“Young women in particular have a better feel for something going south,” says Anwesha Majumder, economist at the National Partnership for Women & Families, a nonprofit organization. When their spending starts pulling back, she says, “it’s possible that things will quickly spiral for the economy as a whole.”
Virginia women earn nearly $15K less than men – Axios
“Gender pay differences reflect in part ‘a lack of workplace policies that support family caregiving, which is still most often performed by women,’ according to the National Partnership for Women and Families.”
7 Experts Rebuke EEOC For Unlawful Anti-DEI Targeting Of Employers – Forbes
“The Chair is not authorized to unilaterally issue demand letters to any employer and publicly announce them to the world just because she wants to do so,” said Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families, in a March 19, 2025 statement. “Lucas’ action seems designed to be an intimidation tactic, without sufficient legal authority.”
17 states want to end an abortion privacy rule. A federal judge is questioning HIPAA itself. – Stateline
“The threats to the 2000 privacy rule would be a seismic shift that could erode patients’ trust entirely in their providers and dissuade them from wanting to seek out health care and be transparent about their symptoms,” said Ashley Emery, a senior policy analyst for the nonprofit Partnership for Women and Families. “A law enforcement officer could pressure a psychiatrist to share patient notes from therapy sessions without a subpoena, without a warrant, if the 2000 privacy rule is invalidated.”
Women already earn less. Trump’s labor cuts could make the pay gap easier to hide. – The 19th
“‘It’s not unusual to have different emphases across Republican and Democratic administrations, different levels of enforcement,’ said Jocelyn Frye, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, a national nonpartisan organization that advocates for family policy. ‘What’s different this time around, unlike the first Trump administration and [any other] since [former President Lyndon B.] Johnson’s administration, they have sought to eliminate the underlying executive actions and infrastructure that is critical to doing robust enforcement.'”
‘You never catch up.’ How caring for their family widens the pay gap for women – USA Today
“‘…That’s because entry-level positions tend to have smaller salary ranges to begin with. But over time, women are more likely to take breaks from their careers to care for their families, and less likely to get promoted at work. That’s true across industries and regardless of educational background, said Jocelyn Frye, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families.”
6 Money Moves All Women Should Make in 2025 – Yahoo Finance
“Per the most recent data from the National Partnership for Women and Families made available October 2024, women were paid 75 cents to a man’s dollar in 2023 — representing a widening gender wage gap for the first time in 20 years. Make this the year you ratchet up the entitlement.”
Union Leaders at the Forefront of a Local and Federal Fight – Washington Informer
“A 2023 study conducted by the National Partnership for Women and Families found an increase of Black and Latino women in union leadership positions. Gaines, an Atlanta resident, counts among a bevy of Black union leaders across the country who represent and advocate on behalf of a racially diverse workforce for better working conditions.”
Economists are trying to make sense of the widening post-COVID gender wage gap in the United States – Milwaukee Independent
“Hispanic women in particular illustrate the complexities of this moment. They were the only demographic group of women overall whose wage gap narrowed marginally between 2022 and 2023 in comparison to white men working full time, according to Census Bureau data analyzed by both the National Women’s Law Center and the National Partnership for Women and Families, research and advocacy groups. For Black women and Asian women, the wage gap widened, and for white women, it stayed the same.”
Women’s Paychecks Are Shrinking—And Policy Isn’t Keeping Up – Ms. Magazine
“Anwesha Majumder, an economist at the National Partnership for Women and Families points out that discrimination against women workers, particularly women workers of color, remains ongoing and is a likely leading cause of the gender wage gap.”
Biden seeks to end subminimum wages for workers with disabilities – Axios
“This is the culmination of years of change in the culture, says Katherine Gallagher Robbins, a senior fellow at the National Partnership for Women & Families.”
New DOL Proposal to Phase Out Subminimum Wage for Disabled Workers is Long Overdue
The Department of Labor’s announcement of a proposed rule to eliminate the subminimum wage for disabled workers is an important step to right the wrongs disabled workers have faced for generations and help ensure meaningful inclusion of disabled workers in the labor market.
Hurricane Helene Exacerbated Barriers to North Carolina Abortion Access – Rewire News Group
“Latinas represent the largest group of women of color harmed by current or likely state bans, with nearly 6.7 million Latinas living in states that have banned or are likely to ban abortion, according to the National Partnership for Women & Families.”
What’s behind the widening gender wage gap in the US? – AP
“The Census Bureau calculates the gender wage gap by comparing only men and women who work year-round in full-time jobs. But a grimmer picture for women emerges from data that includes part-time workers, said Jocelyn Frye, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families.”
Latina Equal Pay Day: South Bay rallies to end to pay disparities – ABC7 Bay Area
“‘San Jose, unfortunately, is the epicenter of the wage gap in the entire nation,’ said Gabby Chavez-Lopez, Executive Director of Latina Coalition of Silicon Valley. ‘Latina workers are paid 33.6 cents on the dollar compared to their white male, non-Hispanic counterparts and what that means is debilitating happening for that individual for families.’ That data comes from a HOPE ESL report and National Partnership for Women and Families.”
U.S. Missed Out on Close to $7 Trillion in GDP Over Last Decade
Our new analysis shows the wage gap for all women workers is now 75 cents, 3 cents wider than last year, and the first time the wage gap has grown in over 20 years.
Today is the first Disabled Women’s Equal Pay Day – The 19th
“‘There is no one reason for these wage gaps to occur. There’s a lot of deliberate economic policies, a lot of which are based in our history of eugenics, ableism, racism and sexism in wages, whether people can work, how people can work and all of these different things,’ said Marissa Ditkowsky, disability economic justice counsel for the National Partnership for Women & Families and a lead author of the analysis.”
Advocates Commemorate First-Ever Disabled Women’s Equal Pay Day September 18
Today, the National Partnership released a new analysis on the likely impacts of abortion access on state ballots in the November 2024 election. The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade two years ago continues to cause significant harm to millions across the nation.
Gender pay gap widens for the first time since 2003 – 12News Phoenix (KPNX)
“An analysis of the new data by the National Partnership for Women and Families found Black women are paid 64 cents for every dollar paid to a white man, and Latina women are paid just 51 cents per every dollar paid to a white man.”
For the First Time in 20 Years, Gender Wage Gap Widened, with Women Paid Just 75 Cents to a Man’s Dollar
Our new analysis shows the wage gap for all women workers is now 75 cents, 3 cents wider than last year, and the first time the wage gap has grown in over 20 years.