The construction industry is becoming more balanced, with female participation increasing over the past decade.

Women are increasingly participating in male-dominated industries, such as construction in China.

The construction industry is expected to increase inclusivity for women through improved PPE and safety.

US women in construction have reached 14.1 percent, totaling 440,000 jobs, the highest since 2001.

A quarter of female workers have experienced on-site sexual harassment, and half have faced unequal treatment from men.

Women made up 14% of China's construction workforce by 2018.

Women comprise 16% of the construction workforce and 4% of site managers.

The homebuilding industry is encouraging women into site management through programs addressing gender imbalance.

Elena Badaeva, a female crane operator since 1989, broke traditional gender barriers operating at about 40 meters altitude.

Loretta Barnett is a second-generation female crane operator at Savannah River Site.

Farkhana Safargaleeva, a dedicated female crane operator, has 15 years of construction experience, with a 5-year hiatus.

Hsing and Shan, a mother-daughter duo, are female crane operators in Hong Kong's construction industry, breaking traditional gender barriers.

Women like Elena Badaeva and others have broken down traditional gender barriers in construction, particularly in crane operation.

The WANTT non-profit organization helps women enter the construction industry by offering pre-apprenticeship programs.

Illinois has received $1 million to promote women in construction, with the Chicago Women in Trades organization receiving grant money.

The UAE has launched the "Leaders in Difference" initiative to empower women in the maritime sector.

Hard work and determination are crucial for women to break into male-dominated fields like crane operation.

Trade union support can help women enter industries and secure equal pay for equal work.

The construction industry is becoming more balanced, with female participation increasing over the past decade.

Title:

Content: Hong Kong Wen
Ephesians 2
Female flag bearer of Sports Park: Construction industry is no longer a male monopoly
[Ming Pao News] Kai Tak Sports Park, which is expected to be completed by the end of the year, completed the installation of 27,000 triangular panels on the outer wall last month, and the whole project was completed about 85%, entering the final construction stage.
In the past, society thought that engineering was male-dominated work. The situation has improved greatly in the past 10 years. Today is International Women ’ s Day. Three “English and Female ” who have participated in the Kai Tak Sports Park project since the end of 2019 said that the proportion of men and women in the construction industry has been balanced, and the number of female engineers who have really“ landed ” has increased. The team can play a complementary role.
The Senior Chief Architect of Kwan Sin Ming Architects & Associates, Sin Yee Yan, has to communicate with various professionals in the team, including architectural design companies, contractors and government departments, to ensure that the various buildings and facilities in the park are constructed in accordance with the Buildings Ordinance and relevant laws.
New Attempt Friction Mostly Centering Harmonization Smooth
The biggest challenge is how to connect the triangular panels on the outer wall of the main stadium. Since there are few circular buildings in the area, many site personnel, engineers and even she have not been involved in the installation process.
She recalled that she had examined the fire control system in the dungeon of another project, Hong Kong Children ’ s Hospital, at a high temperature of 36 ° C, and she understood the hard work of the heat work, which led her to consider from the other side, and finally, the external wall of the main stadium was successfully completed with her coordination.
Chow Ya-kee, project manager (design management) of the sports park, who is mainly responsible for the design and construction of outdoor space in the park, believes that a stronger female empathy is the biggest advantage and can better coordinate the needs of all parties; plus, as the mother of two children, can understand the needs of children and parents.
For example, a children ’ s play area is set up in the outdoor space of the park, and safety measures will be examined from the perspective of parents, such as avoiding sharp design, installing iron gates in appropriate positions to reduce the chance of loss, etc.
She said that many people think that construction workers are more rough, and actual workers often take care of their female colleagues.
Take care of your female colleagues.
In the past, many drawings were hand-drawn, but now many are digitized. Women tend to be more careful and have stronger organizational skills to ensure the smooth implementation of projects.
Ming Pao reporters
Previous / Next News

How has the gender balance in the construction and maritime industries changed over recent decades?

How has the level of discrimination for female employees in the construction industry changed over recent decades?

Women are increasingly participating in male-dominated industries, such as construction in China.

Title:

Content: China's heavy labor sector lacks men, more women are beginning to fill the gap
Labor shortages caused by low birth rates and an aging population are pushing more Chinese women into traditional male occupations such as construction and transportation, and the Maoist “Iron Girls ” are back.
Previously, Zhang Jianli employed only male workers at his construction site in Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, and his online job advertisements specifically stated “Do Not Worry with Women ”.
But there are fewer people living today, Zhang said, and he gave up on the rule.
He now pays 160 yuan (about 25 U.S. dollars) a day for workers who move wood and bricks, about one-fifth less than the men in the same job.
He said in a job advertisement that both men and women could apply.
Most of the women Zhang recruited were 40 or 50 years old.
He said that these people are hardworking and rarely complain.
Chinese women are increasingly taking on the heavy labor that has long been dominated by men in construction, transportation and other industries, contrary to traditional gender roles in China ’ s vast labor market.
It's...
Continue reading the full article, please subscribe or log in
As a member of the Wall Street Journal,
Read the full text
View Options

How has the gender balance in the construction and maritime industries changed over recent decades?

