Diversity
Contractor
Development and Competitiveness Center
The CDCC provides assistance and support to small businesses who are not fully participating
in the contracting opportunities in this region. Its mission is to empower minority,
women, disadvantaged, and emerging small construction firms.
National Association of Women
in Construction
The National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) originally began as Women
in Construction of Fort Worth, Texas. NAWIC's core purpose is to enhance the success
of women in the construction industry. This national organization has chapters in
the Puget Sound,
Spokane, and several other locations.
National Association for Women
in Masonry
NAWM offers education, training, and networking to enhance the leadership skills
of women in the building industry
National Organization of Minority
Architects
The National Organization of Minority Architects' purpose is to minimize the effect
of racism in architecture.
Professional Women in Construction
Professional Women in Construction is a nonprofit organization providing information
on construction trends through seminars and networking events.
Sisters In
The Building Trades
Sisters In The Building Trades provides information, resources an support for
women seeking to enter and thrive in construction trade careers.
The National
Institute for Women
in Trades, Technology and Science (National IWITTS)
This organization promotes integration of women into non-traditional occupations,
offering a range of topical publications and products.
Washington State Office of Minority
and Women’s Business Enterprises
The Office works with state agencies and institutions, other government agencies
and their private partners, individual business owners to certify eligible firms
as minority business enterprises (MBE); women
business enterprises (WBE), and/or social and economic disadvantaged business enterprises
(DBE).
Washington State Labor and Industries – Women in Trades
These websites are directly related to women in the trades.
Washington Women In Need
A privately funded non-profit organization that provides
funding for education and health care for women in need in
Washington state.
Washington Women in
Trades
The Washington Women in Trades was founded in 1978 for women working in trades to
gather and share information. The Association sponsors an annual trades fair, where
employers can recruit women for trades work. The fair is also an outreach to girls
and women, including students from schools statewide who may not be familiar with
the high paying jobs available in trades careers.
Women in
the Labor Force: A Databook
Women Construction Owners and Executives promotes the growth of women owners and
executives in the construction industry.
Washington Women In Need:
A privately funded non-profit organization that provides
funding for education and health care for women in need in
Washington state.
SpeechBubble:
SpeechBubble is a simple system for conveying messages to a multilingual
workforce. Using simple graphics and animated sequences, each
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