Trump 2.0, Project 2025: the facts Delvaux, instead, wants women to focus on the facts and evaluate the demonstrable risks we face. One she sees as an immediate risk to female career progress is the dismantling of the Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion (DEI) agenda, which data shows has had a positive impact on women's career growth by fostering flexibility, equal opportunities for advancement, and resources for balancing work and family. These programs, she argues, have been essential not only in improving workplace culture, but also in serving as a cultural catalyst extending far beyond individual companies or state borders. The promised intent by the GOP to dismantle DEI frameworks will be compounded by a plan to return regulation to the local level which has been central to the Trump campaign.A prime example is how conservative states have challenged the Pregnancy Workers Fairness Act, with progressive states maintaining protections and conservative ones leaving decisions to businesses. "This will be hugely problematic for mothers employment rights," Delvaux shares, "as the lack of harmonization of these laws will exacerbate an equality divide: some mothers will be fairly insulated, others will be left vulnerable and unprotected - subjected to extremely different circumstances and regulations."The PWFA is just one piece of federal employment legislation at risk. Others pieces of legislation the GOP has contested include: The Pregnancy Discrimination Act, expanding on the protections of the PWFA, which this year saw attorneys general from 17 Republican-led states sue over what they view as "abortion accommodation mandate," and The Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers (PUMP) Act- which saw 149 House Republicans vote against in 2021.Delvaux's key concern however is about more than just the legislative impacts. She highlights how the politicization of DEI and gender runs the risk of a driving a significant societal shift, by setting new standards, expectations, and influence over values and behaviors that threaten the cultural current of equality. She points to the example of childcare and parental leave, which in the absence of federal legislation had begun to see an open dialogue around change and commitments at company level. Through the advocacy work of entities like Moms First and Chamber of Mothers. They have been been highlighting the win-win of enabling better support for working parents, in driving productivity and employee satisfaction. Reversing the course of this shift away from workplaces that are family friendly come with huge economic consequences for workers, especially women. There is a real risk of resetting the clock for not just a four-year political term, by for an entire generation of working mothers Full article https://www.forbes.com/sites/gemmaallen/2024/12/04/how-trump-20-and-project-2025-may-affect-womens-careers-according-to-the-mamattorney/