Kate Gallagher Robbins

The consequences of these actions are unfolding and will have ripple effects for years to come. Women deserve a workplace where they can thrive. Looking at history makes clear that the right policy choices can make this possible. Read our analysis here: nationalpartnership.org/womens-econo...

Trump has gutted or threatened essential protections that keep workers safe on the job, ensure an inclusive workplace and promote equal opportunity. He has also undermined women’s access to reproductive care through cuts to health care and deliberate efforts to restrict abortion access.

One Year In, 53 Ways the Second Trump Administration Is Harming Women and Families | National Partnership for Women & Families Amidst a nonstop, chaotic whirlwind of daily breaking news, court decisions and more, the Administration is abusing its power to turn back the clock on rights and protections for hundreds of millions ...

The Trump administration’s chaotic, harmful actions over the last year underscore how important policy choices are – and how fragile progress can be: nationalpartnership.org/one-year-in-...

The realities of today’s job market for women – from wages, to hiring, to participation – are all shaped by policy choices, including the times policymakers failed to act, over the course of many decades.

New Data Show Unemployment Rising for Black and Asian Disabled Workers Amid Trump's Attacks | National Partnership for Women & Families The latest employment data reveal that Trump's economy is also harming disabled workers, with disabled women of color particularly feeling the effects.

Similarly, though the participation rate of disabled women has also risen dramatically, systemic ableism and barriers to jobs have kept their participation rates shockingly low: nationalpartnership.org/new-data-une...

The Economic Contributions And Struggles Of Latinas Latinas make significant contributions to the economy while personally many struggle with low wages and structural barriers to improving their own economic condition.

And while Latinas’ labor force participation rate is growing more rapidly than women’s overall, their levels are still lower than some other groups: www.forbes.com/sites/noreen...

Rejecting Business as Usual: Improving Employment Outcomes and Economic Security for Black Women The challenges and barriers that Black women confront — in terms of wage disparities, lack of supports for caregiving, over-concentration in jobs with low pay and few benefits, and perpetually having ...

But talking about women overall obscures differences across communities. As Jocelyn Frye has written, despite Black women’s high levels of labor force participation, racism and sexism limit their opportunities: nationalpartnership.org/report/impro....

State Paid Leave Programs Cover Nearly One-Third of Workers in the United States | National Partnership for Women & Families Nearly one-third of all private-sector workers (32 percent) are eligible for paid leave under one of the 14 state programs that have been enacted. 46.2 million workers across the country are eligible ...

But as national policymakers have failed to make headway on policies like #PaidLeave where states have taken the lead, overall progress has stalled: nationalpartnership.org/report/state....

Line graph titled "Women's labor force participation is a policy choice," showing labor force participation rate for women 20 and older from 1948 until 2026 that shows growth throughout the second half of the 20th century from roughly 30 percent to just over 60 percent but a slight decline since the beginning of the 21st century. The figure identifies key policy interventions related to civil rights and reproductive care access. Source: National Partnership analysis Current Population Survey.

Civil rights-era legislation like the Equal Pay Act and Title IX supported women’s rising labor force participation in the second half of the 20th century, as did women’s increasing access to reproductive care, including birth control and abortion.

Today’s bleak news comes during the first week of #WomensHistoryMonth. To mark that, we’re taking a look back at how policy choices have shaped women’s labor force participation over the last three generations. TLDR: a lot.

Today’s #JobsDay reveals a dramatically slowing economy: we lost 92,000 jobs in February and unemployment rates for Black and Latina women got worse.

State-mandated paid leave programs now cover millions of American workers • Stateline Nearly one-third of the nation’s private sector workers are covered by paid leave programs as more states require employers to provide medical and family leave, according to a new analysis released this week.

Nearly a third of the nation’s private sector workers are covered by paid leave programs,according to a new analysis released this week.

https://stateline.org/2026/03/05/state-mandated-paid-leave-programs-now-cover-millions-of-american-workers/

🚨New report out by @npwf.bsky.social: nationalpartnership.org/report/state...

We continue to fight for #paidleave -- and until we have a national program, it's great to see states leading the way.

A record share of U.S. workers now have access to paid leave There’s still no federal paid leave policy in the United States, but 14 laws now extend coverage to an estimated 46 million people.

But as @dhuckelbridge.bsky.social told @chabeli.bsky.social, we need a national paid leave program to make sure that everyone in the country can take care of themselves and their loved ones: 19thnews.org/2026/03/paid...

And with Virginia on the verge of passing #paidleave this session, that trend continues. In fact, we estimate that if all 6 states with the most campaign momentum enacted programs 62.8 million workers in the U.S. would have access to a state paid leave program.

@jessicamason.bsky.social & I have a new report out that demonstrates just how powerful state momentum on paid leave has been in recent years: nationalpartnership.org/report/state...

