Are you a pumpkin spice or more of an apple cider and donuts person? The ‘ber months’ have arrived with crisp air, hoodies, and shorter days, as daylight saving lingers right around the corner. But Women Employed (WE) remains undeterred. This month we held a powerful paid leave storytelling workshop, through our Time to Care Coalition, joined The Moth and The 75 Million for a StorySLAM about the hardships, honor, laughter, and grief of caretakers, hosted our Fall Advocacy Council Kickoff […]

WE’s Sharmili Majmudar (right) with Dolores Huerta (center) and Catherine Bendor from Equal Rights Advocates (left) at Democracy Forward’s 2026 convening in January.Women Employed mourns the passing of renowned women’s and worker’s rights activist, Dolores Huerta. For decades, Huerta fought for and organized farm workers, ensuring the exploitation and poor working conditions they experienced did not go unnoticed or unaddressed. She co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, […]

Your vote is your voice. November 3rd is Election Day, and the midterm races will be some of the most consequential in recent memory. Many of the issues that are critical to working women, their families, and communities will be impacted by the results, and the effects could be felt for years — or generations — to come. While the federal elections are critically important, local and state elections are just as significant to our daily lives. And many of the races will be close. […]

September marks the transition from summer to autumn. The scent of comfort food fills our homes, sweater weather returns, and the trees begin their slow transformation into vibrant shades of fall. This month also brought a few meaningful changes and milestones. Chicago made history as they appointed a new — and first-ever Latina — Madame Chair of the city’s LGBTQ+ Advisory Council, and Women Employed’s Career Foundations celebrated its 10-year anniversary.Check out where we’ve […]

This month Women Employed celebrated 10 years of Career Foundations! This groundbreaking career exploration course helps students explore their career options while making a concrete plan to move into post-secondary or workforce programs where they can earn the credentials and degrees they need to move into careers with family-supporting wages. During those 10 years, over 10,000 students — 80 percent of whom are Black or Brown women — have been served by this course, learning what […]