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.
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.
Get Involved
Get access to resources for women entrepreneurs
WE BOS offers resources and opportunities to help start and grow your business.
Take the AAUW Work Smart in Boston Salary Negotiation Workshop
Learn the skills you need to advocate for yourself at at work.
Sign the 100% Talent Compact
Commit to closing the gender pay gaps in Boston.
Reports
'Making Childcare Work'
Results from the 2021 City of Boston Childcare Survey
Boston Women's Workforce Council Report
2021 report on Boston's gender and racial wage gap
'Too Much and Not Enough' Report
2020 report on childcare during COVID-19
'Gaining Ground on Equal Pay' report
2017 report on the impact of Boston's salary negotiation workshops
Read about us on Medium
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We dive into deeper detail about our work through our Medium account.