How has the level of discrimination for female employees in the construction industry changed over recent decades?

The construction industry is expected to increase inclusivity for women through improved PPE and safety.

Title:

Content: Top 5 Construction Trends in 2022 Embody Existing Industry Priorities

By KERRY SMITH, EDITOR, ST. LOUIS CONSTRUCTION NEWS AND REVIEW MAGAZINE

As 2021 wraps and 2022 begins, construction industry players say these industry trends are lining up to manifest in the new year and beyond:

  • Better PPE for Women: Greater emphasis on inclusivity for women in construction, namely in the category of safety, is expected to continue as a solid trend in 2022. Personal protective equipment that is sized more proportionately for women is expected to increase in terms of offerings from an array of vendors.
  • Increased Use of Automation and Robotics: As labor shortages endure, adoption of automation and robotics in the construction world will also endure and increase as a major 2022 industry trend to allow teams across the state, region, nation and globe to work more productively and efficiently with fewer human operators.
  • Increased Use of 3D Printing: This is predicted by analysts to advance design and construction modeling. Inventions such as one that allows 3D printing of asphalt are expected to continue to enable the construction industry to elevate its game.
  • Widespread Digital Transformation: From the office to the project site, digitization will continue transforming the industry on into 2022 and beyond.
  • Greater Emphasis on Sustainability: Due to public interest in sustainability, this focus is a continuing trend that will drive high-profile projects and collaboration in 2022 as owners and teams concentrate on sourcing sustainable materials.

How has the gender balance in the construction and maritime industries changed over recent decades?

How has the level of discrimination for female employees in the construction industry changed over recent decades?

What are governments doing to promote and aid women in construction or maritime industries?

What are unions, professional organizations and non-profits doing to promote and aid women in construction or maritime industries?

What challenges do women in the construction and maritime  industries face?

PPE (personal protective equipment) does not fit properly

US women in construction have reached 14.1 percent, totaling 440,000 jobs, the highest since 2001.

Title:

