The Junior League of New Orleans released a new benchmark report today that offers a comprehensive overview of the current state of women in New Orleans post-COVID across various dimensions, including health, wages, access to housing, crime and gender-based violence, climate and political representation.
Commissioned by JLNO in partnership with the Newcomb Institute at Tulane University to commemorate the organization’s 100-year anniversary and its continued commitment to impactful leadership, the report serves to support the development of data-driven programs and policies that can inspire solutions to ongoing challenges in New Orleans.
The report, entitled Status of Women in New Orleans – 2024, shows women in New Orleans have attained higher education, increased access to health care and achieved greater political representation over the last decade. Results of the study also indicate that women are still struggling against persistent racial and economic inequalities that disproportionately impact Black and Hispanic women.
The 2024 report highlights several priority areas of focus in order to improve the status of women, including health care for women of color, expanding child care access and affordability, attracting working-age populations to New Orleans, preventing intimate partner violence, supporting racial minority men and boys and addressing climate change impacts.
This report was made possible thanks to the support of the United Way of Southeast Louisiana, Tulane Connolly Alexander Institute for Data Science, Newcomb Institute at Tulane University, Mary Amelia Center for Women’s Health Equity Research and the New Orleans Department of Health.
2024 Report (to be released 8.14.24):
2016 Report:
Join the Junior League of New Orleans for a Post-Study Community Convening on Friday November 15, 2024 at Junior League Headquarters (4319 Carondelet St.).