While on average, women earn 82¢ for every $1.00 men earn, women of color routinely experience much wider wage gaps due to the compounding effects of gender and racial discrimination. COVID-19 threatens to widen those disparities. Join us on #LatinaEqualPay Day, the last equal pay day of the year, for a virtual event with Chicago leaders […]

While on average, women earn 82¢ for every $1.00 men earn, women of color routinely experience much wider wage gaps due to the compounding effects of gender and racial discrimination. COVID-19 threatens to widen those disparities. Join us on #LatinaEqualPay Day, the last equal pay day of the year, for a virtual event with Chicago leaders […]

While on average, women earn 82¢ for every $1.00 men earn, women of color routinely experience much wider wage gaps due to the compounding effects of gender and racial discrimination. COVID-19 threatens to widen those disparities. Join us on #LatinaEqualPay Day, the last equal pay day of the year, for a virtual event with Chicago leaders […]

This October, the Status of Women and Girls Working Group, in partnership with the Chicago Foundation for Women, will host the 2020 Virtual Girls Summit. This free virtual summit will bring together young women, girls, trans and non-binary individuals ages 13-24, from across our city to discuss the issues most important to them.     […]

This October, the Status of Women and Girls Working Group, in partnership with the Chicago Foundation for Women, will host the 2020 Virtual Girls Summit. This free virtual summit will bring together young women, girls, trans and non-binary individuals ages 13-24, from across our city to discuss the issues most important to them.     […]

This October, the Status of Women and Girls Working Group, in partnership with the Chicago Foundation for Women, will host the 2020 Virtual Girls Summit. This free virtual summit will bring together young women, girls, trans and non-binary individuals ages 13-24, from across our city to discuss the issues most important to them.     […]

This October, the Status of Women and Girls Working Group, in partnership with the Chicago Foundation for Women, will host the 2020 Virtual Girls Summit. This free virtual summit will bring together young women, girls, trans and non-binary individuals ages 13-24, from across our city to discuss the issues most important to them.     […]

This October, the Status of Women and Girls Working Group, in partnership with the Chicago Foundation for Women, will host the 2020 Virtual Girls Summit. This free virtual summit will bring together young women, girls, trans and non-binary individuals ages 13-24, from across our city to discuss the issues most important to them.     […]

This October, the Status of Women and Girls Working Group, in partnership with the Chicago Foundation for Women, will host the 2020 Virtual Girls Summit. This free virtual summit will bring together young women, girls, trans and non-binary individuals ages 13-24, from across our city to discuss the issues most important to them.     […]

Janelle Jones of the Groundwork Collaborative, has proposed a new framework for economic, healthy, and education outcomes analysis that elevates and centers Black women in our worldview. “Black Women Best” posits that when the outcomes for Black women improve, everyone else will benefit, particularly now as the nation thinks about rebuilding from the fallout from […]

Janelle Jones of the Groundwork Collaborative, has proposed a new framework for economic, healthy, and education outcomes analysis that elevates and centers Black women in our worldview. “Black Women Best” posits that when the outcomes for Black women improve, everyone else will benefit, particularly now as the nation thinks about rebuilding from the fallout from […]

Janelle Jones of the Groundwork Collaborative, has proposed a new framework for economic, healthy, and education outcomes analysis that elevates and centers Black women in our worldview. “Black Women Best” posits that when the outcomes for Black women improve, everyone else will benefit, particularly now as the nation thinks about rebuilding from the fallout from […]

Janelle Jones of the Groundwork Collaborative, has proposed a new framework for economic, healthy, and education outcomes analysis that elevates and centers Black women in our worldview. “Black Women Best” posits that when the outcomes for Black women improve, everyone else will benefit, particularly now as the nation thinks about rebuilding from the fallout from […]

Amid an ongoing global pandemic, an uncertain economic future, and our nation’s most heightened racial awareness since the civil rights movement, young womxn are refusing to stay silent. From planning peaceful protests to organizing community food drives to taking on additional burdens to support their families, they continue to push the status quo. And the […]

