The Women’s Initiative at the Center for American Progress focuses on developing and promoting robust, progressive policies and affirmative solutions to ensure that all women can participate fully in our economy and live healthy and productive lives.
We firmly believe that the diverse experiences of women across race, ethnicity, disability, sexuality, and other factors —and the challenges they face—must be at the center of the national policy debate. We work to secure women’s health and bodily autonomy, economic stability, equality, and access to equitable opportunities and uphold other reproductive, civil, and human rights.
Proposed investments in the Build Back Better agenda would benefit a significant number of workers, particularly women and women of color; transform the home care and early childhood sectors; and lift living standards and employment prospects for millions of Americans.
In 2021, the United States has seen the highest number of abortion restrictions made law in a single year, and the legal context in which this newly enacted legislation will operate is particularly tenuous.
The infrastructure bill represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to expand women’s access to good jobs in construction trades.
New poverty, income, and health insurance data confirm that poverty is a policy choice.
The Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 would help address the maternal health crisis in the United States, which disproportionately affects Black and Indigenous people.
In order to advance economic security for women and families in Texas, policymakers should prioritize policies that ensure economic equality and health care access for all.
In order to advance economic security for women and families in Pennsylvania, policymakers should prioritize policies that ensure economic equality and health care access for all.
In order to advance economic security for women and families in New Hampshire, policymakers should prioritize policies that ensure economic equality and health care access for all.
In order to advance economic security for women and families in Georgia, policymakers should prioritize policies that ensure economic equality and health care access for all.
In order to advance economic security for women and families in Florida, policymakers should prioritize policies that ensure economic equality and health care access for all.
In order to advance economic security for women and families in Arizona, policymakers should prioritize policies that ensure economic equality and health care access for all.
The COVID-19 pandemic has made clear that women—especially women of color—are the backbone of our nation’s economy. Women have kept the economy running as essential workers, breadwinners, and caregivers. But at the same time, they are consistently underpaid and their work is undervalued.
To support women’s employment and address the preexisting barriers that keep women out of the workforce—and were exacerbated by the pandemic—Congress must use reconciliation on top of the bipartisan infrastructure framework.
In order to advance economic security for women and families in West Virginia, policymakers should prioritize policies that ensure economic equality and health care access for all.
Policy solutions that address Black women’s work, family, and caregiving needs are essential to creating equitable workplaces that pay fair wages.
