National Partnership for Women & Families

For more than 50 years, the National Partnership for Women & Families has fought for every major policy advance that has helped this nation’s women and families. Our mission is to improve the lives of women and families. We work to foster a society in which workplaces are fair and family friendly, discrimination is a thing of the past, women’s reproductive health and rights are secure, everyone has access to quality, affordable health care and every person has the opportunity to achieve economic security and live with dignity.

Founded in 1971 as the Women’s Legal Defense Fund, the National Partnership for Women & Families is a nonprofit, nonpartisan 501(c)(3) organization based in Washington, D.C.

To achieve our mission, we shape national dialogue, influence those in power, provide strategic counsel to allies, drive policy change, educate and mobilize the public, and engage women, men, policymakers and the media – all to advance policies and social norms that make life better for women and families.