Workplace
As of October 2025, workplace equality protections are steadily eroding. The EEOC has scaled back enforcement, and the administration has rolled back DEI and affirmative-action requirements for federal contractors. Pay gaps persist, childcare remains unaffordable, and there is no federal paid leave. Without federal pressure, women’s workplace equity now depends largely on state policy and employer will.
Black Women: A job crisis hidden in plain sight
In April 2025, Black women lost 106,000 jobs, the largest decline of any demographic group, pushing their unemployment rate
US Military: more accountability or a backslide for women?
At a closed-door meeting of senior military leaders in Quantico on September 30, 2025, Secretary of War Hegseth announced sweeping
California expands family leave
In January 2025, California expanded Paid Family Leave (PML) and disability benefits through SB 951, making it more affordable for
Child care funds partially extended in WI, with impact uncertain
Wisconsin’s “Child Care Counts," a pandemic-era program established by the federal government to support the return of parents
Paid family leave (PFML) proposal rejected in WI
In May 2025, the Republican-controlled finance committee in Wisconsin removed a mandate from Governor Evers’s 2025-27 budget proposal that