Structural and discriminatory barriers have disadvantaged people of color throughout our country’s history and are responsible for punishing economic, wealth and health disparities that persist today. Our failure to adopt a national paid family and medical leave...
Powerful Consensus that Paid Leave Should Cover Child and Elder Care and Personal Medical Leave, Be Paid for By Employers and Employees, Make It Possible for Low-Income Workers to Afford to Take Leave
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
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.
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
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Organization Behind the Family and Medical Leave Act Releases Data Demonstrating the Scope of the Nation’s Paid Leave Crisis in All 50 States
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...
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
“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.
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & 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
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.
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
