REPORT| Nearly 36 million workers – mostly women – telework at least some hours. We analyze who is and isn't teleworking and propose new policies to thoughtfully implement work from home opportunities.
AI and Emerging Risks for Women Workers
ISSUE BRIEF | This brief reviews existing research on the impact of Artificial intelligence (AI) for women workers and provides new data on how women workers are overrepresented in occupations where they may be particularly affected by AI in the workplace.
What’s the Wage Gap in the States?
REPORT | Overall, women in the United States are paid 75 cents for every dollar paid to men, and that gap is widest for women of color. This persistent, pervasive wage gap is driven in part by gender and racial discrimination, workplace harassment, job segregation and...
Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Women and the Wage Gap
FACT SHEET | A look at the wage gap for Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander women by ethnic subgroup, and what that gap means for them and their families.
EEO-1 Data Collection
EXPLAINER | Collecting workforce demographic data at the federal level plays an important role in enforcing federal laws prohibiting job discrimination. This explainer provides an overview of the EEO-1 data collection and its uses.
An Analysis of the Gender Wage Gap by Congressional District
FACT SHEET | An analysis of the Gender Wage Gap by Congressional District
Latina Women and the Wage Gap
FACT SHEET | The wages of Latina women are driven down by a number of current factors including gender and racial discrimination, workplace harassment, job segregation and a lack of workplace policies that support family caregiving, which is still most often performed...
Black Women and the Wage Gap
FACT SHEET | Even in states with large populations of Black women in the workforce, rampant wage disparities persist, with potentially devastating consequences for Black women and families.
Native American Women and the Wage Gap
FACT SHEET | The wages of Native women are driven down by a number of factors that they are likely to encounter in the workplace and labor market, including gender and racial discrimination, workplace harassment, job segregation and a lack of workplace policies that...
The Share of Mothers Who Work Is Shrinking – and Black Mothers Face the Steepest Declines
FACT SHEET | Black mothers of young children are facing the steepest declines in labor force participation in recent years. The declines are particularly dramatic for college-educated Black mothers – and they have been most pronounced in recent months.
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...
House GOP Fiscal Year 2026 Appropriations Bills Threaten Women’s Ability to Thrive
FACT SHEET | House Republican leaders make their priorities clear: undoing long-standing protections for women in the workplace, slashing critical women's health programs and further restricting access to abortion and reproductive health services.
They’re Coming for Your Overtime Pay
ISSUE BRIEF | While loudly touting "no tax on overtime," the Trump administration has begun rulemaking and congressional Republicans have begun the legislative process on policies that would rollback overtime protections for the nearly 98 million workers who are...
Women Are Facing A Crisis In This Country. That’s Bad News for Business.
FACT SHEET | Complex problems resulting from decades of systemic racism and sexism, compounded by attacks on abortion care and health care, have created barriers for women – particularly mothers – from fully participating in the workforce.
Black Women and the Care Agenda: Investing in Care Priorities Advances Gender and Racial Justice
ISSUE BRIEF | Black women are family caregivers – and they need flexibility and economic supports to make the best decisions for themselves and their families
Disabled Women and the Wage Gap
ISSUE BRIEF | Disabled women workers overall are only paid 50 cents for every dollar a nondisabled man makes, due to a long legacy of ableism and discrimination.
Project 2025 Threatens Women and Families’ Health and Freedom
INFOGRAPHIC | Project 2025, a 900+ page document created by the Heritage Foundation, serves as a playbook to systematically dismantle the foundation of checks and balances that American democracy rests upon. If implemented, Project 2025 would serve as a draconian tool...
Paid Leave Will Help Close the Gender Wage Gap
FACT SHEET | The wage gap illustrates the high cost women are paying for our nation’s policy failure, including our lack of paid family and medical leave to support family caregiving, which is still most often performed by women.
Systems Transformation Guide to Disability Economic Justice: Income, Wealth Building and Basic Necessities
REPORT | This report addresses the barriers that disabled women face to building wealth, as well as put forth policy proposals that will help address these concerns.
