Women who enter nontraditional employment fields often encounter a variety of barriers that may prevent them from staying in training programs or jobs, or inhibit their career advancement.
WOW has identified the primary barriers for women in nontraditional employment as:
- Child care
- Transportation
- Lack of career information
- Sexual harassment
Women may face additional barriers such as:
- Housing health care
- Substance abuse
- Domestic and family violence
- Mental health
- Mentoring
- Literacy
- English as a second language
- Ex-offender
- Asset development
These and other barriers may be preventing you or a woman with whom you work from getting or keeping higher-wage jobs that can be routes out of poverty.
Review Work4Women's Support Service Resource List to locate organizations that address these barriers. These organizations can often direct you to additional resources in your area.
