A 2013 report from the National Partnership for Women & Families found that Seattle has the largest gender wage gap among big U.S. cities.
Gender wage gap for federal workers is shrinking, OPM reports – The Baltimore Sun
“Any wage gap between men and women has impacts for families,” said Vicki Shabo, vice president of the National Partnership for Women and Families, a Washington-based advocacy group. “It’s dollars and cents. It’s putting food on the table. It’s being able to afford mortgage and rent payments.”
Senate’s Paycheck Fairness Act Vote is a “Deeply Disappointing Missed Opportunity” to Advance Fair Pay for America’s Women and Families
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Equal pay for US women taken up by Senate as study highlights gender gap – The Guardian
“Unfair wages cause real and lasting harm to women, the families they support, and to our economy,” said Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Woman and Families.
This Is Why We’re Still Talking About Equal Pay – Huffington Post
“The wage gap is simply unacceptable. We must do much more to end discrimination so we no longer deny millions of women the fair pay they need and deserve,” Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women and Families said in a statement.
Women’s Leader Praises President Obama for Promoting Fair Pay
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
For Equal Pay Day, New Study Finds Wage Gap is Costing Women and Families in All 50 States Thousands in Critical Income Each Year
As Senate Prepares to Vote on the Paycheck Fairness Act, New Analysis Shows Size of the Wage Gap for Women and Families in Each State
Senate Hearing on the Paycheck Fairness Act Brings “Welcome and Promising Attention” to the Wage Gap in Advance of Equal Pay Day
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Top 20 Best-Paying Jobs For Women 2014 – Forbes
Vicki Shabo, Director of Work and Family Programs at the National Partnership for Women & Families, says the same factors–non-linear careers, greater responsibilities at home, and outright discrimination–that maintain the wage gap in lower-earning professions are shaping the conversation around compensation in top-tier professions as well.
New Directive to Department of Labor on Overtime Pay Is Good for Women and Working Families, Women’s Leader Says
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
POLL: Significant Support for Economic Policies for Working Families
National poll shows broad support for pay equity, raising the minimum wage and paid leave; findings a call to action for nation’s leaders
Five Years After the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Congress and the President Should Do More to Promote Fair Pay
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Congress Must Heed President’s Historic Call for Paid Family & Medical Leave, Paid Sick Days, Fair Pay, and a Health Care System that Doesn’t Overcharge Women or Abandon Patients When They Need Coverage Most
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Boston Leads the Metropolis Charge to Erase Gender Wage Gap – Huffington Post
When Seattle mayor Mike McGinn read the April issued report from the National Partnership for Women and Families, he found that Seattle had the widest gender wage gap out of the 50 largest metropolitan areas in the country.
A Bitter Pill: New Census Data Show Gender-Based Wage Gap is Largely Unchanged Since 2002
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Poverty rate, U.S. income stuck in neutral in 2012 – Washington Times
“As a nation, we must do more to close the wage gap, which is present in every part of the country, regardless of women’s occupation, education or work patterns,” said Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families.
Fifty Years After the Equal Pay Act Became Law, The Promise of Equal Pay Remains Unfulfilled
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Congress needs to fix wage gap – Politico
This Equal Pay Day, a new analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data from the National Partnership for Women & Families reminds us that women in every corner of the country continue to suffer from a gender-based wage gap.
On Equal Pay Day, concern over Latina wage gap – NBC Latino
“African-American women and Latinas fare worse, being paid 64 cents and just 55 cents, respectively, for every dollar paid to white, non-Hispanic men,” added Ness.
Study: Wage Gap Largest in Seattle, Pittsburgh, Buffalo – U.S. News & World Report
“The point we’re trying to make here is there’s a significant wage gap no matter where you’re at in the country,” says Sarah Crawford, director of workplace fairness at NWPF.