Content: Daytime Plus
Send Save Print PDF
Women break into construction sector to fill labour shortages
Bloomberg: The number of construction workers in the United States exceeded 1 million in May last year, for the first time since data collection began in 1964, and the share of women among workers in the sector reached its highest level at 14.1 percent last month.
About a third of construction workers in the United States are Hispanic, according to BLS.
Cerato herself got to know the industry at an early age through her Mexican immigrant father, saying, “I used to go out to work with him, and I never saw anyone like me, so it never occurred to me that it could be a viable career path. ”
The presence of another Latina as a mentor made a big difference, she said, adding: “That ’ s why our representation is important. ”
One of the women is Andy Dirkschneider, who negotiates millions of dollars in loans to buy land for her family ’ s homebuilder, but sometimes vendors call her “petite ” and ask to speak to the man in charge.
Dirkschneider, 32, who heads Brookline Homes in Charlotte, said: “I tell them I ’ m the man in charge.
A young blonde girl doing this job confuses everyone.
It ’ s frustrating, but it can ’ t be allowed to. ”
Dirkschneider and thousands of women like her are breaking through the walls of the professions.
It is not brittle, it is concrete.
The field of construction has always been a world for men, from handicrafts such as construction and carpentry to the offices of developers and executive companies.
The accelerating wave of retirement of the 1960s and 1970s generation has exacerbated the industry ’ s chronic labor shortage.
Construction jobs totaled 440,000 in April, the highest in Bureau of Labor Statistics records that began in 2001.
Aryan Higuish, a senior researcher and fellow at the Women ’ s Policy Research Institute, said there is room for growth, because the construction sector ’ s historical dependence on men now risks constraining its growth.
The institute estimates that about a third of women in the industry work in deals, and their share across sectors such as painting and carpentry is still as small as a tenth, though Higuish believes it will continue to grow.
This is partly because of the need for labor and because states and local administrations want to see more diversity in companies when they are awarded contracts.
Patrice Haley, of the diversity leadership team at construction giant DPR, said: “In this industry, we can ’ t dismiss people on the basis of gender.
“A lot of veterans are retiring, and we can ’ t leave any of the doors closed. ”
One of the temptations for women in the industry, Haley said, was to see what they were building right in front of their eyes, and she had started working in the industry in a manual job that required wearing a helmet and toe boots.
She said, "I can say I worked on this and built that."
There ’ s also the temptation to pay better than many other jobs that don ’ t require a college degree: In 2021, the average salary of an electrician was $59,000 and $98,500 for a construction manager, according to U.S. Department of Labor data.
Taqiya Wallace, 35, works for a large energy company in tracking construction project documents.
But she dreams of getting a license as a general contractor to start working on her own.
In June, I began studying building skills in a 16-week curriculum organized by Goodwill Industries in South Piedmont, Charlotte, where I learned to read blueprints and handle equipment.
If all goes according to plan, she will finish training with four industry certifications.
Although Goodwill does not target women, its organizers say a group of 15 people who completed training last year were all women, about half of whom went on to work in industry jobs.
Wallace, who was the first to receive a college degree in her family, sees getting a contractor ’ s license and hanging a sign for her company as a way to build the wealth she can bequeath to her family.
She said, “I want to be able to tell them this is our legacy. ”
Harassment and discrimination
Despite these encouraging trends, the sector still has a long way to go.
About a quarter of respondents to a survey of 2,635 workers conducted by the Women ’ s Policy Research Institute last year said they had experienced sexual harassment or repeated harassment on the basis of sex.
Half of those surveyed said that their lack of equal treatment by men was frequent or persistent.
Jenny Parker stood at a construction site in High Point, North Carolina, on a very hot day in July, grabbing a paper cup with an iced drink as she looked at her sawdust, paint and sweat stained shirt and said, "I love this.
It took me 10 years to get here. ”
Parker, who spent nine years in the Marine Corps, was upset by the managerial jobs she worked so she could pay her bills while raising her daughter, so she started working hard in real estate.
She signed up for training in building skills so she could repair the rental housing she owned.
At High Point, Parker received hands-on training in building house structures, performing stone work, and installing roofs.
She said she was able to work in partnership with the men on the team, but there were tensions at times, adding: “To be female in a male environment you have to prove yourself and work twice as hard, ” noting that some men do not accept instructions from a woman.
She said, “It ’ s a mindset that men should overcome. ”
Nicole Goulsby, owner of Red Ladder Residential, a construction company in Raleigh, North Carolina, recalls that when she started running worksites, some men ignored her when she addressed them.
She said her experience of bias faded when she distributed her signed paychecks, and she now notes that there are more women on the crews she contracts, whether they ride boards or paint.
Golsby explained that women build relationships easily and are more attentive to details, making them suitable for her field of work.
Nicknamed “Becky Nicky, ” Golsby said,“ I see things that no one else sees, and that ’ s why I do my job well. ”
The construction industry is also attracting more minority women.
An analysis by the Women ’ s Policy Research Institute found that the number of female construction apprentices between 2016 and 2019 nearly doubled, while Latinas recorded the largest increase of any race.
If we look at Ferridiana Cerato who graduated from college in 2020 with a double major in history and Spanish without being able to find any job that would enable her to benefit from her education well, she decided to try construction management.
Cerato took courses and received some certificates, including a certificate in welding.
She is now a project engineer in Indianapolis.
The job requires toughness, the 24-year-old says, with a lot of conversational “that doesn ’ t conform to HR rules ” and dealing with cynicism at times.
Cerato is one of three women in a team of nine managers and the only Latina among them.
Add a new comment
The comment received from the participant or reader is an expression of his own opinion and does not reflect the opinion of the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Nahar
View comments

How has the gender balance in the construction and maritime industries changed over recent decades?

How has the level of discrimination for female employees in the construction industry changed over recent decades?

A quarter of female workers have experienced on-site sexual harassment, and half have faced unequal treatment from men.

What challenges do women in the construction and maritime  industries face?

sexual and workplace harrassment
attitudinal biases at work

Women made up 14% of China's construction workforce by 2018.

Title:

