Note: Looking for our She Says feature of Izzy Dobbel? You can find it here! https://womenemployed.medium.com/she-says-with-isabel-izzy-dobbel-5f00efd739b4 Where In the World is Women Employed? September has provided us with opportunities locally and nationally to lift up the issues — and the voices — of working women, and especially the low-paid, Black, and/or Latina/x women who face greater barriers…

September begins with Labor Day, a celebration of the efforts of workers and labor activists throughout the years. Many of the rights we take for granted today are due to the advocacy of labor unions―giving us the eight-hour workday, weekends, greater safety measures, and more. …

September 15, 2023 On Friday, September 15, 2023, gender and racial justice experts convened at the White House to address the critical issue of closing the wage and wealth gap for Black women. The meeting was a pivotal step toward discussing strategies to achieve gender and racial pay equity. …

In a world full of challenges, it can be easy to become overwhelmed by the negative. But while progress may move slower than we’d like, our hard-earned successes become stepping stones for the path forward. Cynthia Alfaro, founder of Moms Winning, has exemplified this throughout her life. From the intense…

The ASPIRE Racial Equity and Inclusion Speaker Series continued in August with a workshop led by Dr. Liza Talusan, faculty member at the University of Massachusetts Boston where she teaches in both the Masters and Doctoral programs in Education. Dr. …

After a jam-packed July, we made an intentional decision to take a bit of a hiatus from events in August. We took some time as a staff to rest, recuperate, and to intentionally focus on internal work, planning, strategy, and more. …

by Christina Warden, Director of Policy and Programs, Women Employed In June, the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions. It is an infuriating decision that threatens to put a chill on decades of progress towards racial and gender equity in higher education. As we head back into…

By Sharmili Majmudar, Executive Vice President of Policy, Programs, and Research, Women Employed Women Employed celebrated the signing of Illinois’ salary history ban into law in 2019, making a significant step towards closing the gender wage gap. While employers can no longer ask how much you made in a previous…

This week, the leadership team at Wind Creek Chicago Southland presented Women Employed with a check for $70,000 to support Women Employed’s programs and services, which have been creating fundamental, systemic change for working women for 50 years. Wind Creek, who was a sponsor for The Working Lunch in May…