Special Populations

Nontraditional Training and Employment Resources

www.womentechworld.org provides biographies and news stories for over 50 women in a variety of nontraditional career roles, listed by occupational category, 40% are women of color.

The U.S. Department of Education's Gender Equity Expert Panel Exemplary and Promising Gender Equity Programs 2000

The U.S. Department of Education's Gender Equity Expert Panel was developed to identify promising and exemplary programs that promote gender equity in and through education and as resources for educators and other community leaders who want to use programs that have evidence that they can increase gender equity.

Programs highlighted: career education, mathematics/ science/ technology, prevention of sexual and racial harassment, and teacher education.

The full text of this publication ORAD 2001-1000 is available online in Word or PDF format at http://www.ed.gov.. Go to the home page topic index under: Expert Panels/Gender Equity Expert Panel or Women's Education.

To order free print copies call toll free (877) 4ED-PUBS (877-433-7827) or go to www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html.

Her Own Words - guides/videos of non-trad careers for women; published quarterly newletter herownword@aol.com>

Other resources for career education are the 10 videos and 10 resource guides in the Her Own Words series on Women in Nontraditional Careers: Math at Work: Women in Nontraditional Careers Women in Construction Women in Dentistry Women in Engineering Women in Firefighting Women in Machining Women in Nontraditional Careers: An Introduction Women in Policing Women in Welding Work Talk: Women in Nontraditional Careers in Their Own Words All are available from: Her Own Words PO Box 5264 Madison WI 53705-0264 608-271-7083 phone 608-271-0209 fax website: herownwords.com Herownword@aol.com

Institute for Women in Trades, Technology & Science (IWITTS)

National Center for Education Statistics, http://www.nces.ed.gov/. Trends in Educational Equity of Girls & Women.

National Coalition for Equity in Education (NCEE)

National Coalition for Sex Equity in Education (NCSEE)

Sexual Harassment Guide for Schools, Students, and other Third Parties (.pdf), 48 pages

U.S. DOL - Women's Bureau Home Page at http://www.dol.gov/dol/wb.

Nontraditional Occupations for Women in 2000, choose DOL agencies, then select Women's Bureau, then Non-Traditional.

Work4Women Resources List - (updates on resources are monthly at the websites listed at the bottom of the each resource).

August/September 2000 Publication List
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2000 Nontraditional Employment for Women Factsheet:
Wider Opportunities for Women
(202) 638-3143

Creating Opportunities for Students in Nontraditional Training (brochure) National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity
(610) 345-7155, mimilufkin@aol.com

Employer Manual, Workplace Solutions
Wider Opportunities for Women
(202) 638-3143

Futures [Recruitment and Retention Strategies (electronic presentation) http://www.iwitts.com/html/powerpoint.html
Institute for Women in Trades, Technology & Science
(510) 749-0200, http://www.iwitts.com/

Her Own Words (video series about women working in NTOs) http://www.HerOwnWords.com
Her Own Words
608-271-7083, herownword@aol.com

If I Had A Hammer: Women's Work in Poetry, Fiction and Photographs
Wider Opportunities for Women
(202) 638-3143

Jobs That Pay! Nontraditional Occupations for the 21st Century (guide) Women Work!
(202) 467-6346, womenwork@womenwork.org

Making Ourselves a Home
(Interviews with women working in NTOs)
Wider Opportunities for Women
(202) 638-3143

Union Manual, Workplace Solutions
Wider Opportunities for Women
(202) 638-3143

Pioneering: Poems from the Construction Site
Susan Eisenberg (author), Cornell Press (publisher)
607-277-2338 ext. 251 or ext. 254,
cupress-sales@cornell.edu.

Work4Women Catalog (NTO books, videos, work apparel, tools)
Wider Opportunities for Women
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What Every Women Needs to Know about MONEY and RETIREMENT: A Simple Guide, was created by the Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER). This guide offers practial and comprehensive advice on retirement planning and answers questions ranging from pension benefits to IRAs. To order free copies while supplies last, call Women Work! at (202) 467-6346 or e-mail at womenwork@womenwork.org

Women's Bureau Home Page
http://www.dol.gov/wb