Connecting data and state policy to advance gender equity.

Caregiving and Families

Caregiving and Families

Providing access to affordable care and paid time off to care uplifts women- who are more likely to be unpaid caregivers- and their families.
71% of women with children under six are in the labor force.
Education and Career Advancement

Education and Career Advancement

Education is a cornerstone of economic security and a key pathway to advancement for women.
22% of women aged 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree as their highest level of education.
Equitable Work and Wages

Equitable Work and Wages

Economic justice for women and their families begins with fair compensation, livable wages, unions and labor rights, and better job quality.
$52,000 Annual earnings of women employed full-time.
Reproductive Justice and Health Equity

Reproductive Justice and Health Equity

Reproductive freedom improves health outcomes and economic stability for women and families. Achieving it requires dismantling systemic barriers that block health care access for people of color.
669 Maternal deaths in 2023.

State Policy Action Lab connects intersectional state-level data to policy solutions and real-time legislative tracking to drive evidence-informed policy and achieve gender justice.

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Publications

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    • Status of Women: Illinois Snapshot

    Status of Women: Illinois Snapshot

    Jun 13, 2025

    This state snapshot provides insights into the status of women in Illinois using the June 2025 data and policy tracking from State PAL.
    Want to Help Women? Get Rid of the Tipped Minimum Wage

    Want to Help Women? Get Rid of the Tipped Minimum Wage

    Dec 9, 2024

    This fact sheet provides national and state-by-state estimates of the gender, racial, and ethnic composition of the server workforce, as well as estimates of median annual earnings and the proportion of servers who earned below the federal poverty level.
    The Economic and Workforce Impact of Restrictive Abortion Laws

    The Economic and Workforce Impact of Restrictive Abortion Laws

    Oct 28, 2024

    This report examines the far-reaching economic effects of the 2022 Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, which overturned Roe v. Wade and gave states the authority to ban abortion.