Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
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National Partnership Statement on Julie Swetnick’s Allegations Against Judge Kavanaugh
Sep 26, 2018 |
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
How A Boy’s Delivery Tests A ‘Team Birth Project’ Aimed At Reducing C-Sections – WBUR
Sep 25, 2018 |
Another contributor, Carol Sakala, the project’s standard practices could rein in the hospitals that perform too many C-sections. But she worries about the focus on hospitals.
Cities battle their states over paid sick leave policy – Christian Science Monitor
Sep 25, 2018 |
A split is growing between cities that want to require private companies to give workers paid sick days and states that are determined to stop them.
Family-leave policies result in healthier babies and more productive parents – Herald Tribune
Sep 24, 2018 |
“I think as a country we value hard work, supporting our family and being there for them, yet the policies to do both are not there,” Vasu Reddy, senior policy counsel for workplace programs at the National Partnership for Women & Families, said.
Senate Judiciary Committee Should Immediately Call for FBI Investigation or Withdraw Kavanaugh Nomination
Sep 23, 2018 |
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Trump’s Public Charge Rule Would Put Families’ Economic Security at Risk
Sep 22, 2018 |
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
New Paid Leave Data: Despite Some Success, Vast Majority of Working People Still Left Behind
Sep 21, 2018 |
New data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics today makes clear that tens of millions of workers at all wage levels and in every type of job and sector are being left behind when it comes to access to paid family leave. The data show that 17 percent of all...
Clarence Thomas hearing witness: Let’s not do 1991 all over again – CNN
Sep 20, 2018 |
The woman, we all know, was Anita Hill. And I was there as her story unfolded. Twenty-seven years ago, on Yom Kippur eve, I testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in my role as President of the Women’s Legal Defense Fund, which became the National Partnership for Women & Families.
Bipartisan consensus on paid family leave is a terrible thing to waste – The Hill
Sep 19, 2018 |
The [American Enterprise Institute/Brookings Institution] working group’s shortcoming is especially disappointing because there are so few issues today upon which policymakers on both sides of the political aisle in Washington can agree. Paid family leave to care for a seriously ill loved one should be among them.
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