Content: Aging spawns the phenomenon of "iron girl" Mainland women enter heavy industry
Social Hotspot 14: 42 2021 / 08 / 12
Share:
Due to labor shortages caused by low birth rates and an aging population, Chinese women are increasingly taking on long-male-dominated heavy labor in construction, transportation and other industries, contrary to traditional gender roles in China ’ s vast labor market.
The Wall Street Journal reports that China ’ s total workforce has been shrinking for years, in part because state policies have limited the size of families.
According to census data, the proportion of the working age population aged 15 to 59 in China has fallen from 70% a decade ago to 63% in 2020, to nearly 900 million people.
The Chinese government is trying to expand the workforce by encouraging couples to have more children and is considering delaying the retirement age.
The number of women workers in the heavy industry is growing fast
At present, most women in China still work in service industries such as retail and catering.
The researchers note that women who switch to construction and transportation are at greater risk of harm and sexual harassment, which used to be dominated by men.
China ’ s aging population faces recruitment difficulties, young people refuse to sell out to the manufacturing industry
The Politburo of the Central Committee announced the implementation of the three-child policy
The latest figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics show that at the end of 2018, nearly 9.5 million women were employed in the construction industry, equivalent to 14% of the total number of construction workers, up from 10% at the end of 2004.
According to the researchers, the official data may underestimate the actual number of women workers in the construction industry, as many women are hired through temporary employment agencies and are not considered regular employees.
Sarah Swider, a sociologist at Wayne State University, has studied construction sites for more than 10 years. Swider said that the number of women working on construction sites has grown rapidly, so employers have set up separate living areas and bathrooms for them.
These women also have to do double the work: in addition to the routine work of moving bricks and making cement, they also have to do laundry and cooking for male workers. The average salary of these women workers is generally about half that of male workers, Swider said.
Women are not as good as men in terms of salary in some jobs.
Researchers who study China ’ s labor force and gender issues estimate that about a third of workers on some construction sites in China ’ s big cities are women, up from almost zero in the 1980s.
Eight years ago, women made up just over one-tenth of construction workers, according to a survey of more than 6,000 construction workers in nine cities by a nonprofit labor rights group in Beijing.
The women ’ s work gradually expanded from cooking and cleaning to screening sand and operating machinery, these people said.
[China Population Census] Statistics Bureau: Old age becomes a long-term important national situation
[Population crisis] Northeast advanced aging two factors are difficult to resolve
Emily Honig, a historian at the University of California, Santa Cruz, said that in the Mao era, female workers were called "iron girls" and were a symbol of gender equality, but after Deng Xiaoping came to power, women's heavy industry was no longer popular as China's wealth increased.
But “now, with labor demand changing again, this Mao era directive seems to be back to square one. ”
A gender pay gap indicator released by the International Labor Organization in 2018 showed that women globally are paid on average nearly 20% less than men, the gender pay gap in China is slightly higher than the global average at 21%, and the gap in the United States is lower at 15%.
Editor-in-Chief: Li Bingqi
Stay abreast of the latest developments in China, Bookmark hket.com China Channel
Like Hong Kong Economic Times hket.com Fan Page
Follow the latest financial news analysis, like hket Facebook

How has the gender balance in the construction and maritime industries changed over recent decades?

Women comprise 16% of the construction workforce and 4% of site managers.

Title:

Content: InYourArea Community

Housebuilding industry encourages women into site management

'We’re determined to increase the representation of women in leadership positions within homebuilding'

By Kerigh Palmer

OPENING DOORS: The construction industry is encouraging more women into site management

Women interested in a career in site management visited a Persimmon Homes’ development in Birmingham recently to experience a morning on site and gain valuable advice on starting a leadership position in the homebuilding industry.

The event in Erdington, hosted on Monday, February 6, forms part of the Women into Home Building Employment Programme, a  joint initiative between Women into Construction, the Home Builders Federation (HBF) and nine major home builders. The uniquely funded programme looks to help address the gender imbalance in the construction workforce, which currently sees just 16 per cent female representation.

Persimmon Homes is one of nine home builders registered as a partner of the scheme, working together to offer a funded training and support with childcare to enable more applicants to pursue a career in site management.

READ MORE

Paul Curry, head of training at Persimmon Homes, said: "We were delighted to welcome prospective participants to Holly Fields as part of the Women into Home Building employment programme. All industries thrive when they are diverse, so we’re particularly proud to be a part of this initiative which provides support to underrepresented groups in the sector.

“Particularly timely during National Apprenticeship Week, we hope that the candidates got a lot out of the morning and wish them all the best with their applications.”

Jacqui Wordsworth, business development director at Women into Construction, said: “With women representing just 4 per cent of site managers, we want to inspire and encourage more women to take up a career in home building. We are grateful to Persimmon Homes and our other programme partners for all of their support with this exciting programme.”

Jenny Herdman, director for HBF’s Home Building Skills Partnership, said: “We’re determined to increase the representation of women in leadership positions within homebuilding, so are thrilled to see the programme come to life and provide a platform for women to explore a new career. This week’s visits at the Persimmon development and other partner sites will provide participants with valuable first-hand experience that’ll set them up for the rest of the programme.”

For more information on or to apply for future courses visit the Women into Construction website or to submit an applications for this first Cohort - applications close on Monday, February 13, at 5pm, visit the Women into Construction website.

Submitted by Persimmon Homes.

Get all the latest news, updates, things to do and more from your local InYourArea feed

The homebuilding industry is encouraging women into site management through programs addressing gender imbalance.

How has the gender balance in the construction and maritime industries changed over recent decades?

How has the level of discrimination for female employees in the construction industry changed over recent decades?

What are construction and maritime companies doing to promote and aid women in the field?

promote women to higher roles
active recruitment of women

Elena Badaeva, a female crane operator since 1989, broke traditional gender barriers operating at about 40 meters altitude.

