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NEW DATA: Pay Gap Costs Women $1.6 Trillion Each Year

New analysis of Census Bureau data shows persistent pay gap with women paid just 78 cents per every dollar that men make WASHINGTON, D.C. – September 12, 2023 – Today, the National Partnership for Women & Families released new analysis of the pay gap...

New Analysis: Women’s Unpaid Caregiving Is Worth More Than $625 Billion Per Year

Women spend twice as much time caregiving as men, according to the 2022 American Time Use Survey August 15 marks Moms’ Equal Pay Day: Data show that women are battling wage gap and caregiving gap, disproportionately affecting moms’ financial security WASHINGTON, D.C....

To Close Black Women’s Wage Gap, NPWF Urges Policymakers to Reject Business as Usual, Tear Down Systemic Barriers

NPWF President on Black Women’s Equal Pay Day: A real [economic] recovery must do more than return to and cement a pre-pandemic status quo [...], it must transform our approach to the economy as a whole, tackling persistent barriers that have undermined Black women’s...

Disabled women face unique barriers at work. Our systems transformation guide seeks to address them.

On July 26, 2023, the National Partnership for Women & Families released the first installment of systems transformation guides focused on jobs and employment. We are releasing these guides to plot a more intentional course toward systemic change that achieves the...

NEWS: Abortions rose in most states this year, new data shows

Abortions Rose in Most States This Year, New Data Shows The New York Times, September 7, 2023 Legal abortions most likely increased in the United States in the first six months of the year compared with 2020, an analysis of new estimates shows, as states with more...

At the March on Washington, Black women were sidelined. 60 years later, the need to center Black women is as urgent as ever

As America marks the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, much attention will focus on the enduring legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech and the unfinished work of the Civil Rights Movement. Amid these reflections,...

State Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Laws

CHART | A detailed summary of existing family leave laws in California, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Washington, New York, D.C., Massachusetts, Connecticut, Oregon and Colorado

What Real Paid Leave is – and What It Isn’t

For a truly just, equitable program that works for the people who need it the most and is feasible and affordable for small businesses, any paid leave program must be the following five things.

Transforming Health Care to Achieve Equity: Centering Consumer Priorities in Value-Based Payment Reform

PRIMER | The foundation of how health care is paid for is being rewritten right now. Government decision-makers and health care industry leaders from across the country are working to shift health care payment from paying for volume, called fee for service (FFS), to...

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NEW DATA: Pay Gap Costs Women $1.6 Trillion Each Year

New Analysis: Women’s Unpaid Caregiving Is Worth More Than $625 Billion Per Year

To Close Black Women’s Wage Gap, NPWF Urges Policymakers to Reject Business as Usual, Tear Down Systemic Barriers

Disabled women face unique barriers at work. Our systems transformation guide seeks to address them.

NEWS: Abortions rose in most states this year, new data shows

At the March on Washington, Black women were sidelined. 60 years later, the need to center Black women is as urgent as ever

State Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Laws

What Real Paid Leave is – and What It Isn’t

Transforming Health Care to Achieve Equity: Centering Consumer Priorities in Value-Based Payment Reform

Virginia takes steps to address maternal health disparities and mortality ahead of 2022 session – State of Reform

Improving Maternal Care Across All Demographics – Issuu

What is a doula? And other answers to common questions. – The Washington Post

Esta joven se propuso dar a luz en su casa: “Me lavé el cerebro en internet”. El resultado fue trágico – Telemundo

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