Infographic titled One in three U.S. workers is now eligible for a state paid leave program. The image features three icon-style human figures, one dark red and two gray. The source note explains, Share of total U.S. workers who are in one of the 14 states with paid leave programs and meet their state's eligibility rules.

DYK state #paidleave programs now cover one-third of private-sector workers?

A record share of U.S. workers now have access to paid leave There’s still no federal paid leave policy in the United States, but 14 laws now extend coverage to an estimated 46 million people.

There’s still no federal paid leave policy in the United States, but 14 laws in 13 states and DC now extend coverage to an estimated 46 million people — a third of American workers. 19thnews.org/2026/03/paid...

One Year In, 53 Ways the Second Trump Administration Is Harming Women and Families | National Partnership for Women & Families Amidst a nonstop, chaotic whirlwind of daily breaking news, court decisions and more, the Administration is abusing its power to turn back the clock on rights and protections for hundreds of millions ...

🧵 Ahead of the SOTU, the National Partnership has been tracking the Trump admin’s attacks on women and measuring the impact

nationalpartnership.org/one-year-in-...

The Share of Mothers Who Work Is Shrinking – and Black Mothers Face the Steepest Declines | National Partnership for Women & Families New analysis from the National Partnership for Women & Families and The 75 Million Project finds that Black mothers of young children are facing the steepest declines in labor force participation in r...

As my colleagues @kfgrobbins.bsky.social and Areeba wrote “Women deserve real choices – instead of accepting a status quo that requires impossible compromise, we must build an economy that allows all women to pursue fulfilling, secure lives”
nationalpartnership.org/report/share...

After Years of Progress, Black Women's Union Gains Decline Under Trump in 2025 | National Partnership for Women & Families Recent growth in Black women's unionization rates was reversed in 2025, echoing a larger overall trend in declining employment opportunities for Black women during the first year of the second Trump a...

I’m reading new research from @npwf.bsky.social finding that after years of progress, Black women’s union gains declined under Trump in 2025 nationalpartnership.org/after-years-...

But it was really important to control those student protesters in 2024…🙃

Could not be more proud of Michael and his co-authors for this hugely important contribution. Their careful, meticulous work estimates a higher death toll in Gaza than previously reported.

After Years of Progress, Black Women's Union Gains Decline Under Trump in 2025 | National Partnership for Women & Families Recent growth in Black women's unionization rates was reversed in 2025, echoing a larger overall trend in declining employment opportunities for Black women during the first year of the second Trump a...

New @npwf.bsky.social analysis of today's union data shows that after years of progress, Black women’s union gains declined in 2025 under Trump #1u #unionstrong nationalpartnership.org/after-years-...

Weak job market leaves Black women behind | Jobs Day February 2026 | National Partnership for Women & Families To mark Black History Month, we're taking a look at how Black women are faring in the economy – and the situation is not good. The first year of the Trump administration undercut protections for worke...

Today's jobs data, with continued warning signs for Black women, has me and @kfgrobbins.bsky.social worried. Check out our analysis: nationalpartnership.org/weak-job-mar...

Black women's unemployment has skyrocketed. Here’s what happened. The rate is now equivalent to White women’s during the bleakest moments of the Great Recession.

Black women started 2025 with an unemployment rate of 5.4 percent. They ended it at 7.3 percent — the highest rate in four years. Black women’s unemployment is now equivalent to White women’s rate during the bleakest moments of the Great Recession.
19thnews.org/2026/01/blac...

Bar chart entitled "Women's Unemployment Rates Were Flat or Worsened in 2025" showing women's annual average unemployment rates in 2024 and 2025 by race and ethnicity. Rates for all groups are the same (Latinas and Asian American women) or worse (women overall, white women, multiracial women, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander women, Black women and American Indian/Alaska Native women). The highest annual average unemployment rates in 2025 were for Black women, 6.3 percent, multiracial women, 6.7 percent, and American Indian and Alaska Native women, 7.1 percent. The source note reads: "Source: National Partnership analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey Data. Figures are annual averages. Data for AIAN, NHPI and multiracial women are for women 16 and older, other groups are for women 20 and older."

The story for unemployment rates is no better. No group of women saw improvements in their annual average unemployment rate in 2025, compared with 2024. (6/8)

We find that while no groups of women workers are thriving in today’s economy with Trump’s economy especially failing Black, AIAN and NHPI women. (3/8)

Indigenous and Black women are especially suffering in the Trump economy | #JobsDay January 2026 | National Partnership for Women & Families New data for 2025 reveals the Trump economy is weakening the job market – especially for Indigenous and Black women.

Read our full analysis here: nationalpartnership.org/indigenous-a...