Title:

Content: Your people, Shumerlya
I sit high, I look far away...
This story is not about Masha, but about a woman.
which operates at an altitude of about 40 meters.
"Our Lena, Lenochka" - only so, not otherwise,
They call her male colleagues.
On the eve of the professional holiday of builders
the newspaper visited the construction site on Kolkhoznaya Street, where a new five-storey building (the first entrance) is growing.
Moreover, literally a day before the visit, the last slab of the floor of the fifth floor was laid there - an event for builders, especially the old guard, a landmark.
And put
This slab is just Elena Badaeva, for many years the only crane operator in Sumerla.
This modest worker grew up and continues to live in the native Chuvash Algash.
After graduating from the Algashinsky secondary school, she entered the Cheboksary School No. 17 as a crane operator.
What then attracted her so much in this profession, Elena no longer remembers, probably wanted something unusual.
After studying, in 1989 in the direction came to Shumerlya, in the department of mechanization No. 2.
I could have stayed in Cheboksary, but I wanted to be closer to my parents.
And since then, except for a break in the difficult 90s, she has not changed her chosen path.
Kirov, Nizhny Novgorod, Cheboksary, Kanash, Yoshkar-Ola and other cities - the geography of our heroine's work is extensive.
In Shumerle, she built houses on the MOPR, Kostochkin, Lenin, Shchors, Shcherbakov, Frantsev.
At one object, Lenin, 1 / 1, two daughters even went up to her.
“They always worried about me, ” says Elena. – And now, already as adults, they constantly call.
If the weather is bad, then immediately - Mom, get down! "
One day, during the construction of a house on the MOPR, a strong wind flew sharply.
“I managed to get together, took my bag, began to descend as the crane began to turn.
From the bag all the documents scattered ”, – now with a smile remembers Elena and admits that she inexplicably pulls up into the sky, into the open.
But she had to work at the height of the 18-storey building!
The place of work of E. Badaeva today is LLC "UMS 3", whose profile is specialized construction work on orders of general contractors, the same building trust No 3.
But ordinary people habitually consider Elena part of the SU-8 team.
I mean, it really is.
“There is an excellent team, management, ” she says of Sumerlin builders,“ will always support.
If there was a different attitude, I would have left long ago.
And they work like - smoothly, quickly!
Good, funny people here. ”
Aksakal in the team of the construction management No. 8 is Alexander Doctorov, who is called Yevgenich in a friendly way.
The most creative profession in the world, he gave 45 years.
A native of the village of Medyany, Nizhny Novgorod region, he graduated from a construction college and went to work in SU-8.
The first 2 years he was a carpenter, then he became a master of construction and installation works, in 1988 he was appointed foreman.
Since 2022 - senior foreman.
In Soviet times, he mainly worked at industrial facilities of the city: a machine factory, a plant, a chemical plant, a butter factory, a meat factory, a construction management base.
Then in housing construction.
In recent years, he led construction in Kanash, Cheboksary, Krasnye Chetai.
For many years of work received various rewards.
Every free day Alexander prefers to devote to his lifelong hobby - fishing.
“I sat on the shore of Sura with a fishing rod, visited the parents ’ house – rested my soul, ” he shared.
One such animal once washed up on the street Frantseva.
The cat, who was called Stepan, always met Alexander Evgenyevich in anticipation of food, lived all winter, and then disappeared.
To be photographed for the newspaper during our meeting A.E. Doctors categorically refused.
The winter photo was given to us by a colleague.
The veteran of the SU-8, like all ordinary workers, does not like the hype around him.
But he noted the professionalism and discipline of workers and management specialists, their coordinated work at the facilities and shared plans for the near future: in December this is the delivery of a single-entrance house on Kolkhoznaya, next year the construction of the second entrance and the beginning of the construction of several houses on MOPRA street.
Posted by: anna

How has the gender balance in the construction and maritime industries changed over recent decades?

How has the level of discrimination for female employees in the construction industry changed over recent decades?

Loretta Barnett is a second-generation female crane operator at Savannah River Site.

Title:

Content: ContributorsPublishersAdvertisers

‘The possibilities are endless’: SRS highlights first female operators

WRDW-TV
 2 days ago

AIKEN, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - It’s Women’s History Month, and in once male-dominated fields, women are taking over. The Savannah River Site put the spotlight on some of their first female operators. We caught up with one woman who is a second-generation employee. Loretta Barnett began her job...

www.wrdw.com

How has the gender balance in the construction and maritime industries changed over recent decades?

Farkhana Safargaleeva, a dedicated female crane operator, has 15 years of construction experience, with a 5-year hiatus.

Title:

Content: Women in Male Occupations
8 March
23: 08 4 March 2022
Farkhana Safargaleeva immediately after school, together with her friend, decided to enter the crane operator.
Romance or inner call - what pulled the fragile girl to manage the crane, build houses and make panels, she does not know.
She said she liked the job from the start.
Farkhana Safargaleeva, crane operator of “Unity ” LLP:
— We graduated from the GPTU, in the direction of us were sent here to the precast.
She worked here for 15 years, decree, perestroika, then went to other construction works.
I already as 5 years returned to this concrete concrete, my heart was sick for my crane, I love, I love this crane very much, I love working on the crane.
But, I did not even expect that I was before retirement, I am already 59 years old, I will return here.
How many houses were erected in the region with the help of skillful actions and many years of experience of crane operator Farkhana Safargaleeva, it is simply impossible to count.
Such qualities as calmness and attentiveness help in the work.
Her burning eyes are seen not only in the profession, but also at home.
A husband, a daughter and a small grandson will all gather at the festive table on March 8.
Farkhana Safargaleyeva ’ s relatives support her interest and success.
Anastasia Kuznetsova, correspondent:
— A woman is calm and brisk, vulnerable and warlike, tender and strong.
Modern women break stereotypes, showing the world how they can create and create.
In the “male ” professions, among other things.
"Unity" LLP produces reinforced concrete products.
The company employs 152 people, including 25 women.
Chief engineer Andrei Nekrasov says that they skillfully show their skills.
Andrey Nekrasov, Chief Engineer of Unity LLP:
— Our company employs a large number of women who are excellent professionals and faithfully perform their work.
It passed, one might say, Crimea and Rome here.
She is an excellent professional, she transfers her skills to young professionals.
Another representative of the fair sex in LLP "Unity" - Natalia Danilova.
She's a compressor operator.
Working in the construction industry is her dream.
And it came true.
All my life I have dreamed of working in the construction industry.
16 she devoted to ensuring the continuous operation of the enterprise.
Natalia Danilova, operator of the compressor unit of “Unity ” LLP:
I have been working here since 2006 for 16 years.
I like my job here.
We supply cement so that our production does not stand, pour slabs, pour panels.
The most important thing is health, so that the world will be around 03.54 and to finish until my retirement – that ’ s my wish.
On the eve of the holiday on March 8, according to tradition, all the men of the enterprise will set a table and give gifts to women who give their strength to such a difficult, but so beloved for them work.
Anastasia Kuznetsova
Read also
"Miss Pampushka 2022".
Convicted prisoners beauty contest held at EU institution 164 / 6
On the eve of March 8, the Council of Mothers congratulated the deputy akim of the region Gani Nygymetov
Women of different professions were congratulated on March 8

Hsing and Shan, a mother-daughter duo, are female crane operators in Hong Kong's construction industry, breaking traditional gender barriers.

Title:

Content: Construction Industry Introduction Heart-warming Story There are few "mother and daughter" machine operators in the industry
April 12, 2023 01: 00
Eastern Network Television
More News Clips
The first episode introduces "mother and daughter" Hsing and Shan, who are relatively few female mechanical operators in the construction industry.
In order to promote the construction industry in Hong Kong to attract talents to join the industry, the Hong Kong construction industry has partnered with TVB to produce a TV programme entitled "Building the Future", which introduces the diversified work and promotion steps of the construction industry.
A series of five episodes, featuring five people with small stories.
The first episode is "Don't Look at the Little Woman", which tells of the creation of a mother and daughter.
Ms. Hing and Ms. Ah are rare female mechanical operators in the construction industry. They are rare “mother and daughter ”, which can be described as a true model of“ inheritance ”. They work hard to break through the public ’ s fixed image of male-dominated construction site work in the construction industry.
The second episode, "Have hard work, first have craft", explains the story of two masters and apprentices doing a good job of muddy water, muddy master master master master Zhang Ming-sen and apprentice Zhang Dexing share the drips of doing cement work, showing that the construction work should be done to become a craft, and the same as the current learning to pull flowers and make leather, easy to learn, and hard work.
In their talks, the two mentioned the changes in the environment and prospects of the two generations of industrial land, and the dialogue between the two teachers and students confirmed that "the situation has changed."
The show features real life stories from current construction workers. The five episodes will focus on craftsman spirit, female strength, youth development, employment prospects, advanced technology, site safety, and teamwork.

How has the gender balance in the construction and maritime industries changed over recent decades?

How has the level of discrimination for female employees in the construction industry changed over recent decades?

Women like Elena Badaeva and others have broken down traditional gender barriers in construction, particularly in crane operation.

How has the gender balance in the construction and maritime industries changed over recent decades?

How has the level of discrimination for female employees in the construction industry changed over recent decades?

How has the gender balance in the construction and maritime industries changed over recent decades?

How has the level of discrimination for female employees in the construction industry changed over recent decades?

How has the gender balance in the construction and maritime industries changed over recent decades?

How has the level of discrimination for female employees in the construction industry changed over recent decades?

How has the gender balance in the construction and maritime industries changed over recent decades?

How has the level of discrimination for female employees in the construction industry changed over recent decades?

The WANTT non-profit organization helps women enter the construction industry by offering pre-apprenticeship programs.

