| > Plenty of fields have a gender imbalance, but they don't present it as a problem. Did you look, or are you reacting to a cognitive bias? (http://www.heatingandventilating.net/news/news.asp?id=6255&t...) > A successful initiative set up to support women working in the construction sector, has been granted £420,750 further funding to continue. > The government-funded Women and Work: Sector Pathways Initiative is led by Construction Skills and aims to help get women into construction work and supports women already working in the sector to get further training. (http://civilconstructioncareers.com/women-in-construction.ph...) > The Women in Civil Construction Initiative will directly address the skills required for entry to the civil infrastructure sector of the industry. The Civil Contractors Federation (CCF), in collaboration with their funding partners Construction Skills Queensland, is delivering a flexible based program designed to deliver the entry level skills required to participants who wish to pursue a career in the Civil infrastructure sector. The WIC program is already underway within Queensland. (http://www.build.co.uk/construction_news.asp?newsid=75823) > ConstructionSkills, the Sector Skills Council for the industry, took part in the government funded Women and Work: Sector Pathways Initiative. In Phase 1, over 2,200 women were helped to access work related training and support initiatives in the construction industry – beating the target of 1,800. (http://manhattan.ny1.com/content/top_stories/136592/new-prog...) > A new program is launched to boost business for minorities and women in the construction industry. > The New York Association of Hispanics in Real Estate and Construction is helping to finance labor costs for these companies. (http://www.collegescholarships.org/scholarships/nursing/male...) (http://aamn.org/scholarships.shtml) |