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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED313547 AUTHOR: Mort, Heidi; Reisman, Janet
TITLE: Women and Nontraditional Work.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1989
NOTE: 6 p.; Product of the Women, Work and the Future
Project funded by the Ford Foundation, Kraft, and Mobil.
AVAILABILITY: Wider Opportunities for Women, 1325 G Street,
NW, Lower Level, Washington, DC 20005.
ABSTRACT: This fact sheet summarizes labor market statistics
on nontraditional jobs for women and public policy,
barriers, and strategies regarding such employment. Among
the data presented are the following: nontraditional jobs
for women are jobs in which 75 percent or more of those
employed are men; 9 percent of all working women are
employed in nontraditional jobs; the Job Training
Partnership Act and the Carl Perkins Vocational Education
Act are public policy efforts that support but do not ensure
the entrance of women into nontraditional employment and
training; lack of enforcement weakens the intent of laws and
policies supportive of women in nontraditional jobs,
including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission Guidelines of 1980, Title
IX of the Educational Act Amendments of 1972, Equal Pay Act
of 1973, and Executive Order 11246; the barriers that
inhibit entry of women into nontraditional training and
employment are complex and interrelated; among the barriers
are those that are social and cultural, involve education
and training, occur on the job, and involve sexual
harassment; strategies to overcome barriers must focus on
changing institutions and providing individual support to
women. The document concludes with a list of 11 resources,
including memberships, technical assistance workshops,
printed resources, and human resources. (CML)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Affirmative-Action; Career-Choice; Employer
Attitudes; Employment-Patterns; Federal-Legislation; Labor
Market; Outcomes-of-Education; Public-Policy; Services-;
Socialization-; Social-Support-Groups; Work-Attitudes
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Access-to-Education; *Employed-Women;
*Employment-Opportunities; *Equal-Opportunities-Jobs;
*Nontraditional-Occupations; *Sex-Fairness
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