Current Status - California
As of June 2026, California continues expanding and reinforcing women’s rights protections through continued legislative action. The state remains one of the most active in the country in advancing …
Current Status - California
As of June 2026, California continues expanding and reinforcing women’s rights protections through continued legislative action. The state remains one of the most active in the country in advancing …
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Earlier this year, someone close to me spent three months caring for a parent facing a major health crisis. During that time, Oregon's paid leave program meant she …
Current Status - Texas
As of June 2026, Texas continues to enforce some of the most restrictive laws affecting women’s rights in the country. With many of those policies now firmly embedded in …
Current Status - Wisconsin
As of May 2026, women’s rights in Wisconsin remain politically and legally unsettled, with future direction increasingly tied to the outcome of the 2026 elections. Control of the governor’ …
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As April turned into May, I had a bit of a visceral reaction to a few of the headlines, including the latest Supreme Court ruling. But more on that later. …
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Early last year, I started following a woman in Missouri who was documenting what it actually meant to live under her state’s abortion laws. At the time, voters had …
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This week, I found myself sitting with something I haven’t felt in a while—the weight of everything happening across reproductive health policy. The last time I felt this …
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Note from Julie Equal Pay Day is often framed as a milestone—a marker of how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned the year …
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Note from Julie Hi — I’m Julie, founder of the Women’s Rights Data Initiative. I started WRDI because I was struggling to understand what was actually happening to women’ …
Professional degrees reclassified for predominantly female professions
In November, the U.S. Department of Education proposed a definition change that could reshape access to graduate programs in several essential and female-dominated fields. Here’s what to know: …
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We are actively building our state-by-state pages to provide you with clear, trustworthy updates on the state of women's rights across the country. This page is one of …
Shutdown + Choice: Why the USDA's refusal to tap food funding matters for women
Editor’s note: This post was updated on Nov. 12, 2025, to reflect new developments in SNAP program payments. November 1, 2025 - As the government shutdown stretches on, federal …