Document Type
Case Study
Publication Date
1986
Abstract
This edition of SEEDS focuses on a project developed to integrate low-income women into Jamaica's construction industry. In two years, 34 women passed through the project's basic training and skills upgrading courses. More than 90 percent of these women became employed, the majority as masons and carpenters. The story of how this field was identified as a potential source of income for women, and how the project developed and evolved in response to changing circumstances, presents many useful lessons. These should be of particular interest to those seeking to identify employment areas where women's participation is feasible and in helping them prepare women for entry into nontraditional skill areas.
DOI
10.31899/pgy4.1037
Language
English
Recommended Citation
McLeod, Ruth. 1986. "The Women's Construction Collective: Building for the future," SEEDS no. 9. New York: Population Council.
Project
Adolescent Girls' Programming: Community of Practice
Included in
Family, Life Course, and Society Commons, Gender and Sexuality Commons, International Public Health Commons, Regional Economics Commons, Work, Economy and Organizations Commons
Comments
Issue no. 9 of SEEDS, a pamphlet series developed to provide information about innovative and practical program ideas to address the economic roles and needs of low-income women.