Title:

Content: Anzeige
Mehr »
Login
Dienstag, 12.03.2024 Börsentäglich über 12.000 News von 686 internationalen Medien
Goldmarkt im Rallyemodus: Diese Goldaktie liefert Top-News…
Anzeige

Indizes

Kurs

%
News
24 h / 7 T
Aufrufe
7 Tage

Aktien

Kurs

%
News
24 h / 7 T
Aufrufe
7 Tage

Xetra-Orderbuch

Fonds

Kurs

%

Devisen

Kurs

%

Rohstoffe

Kurs

%

Themen

Kurs

%

Erweiterte Suche

WKN: 885427 | ISIN: CA29250N1050 | Ticker-Symbol: EN3
Tradegate
12.03.24
17:33 Uhr
33,045 Euro
+0,090
+0,27 %
Branche
Öl/Gas
Aktienmarkt
S&P/TSX 60
1-Jahres-Chart
5-Tage-Chart
RealtimeGeldBriefZeit
32,89532,99018:56
32,90532,99018:56
ACCESSWIRE
128 Leser
Artikel bewerten:
(0)

Enbridge: A Choice for Women Who 'WANTT' a Non-Traditional Career

In Oklahoma, fledgling non-profit helps women enter the construction industry through pre-apprenticeships

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / March 12, 2024 / While catching up over coffee, friends Laura Stauffer, a petroleum engineer, and Margot Heyne-Bell, a retired electrician, wondered what they could do to encourage women in Oklahoma to pursue construction trades.

Both had heard stories of women working minimum-wage jobs, struggling to support their families. They also knew the state has low rates of women working in construction. How could they show women all the opportunities a career in a non-traditional trade could provide?

As they sipped their beverages, Heyne-Bell reflected that she got her start 37 years ago through a pre-apprenticeship program, ANEW, based in Seattle.

The pair had their answer: they could launch a program just like the one Heyne-Bell attended decades earlier.

Within months of their 2021 meeting, Stauffer and Heyne-Bell founded Women Accessing Non-Traditional Trades (WANTT), a non-profit organization that delivers a pre-apprenticeship program to help prepare women for a career in the construction industry.

"We can open doors," Stauffer explains. "We can help them find the type of job they want-it could be an electrician, it could be a plumber, it could be an HVAC contractor, it could be a laborer. It depends what they have interest in."

What the organization does is create a path for women to upgrade their skills and education. They learn how to use hand and power tools and how to read a blueprint; they take classes on basic construction math; and earn certifications such as OSHA for occupational health and safety, and CPR first aid.

"We teach basic skills so that when they walk on a job site, they're comfortable being there," Stauffer adds.

To date, the eight-week program has welcomed two cohorts, and they're preparing for their third in 2024.

Although WANTT is in its infancy, Enbridge recognizes the organization is transforming the lives of women and their families, giving them opportunities they never thought possible.

WANTT's mission aligns with our workforce diversity goals, as well as our company's commitment to help empower individuals to reach their potential. To support WANTT's important work, we awarded the non-profit a $15,000 Fueling Futures grant in 2023. By helping women find stable careers in the trades and earn liveable wages, WANTT is enriching the whole community.

Beyond the classroom, WANTT hosts a job fair for students to meet potential employers and assist them with the next phase of their apprenticeship.

"We recruit, we train, and then we help them get a job," Stauffer notes.

Oklahoma is starting to see large numbers of workers aging out of construction, she explains.

"There's going to be jobs coming, and there's going to be a demand-why not fill them with women?"

View additional multimedia and more ESG storytelling from Enbridge on 3blmedia.com.

Contact Info:
Spokesperson: Enbridge
Website: https://www.3blmedia.com/profiles/enbridge
Email: info@3blmedia.com

SOURCE: Enbridge

View the original press release on accesswire.com

Video-Workshop: Das kleine Einmaleins der Charttechnik
In diesem kostenlosen Video-Workshop von Stefan Klotter lernen Sie alles über Charttechnik. Lassen Sie sich diesen kostenfreien Workshop nicht entgehen!
Hier klicken
© 2024 ACCESSWIRE
Diesen Artikel auf Deutsch lesen
Werbehinweise: Die Billigung des Basisprospekts durch die BaFin ist nicht als ihre Befürwortung der angebotenen Wertpapiere zu verstehen. Wir empfehlen Interessenten und potenziellen Anlegern den Basisprospekt und die Endgültigen Bedingungen zu lesen, bevor sie eine Anlageentscheidung treffen, um sich möglichst umfassend zu informieren, insbesondere über die potenziellen Risiken und Chancen des Wertpapiers. Sie sind im Begriff, ein Produkt zu erwerben, das nicht einfach ist und schwer zu verstehen sein kann.

Illinois has received $1 million to promote women in construction, with the Chicago Women in Trades organization receiving grant money.

Title:

Content: ILLINOIS (WCIA) — The federal government is giving Illinois more than $1 million to help get more women into construction jobs.

Officials said it’s a much-needed investment to increase equity in the industry. Nationally, women make up about 4% of the skilled trades within construction jobs, and only 5% of building trade apprentices in Illinois. They want to see those numbers grow.

