From Tourism to Tool Belts: Post-COVID Opportunities for Women in New Orleans
By The IBEW Media Center “If someone doesn’t know what [...]
Here to Stay: Black, Latina, and Afro-Latina Women in Construction Trades Apprenticeships and Employment
Watch the webinar discussion https://youtu.be/IX_zNptcLYc Diversity is key [...]
Building Back Better Post-COVID: Opportunities for Women in Skilled Trade and Technical Jobs in New Orleans
Read IWPR's new briefing paper, Building a Better Future for [...]
Building a Better Future for Women in New Orleans Post-COVID-19: Opportunities in Skilled Trade and Technical Jobs
Watch the webinar discussion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm6sSZnyUyM&feature=youtu.be The pandemic and recession [...]
Building a Better Future for Women in New Orleans Post COVID-19: Opportunities for Women in Skilled Trade and Technical Jobs
Women in New Orleans are particularly severely affected by COVID-19 related job losses because they are more likely than men to work in leisure and hospitality and tourism. Women are much less likely than men to work in construction, manufacturing, transportation, and Port-related jobs,
Child Care Supports For The Construction Trades: Building and Sustaining Diversity in Oregon
The construction industry in Oregon is booming. Employment has grown steadily since 2010 and is now higher than during the pre-recession boom (Simonson 2019b). Yet, meeting demand is difficult for many companies. In a recent survey, close to 90 percent of construction industry employers in Oregon