Change The Story VT (CTS), a multi-year initiative fueled by the Vermont Women’s Fund, the Vermont Commission on Women, and Vermont Works for Women, released the first of a series of briefs called “Women, Work and Wages in Vermont” in January.  Much of this data is not regularly collected or published. All of it is specific to Vermont, and all is critical - not just in what it reflects about women, but in its  implications for Vermont’s economic future.

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WHAT:  Equal Pay Day.  Throughout the nation, women’s organizations observe Equal Pay Day each April, symbolizing how far into the new year the average American woman would have to work to earn what the average American man did in the previous year due to the gender wage gap.  In Vermont, median annual income for women working full-time year-round is $37,000.  That’s $7,000 less than the median annual salary earned by men, and translates to a 16% gender wage gap in Vermont.

WHERE:  Vermont State House.