The grant money is part of the more than $1 trillion federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill signed by President Biden. It is going to the Illinois Department of Labor and the Chicago Women in Trades organization. It will allow them to guide construction companies, unions and other groups on putting together programs that put workforce equity in infrastructure projects.

Governor Pritzker said the federal dollars will help break down barriers for women who have been historically left out of construction industry opportunities.

“Illinois is a national leader in building pathways for women into infrastructure, and construction careers,” Pritzker said. “The status quo doesn’t reflect the tremendous talent that exists in all of our communities, and particularly among women, and we can’t build back better and build back stronger unless we move everyone ahead.”

The state has already made investments to create better opportunities for women and people of color to enter these jobs through Rebuild Illinois and the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act. Tradeswomen’s organizations will be leading the effort to create plans aimed at increasing women’s inclusion in construction and infrastructure jobs.

What are governments doing to promote and aid women in construction or maritime industries?

The UAE has launched the "Leaders in Difference" initiative to empower women in the maritime sector.

Title:

Content: Energy and Infrastructure Launches ‘ Leaders in Difference ’ Initiative
T + T - normal size
The Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure has launched the “Leaders in Difference ” initiative, which is dedicated to empowering women in all fields, especially in the maritime sector.
The initiative aims to qualify experienced female talent capable of making a difference in the industry, in order to help promote the growth of the maritime sector in the UAE, based on its leading global position.
This comes within the framework of efforts on the empowerment of women within the strategic plan of the International Maritime Organization and in line with the celebration of the International Day of Women in the Maritime Sector
The UAE places a high priority on empowering female talent in the maritime workforce by nurturing young female talent and providing them with the necessary resources to excel, as this contributes to strengthening the sector with the capabilities of future female leaders.
Engineer Hassan Mohammed Juma Al Mansouri, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure for Infrastructure and Transport Affairs, said: “We need skilled competencies in the maritime sector of both sexes, like any other industry, and our main goal should be to recruit enhanced talent to ensure the growth of the sector.
We need to change all preconceptions about the industry, discovering a diverse and young group that is able to keep up with its continuous development.
Today, maritime academies and institutions focus on the need to inject the maritime workforce of qualified female talents, this is the required role that contributes to the guidance and care of women to provide them with the necessary resources to achieve excellence, and thus we witness the birth of a maritime industry that is renewed by distinguished female leaders.
Engineer Hessa Al Malik, Advisor to the Minister for Maritime Transport at the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, said: The need to promote the role of women in maritime activities has become an issue of unprecedented importance and is receiving great attention at all levels.
The UAE is one of the founders of the IMO Gender Equality Network.
The State also contributed to the preparation of a set of IMO resolutions in the field of women ’ s empowerment, gender equality and the promotion of women ’ s participation in the maritime sector, in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, especially the fifth goal on gender equality.
The UAE is also currently chairing the Association of Arab Women in the Maritime Sector, in cooperation with the Technical Cooperation Programme of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in supporting women in the maritime sector.
Print Email

What are governments doing to promote and aid women in construction or maritime industries?

Hard work and determination are crucial for women to break into male-dominated fields like crane operation.

Title:

Content: Hong Kong Wen
Ephesians 2
She was once discriminated against by sex, and she fought to break the image of "vase".
[Ming Pao News] After the Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie Tie She is also regarded as a "vase", and after years of hard work, she has gained recognition in the industry.
Two years without admission to the trade union to help negotiate entry
Ti ’ s father, who worked as a Tie Tie Master and Judge in the 1970s, has lost his ability to move due to work-related injuries in recent years. She is depressed because she has no children to pass on her skills for 40 years. There is no answer on the way. ”
In 2013, with the help of the trade union, Tina intends to complain to the EOC, and after communication, she was finally accepted by the Construction Industry Council as an apprentice.
When she first entered the industry, the most difficult is physical strength, "three people moved more than 500 pounds of iron", nine years into the industry, now moving iron, steel bending and looking at plans have become a lot of eye-catching work.
Equal pay for equal work Male 1500 Female 700
As the first female iron binding mechanic, Di sister has been discriminated against, she said that there were two engineering companies to pay male workers 1500 yuan per day, to her 700 yuan, she finally refused to offer, "a lot of people think, women are used to put", but she did not give up, because since the father to the site, has been interested in this craft, so will not pay attention to other people's attention.
After many years of work, she finally gained recognition in the industry with her serious attitude, and last year she was awarded the second runner-up in the “Hong Kong Construction Skills Competition ”.
In recent years, the number of registered female skilled workers in Hong Kong has increased. In July this year, there were 42 "female skilled workers", and the construction site where Ms. Di works has recently hired several female workers.
She said that although they are a minority, there are more women than ever before, and discrimination has decreased in recent years, proving that women are capable of doing iron work.
Related words: Iron Tapping Tide Iron Tapping Workers Iron Tapping
Previous / Next News

What challenges do women in the construction and maritime  industries face?

Trade union support can help women enter industries and secure equal pay for equal work.