(Montpelier) - Brattleboro’s Emilie Kornheiser kicks off the Vermont Commission on Women’s (VCW) statewide community listening project at the River Garden this Friday, as part of Brattleboro’s Strolling of the Heifers noontime Brown Bag Lunch series.  Her discussion, “Women and the Economy,” will center on the place, needs, and strengths of women in Brattleboro.  This event is FREE and open to the public.  Thoughts and comments will help shape VCW’s policy work for women and families.  More info at strollingoftheheifers.com/calendar/commission-on-women/.

Ensuring Vermont has enough high-quality, affordable child care is essential to supporting gender equality in the workplace, according to a new report co-authored by Let’s Grow Kids (LGK) and the Vermont Commission on Women (VCW). The report outlines policy recommendations—including increasing investments in Vermont’s Child Care Financial Assistance Program and passing paid family leave—as key strategies to supporting working women and their families.

Read our mid-session legislative update.

   More than Choice? A Review of the Gender Pay Gap, was prepared by the Economic and Labor Market Information Division of the Vermont Department of Labor.   It includes a section titled, Why It Matters, as well as these recommendations:

On Equal Pay Day, 2017 Progress Is Mixed, Vermont Frontrunner on Some Measures