Web sites Designed to Assist Women

On this page: Latin America • South Africa • United States

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Latin America

• Inter-American Research and Documentation Centre on Vocational Training (CINTERFOR): Gender, Training and Work web site
  http://www.cinterfor.org.uy/public/spanish/region/ampro/cinterfor/temas/gender/em_ca_eq/mod_gra.htm, ES
  This web site presents a model for enhancing employability and gender equity and integrates vocational guidance as a component. The site includes a labour exchange system with gender perspective as well as a training and counselling methodology to support employability and equity. The site also provides online publications and successful experiences presentations from a variety of Latin American countries; it offers a toolbox with materials and applications for policy-makers and practitioners.

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South Africa

• Women's Net
  http://www.womensnet.org.za
  This web site has resources on job and study opportunities, access to new information and communication technologies and on starting and improving small and medium-sized businesses.

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United States

• Design Your Future
  http://www.autodesk.com/dyf
  Design Your Future is based on a project hosted by the Autodesk Inc. software company between 1997 and 2003. The main purpose of Design Your Future is to inspire young women to enter into mathematics-, science- and technology-based occupations. Its web site introduces profiles of women working in technology-related occupations, provides information and knowledge resources on education, and includes a variety of math, science and technology links.
  DYF online toolkit (registration required) advises other interested employers or businesses on how to start similar career programmes.
• Work4Women
  http://www.work4women.org/
  Work4Women, by Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW), caters to both women and girls, and professionals and educators. Its web site offers a wide variety of tools and strategies to help women and girls enter occupational fields which are considered “non-traditional” for women. The resources include occupation descriptions, information on training for non-traditional occupations and finding work, and skills self-assessment tools.
  For women already working in non-traditional occupations, it also provides support resources on how to remain and advance in their careers. Career professionals and educators are advised on how to train, place and support women in non-traditional occupations.