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Trump Administration Targeting of Southern Poverty Law Center and Latest Attempt to Rewrite History Is Disingenuous and Dangerous

Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families This week, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) was targeted by the Trump administration’s Department of Justice in an indictment challenging how the organization used its...

National Partnership for Women & Families Welcomes Michele L. Jawando to Board of Directors

WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 14, 2025 – On the heels of its Spring board meeting, and as the organization prepares to celebrate its 55th Anniversary, the National Partnership for Women & Families announced that Michele L. Jawando has joined as the newest...

Virginia’s Passage of Paid Sick Days and Paid Safe Leave Shows Commitment to Working People

Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families On Friday, March 13, Virginia’s state legislature passed HB5/SB199, giving workers the right to earn paid sick and safe leave to recover from brief illness or address the impact...

NEWS: Anti-abortion lawmakers seek to redefine ‘abortion’ to exclude medical treatment

Anti-Abortion Lawmakers Seek To Redefine ‘Abortion’ To Exclude Medical Treatment Stateline, April 13, 2026 Some anti-abortion state lawmakers are pushing to revise the definition of “abortion” so abortion bans don’t apply to cases in which the death of an “unborn...

Economic Security for Women with Disabilities is Under Attack

Economic security for women with disabilities has long been fragile, shaped by systems that were never designed to support them. These systems are complex, fragmented and under sustained attack. More than a year into his second term, President Trump has begun...

More Than What They Carry: Black Moms Claim Joy

Contributors: Jamille Fields Allsbrook, Sarah Coombs, Danielle Hosein Johnson, Aimee Peoples, and Gail Zugar Every day, Black moms are meeting the challenges of raising their children and supporting their families to thrive in a system and country not designed for...

Putting Patients at Risk: Extremist Attacks on Emergency Abortion Care

REPORT | Barriers to emergency abortion care access, including state abortion bans and hospital closures, harm maternal health across the United States

What’s the Wage Gap in the States?

REPORT | Overall, women in the United States are paid 75 cents for every dollar paid to men, and that gap is widest for women of color. This persistent, pervasive wage gap is driven in part by gender and racial discrimination, workplace harassment, job segregation and...

Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Women and the Wage Gap

FACT SHEET | A look at the wage gap for Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander women by ethnic subgroup, and what that gap means for them and their families.

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