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Consumers to Companies: Provide Women With Gender-Focused Support – Morning Consult

Consumers to Companies: Provide Women With Gender-Focused Support – Morning Consult

by | Nov 14, 2022 |

“Industry experts believe corporate advocacy for women is becoming an important factor in the race for talent as well. Lelaine Bigelow, vice president of social impact and congressional relations at the National Partnership for Women & Families, said women are going to make comparisons between employers based on whether or not they are “true champions of the female experience” — exhibited through every facet of a company’s operations, from the presence of extended benefits to its political contributions.”

Consumers to Companies: Provide Women With Gender-Focused Support – Morning Consult

‘This is what we feared’: Latinas are largest group of women of color affected by abortion bans – USA Today

by | Nov 7, 2022 |

“More than 6.5 million Latinas – or 42% of Latinas ages 15 to 49 – live in the 26 states that have banned or are likely to ban abortion, according to the report by the National Partnership for Women & Families and the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice.”

“‘Anybody who is capable of getting pregnant at some point in their life may need or want an abortion,’ said Shaina Goodman, director for reproductive health and rights at the National Partnership for Women & Families, and report co-author ‘…That being said, there are people who are disproportionately harmed, and those are people who live at the intersection of multiple historically marginalized identities where there are real structural barriers to get care.'”

Consumers to Companies: Provide Women With Gender-Focused Support – Morning Consult

New York salary transparency laws aim to combat pay disparities for jobseekers – 6abc

by | Nov 1, 2022 |

“In 2021, the median pay for full-time women workers was about 83% of men’s pay, according to federal data, and women make less than their male counterparts in nearly all fields. For women of color, the numbers are even worse. A report by the National Partnership for Women and Families found that Black women make 64 cents for every dollar paid to white, non-Hispanic men. For Latina women, it’s 54 cents and for Native American women, it’s just 51 cents.”

Consumers to Companies: Provide Women With Gender-Focused Support – Morning Consult

Patching Up Paid Leave – The Progressive Magazine

by | Oct 20, 2022 |

Vasu Reddy, senior policy counsel for economic justice at the National Partnership for Women and Families, says that opponents of paid leave include big businesses, trade associations, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. “These groups continue to say that paid leave will be a burden on small businesses, but it’s not true,” she says. “We have reams of evidence to show that paid leave does not have a negative impact on small companies. Every state that has passed it has seen reduced worker turnover and less need to recruit and train new personnel. In fact, a recent survey found that at least 70 percent of small business owners support paid family and medical leave.”

Consumers to Companies: Provide Women With Gender-Focused Support – Morning Consult

Why Parents Feel Like ‘Butter That Has Been Scraped Over Too Much Bread’ – NY Times

by | Oct 5, 2022 |

“But I wanted psychological and economic explanations of what might be going on, too. Part of the problem is that the (often inadequate) social and emotional support that exists has been further frayed, and it seems like no one is coming to mend it. For example, child care, which should be considered vital infrastructure, is still not functioning at prepandemic levels, according to Katherine Gallagher Robbins, a senior fellow at the National Partnership for Women & Families.”

Consumers to Companies: Provide Women With Gender-Focused Support – Morning Consult

Employee Benefits to Support Family Caregivers – SHRM

by | Sep 22, 2022 |

“In addition to offering adequate paid leave, employers should check to make sure their leave policies reflect the fact that families come in all forms,” said Jessica Mason, senior policy analyst for the National Partnership for Women and Families, a nonprofit advocacy organization in Washington, D.C. “Can your employees use their sick leave to care for an aunt or grandfather, as well as a spouse or for chosen family, which is especially important to support workers with disabilities and LGBTQ workers?”

Consumers to Companies: Provide Women With Gender-Focused Support – Morning Consult

Talks Target Mental Health, Birthing Outcomes For Black Women – Washington Informer

by | Sep 21, 2022 |

Maternal mental health conditions appear in various forms including anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, postpartum psychosis, bipolar illness, and in some instances, substance use disorders. According to the National Partnership for Women & Families, one in five mothers meet the criteria for a mental health disorder during or after pregnancy. Even more, roughly 40 percent of Black American women who are either pregnant or new mothers in particular, suffer from maternal mental health illnesses, doubling their white counterparts while being half as likely to undergo treatment.

Consumers to Companies: Provide Women With Gender-Focused Support – Morning Consult

It’s Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, and it still takes 263 extra days to ‘catch up’ – The Grio

by | Sep 21, 2022 |

“Black women’s Equal Pay Day this year is based on comparing all Black women workers to all white, non-Hispanic men workers. This is a change from earlier years when we focused on full-time, year-round workers only and that’s what is primarily driving the change in the date,” said Frye. “We and other groups working on equal pay made this shift, which is led by women-of-color-led organizations, in order to be more inclusive of all workers. For example, by shifting to include all workers, instead of limiting to full-time, year-round workers, we included 33 million more women workers in the wage gap calculation.”

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