Amid an ongoing global pandemic, an uncertain economic future, and our nation’s most heightened racial awareness since the civil rights movement, young womxn are refusing to stay silent. From planning peaceful protests to organizing community food drives to taking on additional burdens to support their families, they continue to push the status quo. And the […]

Amid an ongoing global pandemic, an uncertain economic future, and our nation’s most heightened racial awareness since the civil rights movement, young womxn are refusing to stay silent. From planning peaceful protests to organizing community food drives to taking on additional burdens to support their families, they continue to push the status quo. And the […]

Amid an ongoing global pandemic, an uncertain economic future, and our nation’s most heightened racial awareness since the civil rights movement, young womxn are refusing to stay silent. From planning peaceful protests to organizing community food drives to taking on additional burdens to support their families, they continue to push the status quo. And the […]

Join the National Coalition of Black Women Chicago Metropolitan Chapter for this engaging discussion on pay equity featuring our President and CEO, Cherita Ellens and Certified Career Developmental Strategist, Nickquolette Barrett. The event will be live-streamed via Facebook. Register here.

Join the National Coalition of Black Women Chicago Metropolitan Chapter for this engaging discussion on pay equity featuring our President and CEO, Cherita Ellens and Certified Career Developmental Strategist, Nickquolette Barrett. The event will be live-streamed via Facebook. Register here.

Join the National Coalition of Black Women Chicago Metropolitan Chapter for this engaging discussion on pay equity featuring our President and CEO, Cherita Ellens and Certified Career Developmental Strategist, Nickquolette Barrett. The event will be live-streamed via Facebook. Register here.

Join the National Coalition of Black Women Chicago Metropolitan Chapter for this engaging discussion on pay equity featuring our President and CEO, Cherita Ellens and Certified Career Developmental Strategist, Nickquolette Barrett. The event will be live-streamed via Facebook. Register here.

Join your colleagues in the social sector as the Chicago Women in Philanthropy celebrates their 40th Anniversary. CWIP will kick-off the virtual celebration with a commemoration of 40 years of advancing equity, inclusion and connection for women & girls. They'll honor Keynote Speaker &  Making a Difference honoree, Dr. Ngozi Ezike, Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health. And […]

Join your colleagues in the social sector as the Chicago Women in Philanthropy celebrates their 40th Anniversary. CWIP will kick-off the virtual celebration with a commemoration of 40 years of advancing equity, inclusion and connection for women & girls. They'll honor Keynote Speaker &  Making a Difference honoree, Dr. Ngozi Ezike, Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health. And […]

Join your colleagues in the social sector as the Chicago Women in Philanthropy celebrates their 40th Anniversary. CWIP will kick-off the virtual celebration with a commemoration of 40 years of advancing equity, inclusion and connection for women & girls. They'll honor Keynote Speaker &  Making a Difference honoree, Dr. Ngozi Ezike, Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health. And […]

For 40 years, the Chicago Jobs Council has worked to help people move out of poverty using on-the-ground expertise, advocacy, and capacity-building. Tune in to their 40th anniversary celebration and a panel discussion featuring WE’s President & CEO, Cherita Ellens! Get Tickets Today!

For 40 years, the Chicago Jobs Council has worked to help people move out of poverty using on-the-ground expertise, advocacy, and capacity-building. Tune in to their 40th anniversary celebration and a panel discussion featuring WE’s President & CEO, Cherita Ellens! Get Tickets Today!

For 40 years, the Chicago Jobs Council has worked to help people move out of poverty using on-the-ground expertise, advocacy, and capacity-building. Tune in to their 40th anniversary celebration and a panel discussion featuring WE’s President & CEO, Cherita Ellens! Get Tickets Today!

