Women’s Advancement
COVID-19 UPDATE: Salary negotiation workshops are being held online. For questions, email bostonwomen@boston.gov.
Our mission is to promote gender equity by empowering women and removing systemic barriers to their advancement.
What our work includes:- A first-in-the-nation approach to closing the gender pay gaps.
- Reducing demand for sex-buying and trafficking.
- Programming for women entrepreneurs.
- Financial and technical support for the childcare workforce and research on childcare needs and preferences of working families.
Contact
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1 City Hall Square
Room 804Boston, MA 02201-2025 -
Office hoursMonday through Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
News and Announcements
May 3
Women's Advancement Statement on Recent Roe v. Wade News
Read a statement from Alexandra Valdez, the Executive Director of the Mayor's Office of Women's Advancement, on the recent news related to the Supreme Court and Roe v. Wade.
Employer wage gap calculator
Boston's new tool for workplaces to identify their gender and racial wage gap.
Our initiatives
Community Partner Events
Join us at an upcoming in-person or virtual event:
2022 Childcare Survey
We want to better understand your challenges with childcare. Your answers will help inform a City policy that works for all.
Find a Family Childcare Provider
Are you looking for local childcare in Boston? Use this map of family childcare providers to help find someone in your neighborhood.
