The EEOC may end EEO-1 reporting, but knowing your workforce was never just about compliance. Here’s why employers should keep collecting and using workforce data to make better decisions, understand their systems and maintain visibility into their workforce.
Programs designed to expand opportunities for Black women advocates in government and the workplace have helped build a generation of leaders. Recent actions by the Trump administration threaten these pathways and the progress they helped create.
For more than 60 years, the EEOC has required employers with at least 100 employees to report workforce demographic data annually using the EEO-1 form. This requirement has proven to be a reliable and powerful enforcement tool used consistently by every administration. The National Partnership strongly opposes the proposed rule to rescind requirements for filing EEO demographic data collection reports, including the EEO-1 form.
Data collection tools are not normally at the center of deep civil rights controversies, but these are not normal times. Now, a proposal from the EEOC to stop collecting demographic workforce data from employers is poised to become the latest salvo in the ongoing, wide-ranging attack on civil rights enforcement launched by the current Trump administration.
Today’s jobs data show meager gains over the last year and the share of women who are working has hit its lowest level in more than four years. But past progress shows us it doesn’t have to be this way.
Caregiving is essential work that our families and communities depend on – and the economic impact of this labor is enormous. Americans’ unpaid care is valued at more than $1.1 trillion a year – and women do more than 60 percent of the work.
Sojourner Truth’s life defied expectations. She was born into slavery in the North and later won her freedom, becoming an acclaimed speaker, preacher, and activist. In her speech to the Women’s Convention, she challenged the audience to see her for who she really was.
Roe v. Wade was never enough for Pacific Islanders because there was often no abortion access to begin with. Pacific Islanders deserve self-determination over their reproductive health, lands, and existence.
As the most diverse generation of workers enters the workforce, the agencies tasked with enforcing civil rights protections are failing them. But young workers have a history of organizing to win the protections they need.
The National Partnership for Women & Families highlights the voices of Black moms on staff in honor of the 10th anniversary of Black Maternal Health Week and its theme, Rooted in Justice and Joy. Joy in Black motherhood centers rest, healing, cultural affirmation, and the right to thrive.
The wage gap extends to AANHPI women in healthcare, where, despite AANHPI women playing an essential role within the industry, their work is undervalued regardless of education level and especially in fields where they are overrepresented.
Prime-age women’s labor force participation rate hit an all-time high this month – but higher unemployment rates and growth in low-paid industries are leaving women behind.
In true nerdy fashion, we’re bringing you a Women’s History Month x Pi Day mash up featuring five pie charts that show how historical policy choices shape women’s reality today.
This Black History Month, we celebrate the progress achieved for Black communities, including Black women workers. Black women’s labor has historically been undervalued and underpaid. And the fight to ensure our laws protect and promote economic security for Black women workers is a story marked by progress and setbacks.
Recent growth in Black women’s unionization rates was reversed in 2025, echoing a larger overall trend in declining employment opportunities for Black women during the first year of the second Trump administration.
Black women face a maternal mortality rate 3.5 times higher than their white counterparts and are twice as likely as white mothers to experience severe maternal morbidity. While we see these stories unfold time and time again, this crisis is preventable.
Amidst a nonstop, chaotic whirlwind of daily breaking news, court decisions and more, the Administration is abusing its power to turn back the clock on rights and protections for hundreds of millions of people. We highlight some ways this administration has been particularly harmful for women and their families.
New data for 2025 reveals the Trump economy is weakening the job market – especially for Indigenous and Black women.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is abandoning its core mission under the Trump Administration.
Chaotic economic policies have dramatically slowed the economy – and additional damage looms.