LOUD BODIES Dance presents LOUD Voices, a 3-day performance series highlighting a different Chicagoland choreographer, social issue, and organization each day. The theme for the event is “Inequality in the Workplace” and will construct a space that is informative as well as active. The aim is to ensure women, non-binary, and femme people know their […]

Please join Jessica Andujar Redman, SVP Commercial Banking at Fifth Third Bank, in conversation with Sharmili Majmudar, EVP of Policy and Organizational Impact at Women Employed, and Susan Gallagher, President & CEO of BPI Group. The debrief discussion will build on the June 22nd Road to Recovery virtual gala series event, hosted by the Shriver […]

Join Futures Without Violence as we host a panel discussion on the intersections of the existing wage gap & economic instability, black survivorhood and wellness. Through this conversation, we will explore ways in which workplaces can create healthier, more supportive workplaces for Black survivors - while addressing the varied, multi-faceted impacts that economic insecurity has […]

August is a notable month for reflecting on the pursuit of equality for women. On August 3rd, we recognized Black Women’s Equal Pay Day—that is, the approximate day Black women must work into 2021 to make what white non-Hispanic men made at the close of 2020. This wage gap reflects the fact that Black women […]

Join Jennifer Brown of Jennifer Brown Consulting and Cherita Ellens, President and CEO of Women Employed, for a LinkedIn LIVE on September 17th at 1:00 p.m. CT / 2:00 p.m. ET for a discussion about the history of International Equal Pay Day, the persistent challenges women encounter in the workplace, and ways we can get […]

This symposium for researchers, policy analysts, and practitioners will explore how gender and opportunity influence economic and financial outcomes over an individual's lifetime – from formative years and early career into establishing households and through retirement. Special emphasis will be placed on evidence-based strategies that remove the barriers to and achieve the benefits of a […]

WE are thrilled to partner up again with the Hustle Mommies Nonprofit to celebrate their 10 year anniversary this month as they honor 100 Black MOMprenuers. Our own Cherita Ellens, President and CEO, is one of two keynote speakers. This special soirée will be hosted by Jenny LeFlore from Mama Fresh Chi, and powered by […]

Join Impact Networking as they host a roundtable with women in leadership positions from across the professional world. WE's own President and CEO, Cherita Ellens, one of three keynote speakers, will talk about how being a woman has affected their careers and advise professional women who want to follow in their footsteps. Women Employed is […]

An event in solidarity with Latina Equal Pay Day, the last Equal Pay Day of the year, and economic justice for all women all year round. Presented by the Equal Pay Day Chicago Coalition Registration Link: https://bit.ly/epdc2022 All women experience a pay gap, but Latinas face one of the widest pay disparities of any group […]

Join Chicago Women Take Action Alliance (35 women's organizations) for the 2023 Chicago Mayoral Forum. Moderated by Carol and Cheryl Corley. Get your questions answered before you go to the polls. Broadcast by CANTV! Live stream on YouTube and FB. Chicagoans want to know where the Chicago mayoral candidates stand on issues important to women—reproductive […]

CoreNet Global is a non-profit association, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia whose mission is to advance the practice of corporate real estate through professional development opportunities, publications, designations and networking. They have 46 local chapters and networking groups globally. With March being Women’s history month, CoreNet Chicago has brought together some of the most influential women […]

In anticipation of a Chicago Mayoral election runoff, please register for the 2023 Women’s Mayoral runoff forum, hosted by the Chicago Women Take Action Alliance, and led by Women Employed’s very own Chief of Staff, Mary Kay Devine. The forum will be held on March 11th from 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. at the Chicago Temple Theatre. […]

Women Employed has been chosen as the non-profit beneficiary of Binny’s Women in Beer event, in recognition and celebration of Women’s History Month! Attendees will be able to sample from a large selection of local, national and international producers while also getting to know the women who work behind the scenes to make, market and […]

Salary transparency becomes the law in Illinois on January 1, 2025, but businesses across the city and the country are not waiting to reap the benefits of this evidence-based pay equity practice. Join the Equal Pay Chicago Coalition on Wednesday, March 12th from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. CT for a virtual panel focused on how […]