More than three million disabled women live in the 26 states that have banned or are likely to ban abortion since Dobbs WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 1, 2024 – The National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF) released a new analysis on post-Dobbs America,...
Women’s Leader Lauds Senators Harris, Murkowski for Introducing EMPOWER Act
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
1 in 3 Americans Don’t Know That a Gender Wage Gap Exists, Survey Says – TIME
Nearly 75% of adults in the United States say losing 20% of their salary would be a major problem or crisis. Twenty percent is a big deal. Yet right now, women as a whole are paid 20% less than men. Women of color are paid even less.
New Analysis, Released for Equal Pay Day Tomorrow, Shows How Much the Gender Wage Gap Is Costing Women & Families in Each State
Women Are Paid Just 80 Cents to Men’s Dollar, Costing U.S. Women Nearly $900 Billion Per Year; Study Examines Multiple Causes of the Wage Gap, Including How Sexual Harassment Can Affect Women’s Wages and Advancement
‘A Tremendous Achievement;’ Women’s Leader Applauds Starbucks for Reaching Gender, Race Parity in U.S. Wages
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
As the Family and Medical Leave Act Turns 25, the Country Urgently Needs a National Paid Leave Plan, Women’s Leader Says
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Trump’s Agenda Weakens Our Union, But the Country is Fighting Back
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
With Nation’s Unpaid Leave Law Turning 25 Next Week, New Analysis Shows Workers in Every State Urgently Need a National Paid Leave Program
Organization Behind the Family and Medical Leave Act Releases Data Demonstrating the Scope of the Nation’s Paid Leave Crisis in All 50 States
More Than 100 Aging and Work Experts Call on Congress to Address the Nation’s Caregiving Crisis With a Strong Paid Leave Plan
For National Family Caregivers Month, 113 of the nation’s leading researchers on aging, work and family issues sent a first-of-its-kind letter to Congress today urging lawmakers to address rapidly growing demand for care by establishing a national paid family...
Access to Paid Leave Remains ‘Dismal,’ New Bureau of Labor Statistics Data Show, Despite Public Sector Progress
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
‘Modest Yet Meaningful’ Progress on Fair Pay and Health Coverage, New Census Data Show, But Racial Disparities Persist and Threats Loom
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Trump Blocks Effort to Stop Wage Discrimination in ‘Blatant Attack on Fair Pay for Women and People of Color,’ Women’s Leader Says
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Ivanka Trump Is Sometimes for Equal Pay. Today Isn’t One of Those Days. – Rewire – NKADAYS. –
“At a time when gender- and race-based wage gaps are punishing working people, families and our economy, identifying and addressing pay disparities should be a priority,” Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, said in a statement.
The Raise the Wage Act Would Be ‘Major Boost for Workers and Families, Businesses and Our Economy,’ Women’s Leader Says
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Equal Pay Day Should be a ‘Wake-Up Call’ for Congress to Pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, Women’s Leader Says
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
For Equal Pay Day, New State-by-State Analysis Shows Terrible Toll Gender Wage Gap Takes on America’s Women and Families
If the Gap Were Closed, Women Could Afford Food for 1.5 More Years, Seven More Months of Mortgage Payments, 11 More Months of Rent, or 15 More Months of Child Care
On ‘Equal Pay Day,’ fight over gender wage gap rages on – McClatchy – DC Bureau – McClatchy DC
For Vicki Shabo, vice president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, the issue of equal pay affects nearly every aspect of women’s lives. The gender wage gap “makes it hard to pay mortgage and rent, and has real practical implications for women’s ability to take care of themselves and their families,” Shabo said.
An Agenda the Nation Rejects
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Fake Fair Pay, Paid Leave Proposals Would Harm – Not Help – America’s Women and Families, Women’s Leader Says
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Sessions Confirmation ‘Tips the Scales of Justice Against Those Who Need Civil Rights Protections the Most,’ Women’s Leader Says
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
A Vote for Sessions is ‘A Vote Against Equal Rights, Opportunity and Justice for All,’ Ness Says
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families