North Carolina - What to watch in 2026
As of October, North Carolina is a state where recent shifts in political control have directly shaped women's rights policy. Because many protections are established through state law …
WRDI Watch is the Women’s Rights Data Initiative’s bi-weekly newsletter tracking how laws, policies, and court decisions are shaping women’s rights across the United States. Most issues highlight key developments we’re monitoring, while occasional special editions take a deeper look at emerging trends, major policy shifts, or important state stories.
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. …
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 …
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 …
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’ …