Womxn Students

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Womxn Students

Below are resources our CPD team has collected to help support Womxn Students. You’ll find many more helpful resources in our Handshake Resource Library. Our CPD Career Coaches can also provide additional resources, support, and advice customized to meet your unique interests. Schedule an appointment on Handshake

If you wish to receive information about career-related events and opportunities and self-identify as a womxn student, please sign up on Handshake (self-identified diversity interests are only accessible by CPD and Thayer ECS staff and all information will be kept confidential).

Access currently offered DEI events in Handshake by clicking here, or use the Filter feature in events and click the label “dei-focused”.

  • In Her Sight job board that also asks women to share their particular experiences at companies. Specific situations often reveal gender biases within companies or how well women are supported at an organization. 
  • American Association of University Women – The AAUW advances equality for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research. 
  • WAGE Project – WAGE inspires and helps working women to take the steps needed so that every woman is paid what she’s worth.
  • Workplace Fairness – Workplace Fairness provides legal information about sexual and gender discrimination.
  • WITI – WITI works to empower women worldwide to achieve unimagined possibilities and transformations through technology, leadership, and economic prosperity.
  • Fingerprint For Success – Women in the Workplace Statistics

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