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Feb 3, 2025 |
According to new research from the National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF), paid family and medical leave has had a positive impact in 14 states, setting the standard for what a national policy could look like.
Feb 3, 2025 |
Our new study shows that the lack of paid leave in the following states is hurting their economy, making the state less competitive, and hurting personal finances in the long run.
Jan 30, 2025 |
“Three out of four incarcerated women in the U.S. are of childbearing age, according to a 2021 bulletin by the National Partnership for Women and Families.”
Jan 29, 2025 |
This week, the Trump Administration unlawfully attempted to fire two of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s sitting commissioners – Chair Charlotte Burrows and Jocelyn Samuels. The dismissals are the latest example of blatant overreach beyond existing authority and gross misuse of power by the administration, all in an effort to disrupt vigorous enforcement of employment discrimination laws.
Jan 23, 2025 |
“Critics of the move are concerned that many employers will see Trump’s action as a signal that no longer have to worry about facing penalties from discriminating in their employment practices. ‘Those who have been more reticent and reluctant (to do outreach) will get the message that all bets are off, and you can do whatever you want,’ said Jocelyn Frye, president of National Partnership for Women & Families, a public interest group.”
Jan 23, 2025 |
“The decision not only impacts the federal government and contractors that employ over 3.5 million people. It also mandates that federal agencies identify entities that have such programs and target them for civil enforcement actions. You’re ’empowering agencies to engage in some sort of strange anti-diversity witch hunt,’ Jocelyn Frye, president of the advocacy group National Partnership for Women & Families, told Axios.”
Jan 22, 2025 |
“‘It would significantly erode a civil rights enforcement tool that has been essential, in particular for women’s progress,’ Jocelyn Frye, president of the advocacy group National Partnership for Women & Families, told Axios before Trump’s order was issued.”
Jan 22, 2025 |
“Elections have consequences and sadly we are seeing those in real time under this new Trump administration. The President’s rescinding of the landmark Executive Order 11246 makes clear the emptiness of his campaign promises to create opportunities for everyone, including women, communities of color, and all workers.”
Jan 21, 2025 |
National Partnership for Women & Families strongly condemns the recent executive orders issued by President Donald Trump attempting to undo important progress. These orders, some of dubious legality, represent a dangerous overreach of executive power and undermine the principles of freedom, democracy, and fairness upon which this nation was built.
Jan 21, 2025 |
“Cecile Richards was a powerhouse – she was a dynamic, visionary leader who believed deeply in women’s rights and gender equity, and her loss is heartbreaking.”
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Businesses, economies and families benefit from paid family and medical leave; so could the entire U.S. WASHINGTON, D.C. – February 3, 2025 – According to new research from the National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF), paid family and medical...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – February 3, 2025 – 37 states do not have a statewide paid leave program, while the U.S. is one of six countries in the world that does not have a guaranteed, comprehensive paid family leave program at the national level. This lack of...
Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 29, 2024 – This week, the Trump Administration unlawfully attempted to fire two of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s sitting...
Trump Reinstates the ‘Global Gag Rule’ on Abortion The 19th, January 24, 2025 President Donald Trump has directed his administration to block global aid recipients from telling patients about abortion – a move that could weaken reproductive health care...
Today’s release of union data showed women of color and part-time workers led the gains in union membership growth in 2024. While the rate of union membership overall was little changed in 2024, clocking in at 9.9 percent, compared to 10.0 percent in 2023, women of...
For years, advocates have used the gender wage gap as a metric for progress towards gender equity in the United States. A slew of laws including the 1963 Equal Pay Act, 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act coincided with a gender revolution...
FACT SHEET | The FMLA has been used more than 500 million times by working people who needed to care for their own health or the health of their families. In 2024 alone, more than 15 million workers were supported by the FMLA.
FACT SHEET | Federal employees provide essential services to people – and when they are under threat, so too is that important work. It would also impact the economy overall. Costing hundreds of thousands of workers – or more – their jobs could dramatically spike...
LETTER | The National Coalition for Gender Justice in Health Policy (NCGJHP) and 134 allied organizations sent a letter to Congress to urge them to protect Medicaid and oppose all attempts to cut the program.
