AUSTRALIA
Women in Male-Dominated Industries: A Toolkit of Strategies. Australian Human Rights Commission. 2013.
SALT: Supporting and Linking Tradeswomen
Tradeswomen Australia – Empowering Women in Trades
CANADA
The Competitive Advantage: A Business Case for Hiring Women in the Skilled Trades and Technical Professions, 2015, The Canadian Apprenticeship Forum
Trade HERizons, Women’s Network PEI: a project designed to increase the number of women in non-traditional trades and technology occupations on PEI.
Sexual Safety of Women in Construction, ThinkAthena, 2021
A ROADMAP TO SUPPORTING WOMEN IN THE TRADES, Canadian Apprenticeship Forum, 2019
The State of Women in Canada, Government of Canada Construction Sector Council, 2010
Rough Trades, BC Business, 2019
Enhancing the Retention and Advancement of Women in Trades in British Columbia: Final Report, 2017
Using Balance to Build: Supporting Gender Diversity in Newfoundland and Labrador Construction Trades 1990–2017
GREAT BRITAIN
Buying Social Justice Through Procurement: an equality and diversity toolkit 2023
Women On The Tools: A research document into women in construction 2022
Under-representation by Gender and Race in Apprenticeships: Research summary, UK, Newton and Williams, Institute for Employment Studies, 2013. The Trades Union Congress (TUC)
Women into Construction, an independent not-for-profit organization that promotes gender equality in construction in the UK.
Percentage of women in skilled trades shows little change in a decade, Construction News, 18 March 2022, by Tiya Thomas-Alexander
UNITE THE UNION
HOLLOWAY PRISON
- Reclaim Holloway, campaigning for a Women’s Building to be built on the site of the largest women’s prison in Western Europe. Holloway was closed in 2016.
- Community Plan for Holloway, an independent campaign working to ensure the Islington community is at the heart of the redevelopment of Holloway Prison.
- “It’s a Women’s Centre on the site of a women’s prison. Why would we let women design it?” London in Bits, July 14, 2021
- ”Who Owns the Legacy of a Women’s Prison?” Anna Russell, The New Yorker, Sept 28, 2021
INTERNATIONAL
BWI: Building and Wood Workers International
ILO- International Labour Organization
CIOB Special Report on Diversity and Inclusion in Construction 2022
Media reports on the CIOB Diversity and Inclusion Charter
- “Amid labor shortages in construction, new reports expose failures in diversity and inclusion” Archnitect News, Dec 10, 2021
- “CIOB launches diversity and inclusion charter” Scottish Construction News, 26 Nov 2021
NEW ZEALAND
Canterbury New Zealand Rebuild
- Building back better- Utilising women’s labour in the Canterbury recovery 2013
- Getting it done: Utilising women’s skills in the workforce. Lessons from the Canterbury rebuild. A case study by the Ministry for Women, August 2015, New Zealand.
- 5 TIPS: New Zealand’s Strategic Lessons
UNITED STATES
Institute for Women’s Policy Research
- A Future Worth Building: What Tradeswomen say about the change they need in the construction industry, Hegewisch and Mefferd, 2021
- IWPR: Here to Stay: Black, Latina, and Afro-Latina Women in Construction Trades Apprenticeships and Employment, 2021
- IWPR: Child Care Supports For The Construction Trades: Building and Sustaining Diversity in Oregon. 2020
- IWPR: Women Gain Jobs in Construction Trades but Remain Underrepresented in the Field, 2020
- IWPR: Stronger Together: Union Membership Boosts Women’s Earnings and Economic Security
- Untapped Resources, Untapped Labor Pool: Using Federal Highway Funds to Prepare Women for Careers in Construction
Tradeswomen Building Bridges: the North American Network of Women Working in the Construction Trades 