Women in Apprenticeship and Non-Traditional Occupations program

Women's Bureau Director Wendy Chun-Hoon speaks at a podium with the Labor Department seal outdoors. The U.S. Capitol is visible in the background.
Learn how we use our grantmaking “superpower.”
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Filed in Employment and Training, Working families • By: Reeba Daniel •
Two women in mechanics' coveralls examine a car on a lift.
For three decades our grant program has helped to increase the number of women in registered apprenticeships and historically male-dominated jobs with higher wages.
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Frances Tunnell Carter, a riveter on B-29s in WWII, sits in a room full of Rosie the Riveter memorabilia.
On March 21, designated Rosie the Riveter Day, we honor the legacy of the women whose work supported the war effort and push for continued equity for women in nontraditional
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Learn how one worker used an apprenticeship to launch her American dream.
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Filed in Working families, Apprenticeship, Employment and Training • By: Reeba Daniel •
Three women apprentices
A look at how apprenticeship grants are helping to expand career pathways for women.
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Headshot of Cristina Barillas
We asked Cristina Barillas to share her experience as a woman who has worked her way into a profession traditionally segregated by race and gender, and what that good job means to her
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