birth control and condoms free for...

On October 1, 2024, at 4:45 p.m., I frantically called my gynecologist’s office. It was only 15 minutes before they closed, but I desperately needed to speak to someone because the medication I needed to soften my cervix for Intrauterine device (IUD) insertion the...

National Partnership for Women & Families' Response to the Emergency Submission Comment on Immigrant Health Insurance Coverage.

If ever there were a time to center women’s lives in the political debate, it’s now.

We, the undersigned organizations, request that you include the bipartisan Federal Employee Paid Leave Act (FEPLA) provision of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020, contained in subtitle B of title XI of the House amendment, in the final...

The American Rescue Plan Is Policy for Women and Their Families

The National Partnership Marks Year Three of Business Working Group for Gender Equity

White House Gender Policy Council Is Critical to Helping Women Achieve Equity

Remembering Civil Rights Leader Vernon Jordan

What is a doula? And other answers to common questions. – The Washington Post

American Rescue Plan Will Provide COVID Relief for Millions of Working Families

62% of SC workers have no access to even unpaid family leave, report shows – Post and Courier

Paid Leave Is the Workplace Equalizer That Americans Deserve – Fatherly

Pregnant Workers Fairness Coalition Applauds House Reintroduction of the Bipartisan Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and Urges Swift Passage

Momnibus Urgently Needed to Address Black Maternal Health Crisis

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New Research Demonstrates Paid Leave, as Included in the House Build Back Better Act, Financially Benefits Families and our Economy

National Partnership Applauds RWJF Abortion Rights Stance

Build Back Better Includes Historic Investment But Without Paid Leave Women Will Continue to Face Inequities

“Access to Good Jobs for All” Must Include Disabled Women

NEWS: Biden administration proposes a rule to make over-the-counter birth control free

Abortion Exceptionalism: How the New Louisiana Law Classifying Medication Abortion as a “Controlled Substance” Compromises Health Care

Immigrant Health Insurance Coverage

Open Letter to Presidential Candidates 2019

FEPLA NDAA Letter 2019