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"Fighting for Equality + Equity" (video, June 5, 2025)
Our mission is to improve the lives of women and families by achieving equality for all women.
Kamala Harris speaking at the National Partnership Annual Gala (Washington, DC, 2016)
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“The framework of the Build Back Better plan marks a historic investment in our care economy. We would be remiss, though, if we did not acknowledge that it is deeply disappointing that paid leave is not currently in the package. The pandemic painfully...
Today, the National Partnership for Women & Families released a new report which finds that establishing a national paid leave program would especially benefit women and workers of color. These demographic groups have lower median earnings than the general population...
“We applaud President Biden and Vice President Harris for issuing the first-ever National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality. Today’s announcement is another testament to the administration’s commitment – in word and deed – to...
For millions of women, all it takes is one major life event – a new baby, a serious illness, losing a job, a family crisis, some unexpected emergency – and everything can unravel. And too many women still face discrimination and other obstacles –...
Idaho's Strict Abortion Ban Faces Scrutiny in Federal Appeals Court Hearing ABC News, December 10, 2024 A federal appeals court scrutinized the impact of Idaho's strict abortion ban on emergency medical care on Tuesday, weighing whether the ban criminalizing abortions...
Recently, the use of "Women’s+" has become increasingly common in activist spaces. In advocacy and health care spaces, terms like 'women+' or 'non-men' are often used to be more inclusive. While these terms intend solidarity, they can be imperfect solutions that also...
Statement for the record, Ways & Means Committee hearing on paid leave, January 28, 2020
FACT SHEET | H.R. 5296/S. 2976 provides no guarantee of leave and would instead offer meager temporary assistance that will cause long-term financial penalties for parents.
Women should be at the forefront of every conversation about the future of our health care system. Access to quality care is essential not only to women’s physical and mental well-being, but also their economic security and ability to participate fully in society.
