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Growing Congressional Support for the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act is “Encouraging” Since Prompt Passage is a High Priority for Women and the Nation, Women’s Leader Says

by Sadie Kliner | Jul 13, 2012 |

The nation’s leading advocacy group for family friendly policies commended more than 100 members of the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday for supporting employed women and discrimination-free workplaces by sponsoring the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. The...

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Senate Confirms Nominees Who Vow To Protect Trump, not the American People

Berry, Panuccio, Christine and Stuart Will Do Immeasurable Harm WASHINGTON, D.C. – October 8, 2025 – In a recklessly rushed process, the Republican Senate majority voted in lock-step yesterday to confirm 107 Trump nominees en masse, including four with...

National Partnership for Women & Families Announces New Senior Fellow for Disability

WASHINGTON, D.C. – October 6, 2025 – Today, the National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF) announced that Taryn Mackenzie Williams has joined the organization as the new senior fellow for disability. Williams will be a member of the...

Lawmakers, Advocates, Leading Businesses Come Together, Shine Light on Widespread Support for Paid Leave

FAMILY Act would provide 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave to workers WASHINGTON, D.C. – September 16, 2025 – Today, leaders from the National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF) joined Rep. Rosa DeLauro and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand as they...

NEWS: What Tuesday’s elections mean for the future of abortion rights

What Tuesday’s Elections Mean for the Future of Abortion Rights The Guardian, November 6, 2025 Now, Democrats’ commanding victories in the 2025 elections have breathed new life into the [abortion rights] fight. Democrats Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill’s...

Six things we could have for the price of the government shutdown

It’s now been more than a month since Trump and Republicans in Congress shut down the government rather than work with Democrats to help lower health care costs for Americans. Instead of working to fund food assistance and keep health care premiums from rising for...

Trump’s Health Care Policies: A Recipe For ACA Open Enrollment Disaster

Open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance marketplace has officially begun for 2026, but this year comes with a mountain of challenges. With enhanced premium tax credits (ePTCs) set to expire and new federal restrictions taking effect,...

At-Risk Rural Labor & Delivery Units List

LIST | The following is a list of at-risk rural hospitals with labor and delivery units identified based on analysis by the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina.

The Wage Gap #IRL (In Real Life) for Women of Color: Groceries, Child Care and Student Loans

FACT SHEET | Women of color in the United States experience the nation's persistent and pervasive gender wage gap most severely. U.S. Census Bureau data reveal the size of that gap by race.

America’s Women and the Wage Gap

FACT SHEET | Overall, women in the United States are paid 75 cents for every dollar paid to men. The wage gap widened in 2023 from 2022 – the first time this has happened since 2003. When women lose income, their economic security and that of their families is...