About Us
WE relentlessly pursue equity for women in the workforce by effecting policy change, expanding access to educational opportunities, and advocating for fair and inclusive workplaces so that all women, families, and communities thrive.
WE pursue equity for all!
Our Mission
To improve the economic status of women and remove barriers to economic equity.
Our Team
WE draft testimony, rally students, secure grants, persuade legislators, mobilize advocates, share ideas with educators, design systems improvements and programs, brainstorm with business leaders, tweet and post, and passionately believe in a better future for all working women.
Impact Report
For 50 years, WE have been ALL IN. WE have never backed down. WE have been tenacious. WE have done the research, forged the connections, built the coalitions, fostered the partnerships, and rallied the advocates to make change happen. This year, WE made incredible leaps forward, and WE are ALL IN for what’s to come.
Read more in our 2023 Impact Report!
Reports & Statements
Our Board of Directors
Women Employed board members enlist friends, family, and colleagues; chair committees; host meetings; provide fiduciary oversight; strategize; and generously provide support, guidance, and their time, talent, and treasure.
Meet WE Experts
Need a keynote speaker, source for a news story, or someone to conduct a workshop in your organization? No one is better versed in the issues and policies that impact today’s working women than Women Employed experts.
Latest News
October 3, 2024
Latina Equal Pay DayWGN Radio 720
September 23, 2024
Notable Black Leaders 2024: Cherita EllensCrain's Chicago Business
September 18, 2024
Chicago Newsroom 2.0 – News Roundup: DNC Post Mortem; CPS Leadership Tensions; City Budget CrisisCAN TV
September 12, 2024
The Best Places to Work in Chicago for 2024Crain's Chicago Business
September 2, 2024
The Bronx Social Justice and Anti-Violence Forums | Women EmployedBronxNet
August 30, 2024
Interview with Cherita Ellens and Robin Steans: SB 3965, Adequate and Equitable Public University Funding ActWVON Morning Show with Rufus Williams
August 21, 2024
Make women’s issues a priority during DNC, electionChicago Sun-Times
July 18, 2024
Working women are Chicago’s backbone, and they deserve better employment opportunitiesChicago Sun-Times
June 24, 2024
The Workplace Equity Episode with Cherita EllensThe Broad Cast
June 24, 2024
Unions call on Pritzker to sign Worker Freedom of Speech ActThe Labor Tribune
Media Kit
For media inquiries, please contact Racquel C. Fullman, Communications Coordinator. 312-319-2541 | email her
Women Employed is a nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose principal mission is to improve the economic status of women and remove barriers to economic equity. Women Employed does not endorse or oppose political parties or candidates for office.