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The Mayor's Office, in partnership with the the American Association of University Women (AAUW), hosted a free salary negotiation workshop Saturday aimed at helping women advocate for themselves in the workplace. PHOTO COURTESY OF MAYOR'S OFFICE OF WOMEN ADVANCEMENT

Workshop at Boston Public Library challenges gender pay gap, teaches salary negotiation

Eduard Miska September 10, 2018
Women in the workforce lose $418,800 over the course of a 40-year career due to the gender-wage pay gap, according to a fact sheet put together by the National Women’s Law Center. One workshop strove to make the NWLC’s statistic a piece of history last weekend at the Boston Public Library.

Statewide salary negotiation workshops for women to start in Massachusetts

JenRacoosin February 1, 2018

  Free salary negotiation workshops will be offered to women across Massachusetts in an effort to close the gender wage gap. The workshops will be sponsored by the Office of the State Treasurer...

EDITORIAL: Parents should invest as much in their daughters’ futures as their sons’

EDITORIAL: Parents should invest as much in their daughters’ futures as their sons’

Editors November 12, 2017

At Boston University, 61 percent of students are female, while just 39 percent are male — a vastly disproportionate ratio. But there is also a much more threatening disproportion at hand nationwide —...

One of the workshops that many women claim have helped them secure higher salaries, “Gaining Ground on Equal Pay: Empowering Boston’s Women Through Salary Negotiation Workshops,” was held Thursday evening at the Jamaica Plain Branch Library. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Report finds City’s salary negotiation workshops help women address gender inequalities

Breanne Kovatch September 8, 2017

  A year after Mayor Martin Walsh’s Office of Women’s Advancement and the American Association of University Women teamed up to offer salary negotiation workshops in a program called Work...

EDITORIAL: Women deserve more than Equal Pay Day

EDITORIAL: Women deserve more than Equal Pay Day

Editors April 4, 2017

Yesterday, men, women and cities alike recognized Equal Pay Day across the nation. The day acts as a reminder that the salary gap between men and women still exists and affects women in almost every profession....

A panel gathers Tuesday night at the Broad Institute to discuss their personal experiences as women in STEM and how they leveraged their scientific backgrounds to advance their careers. PHOTO BY JACKIE O'BRIEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

Women Accelerators address gender disparities in STEM fields

Michael Dratch March 23, 2017

The STEM fields have been known to be heavily male-dominated. Women Accelerators is an organization working to address this gender gap. Women Accelerators is dedicated to “promoting the advancement...

In honor of Equal Pay Day this Tuesday, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh’s Office of Women’s Advancement and the American Association of University Women kicked off free salary negotiation workshops on Monday. PHOTO BY ELLEN CLOUSE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Mayor Martin Walsh hosts free salary negotiation workshops

Paige Smith April 6, 2016

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, in collaboration with the Office of Women’s Advancement, announced Sunday a week of free salary negotiation workshops, which will be hosted around the city in honor of...

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