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Tradeswomen Australia in Driven Women Magazine
Article in Driven Women Magazine can be read here or below. Above left: Ms Bronwyn Halfpenny MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Workplace Safety at the Kangan Institute Workshop with Tayla Mcilwain, an Apprentice…
Tradeswomen Australia launches Workplace Diversity Project
Lifting the Bonnet on Workplace Diversity and Mental Health “It is through grass roots programs like the workplace diversity project that we can foster better cultures in all workplaces and…
ABC Radio Interview Fiona McDonald on Mornings with Ali Moore
Radio interview on ABC Radio 7 July 2021
Tradeswomen Australia Launch Schools Program ‘Girls Urged to Follow the Money’
The average wage across all trade types was $90,246.55 per year Tradeswomen Australia Community Foundation have introduced their ‘Building Futures: Pathways to Trades’ program to schools, aimed at providing female secondary students…
Breaking Down The Barriers To Get More Women In The Trades in Australia
Getting more women into the trades area would see them taking home a weekly pay, earning up to $80 to $90 an hour, which would be life changing, as part of a growing need for skilled trades to rebuild Australia’s economy… Fiona McDonald, Managing Director Tradeswomen Australia
Building Futures: Pathways to Trades Program
Program begins on Saturday 24 April 2021 at Victoria University’s Werribee Campus
Gender Equity Policies Needed to Address Historic and Current Bias Against Women in Trade Employment
Major Political Parties have been have been urged to outline and implement Gender Equity policies in the allocation of trade apprenticeships for women funded by Governments as part of the…
Governments Urged to Pick Up the Tools To Help Build Career Pathways in the Trades for Women at Risk
Federal and State Governments have been urged to pick up the tools and help build careers in the trades for women as part of the national economic recovery, including a special focus on vulnerable women and women from lower income households.
Building Futures: Pathway to Trades programme
TWACF’s introductory session on the Building Futures: Pathway to Trades programme
Wyndham Pathways Project: New tools to find a trade
Tradeswomen Australia (TWA) and the Tradeswomen Australia Community Foundation (TWACF) last week announced the Wyndham Pathways Project, an initiative launched in Wyndham (near Melbourne, Victoria) which aims to help vulnerable and disadvantaged women gain employment in trade.