Is YOUR career or technical education program fair for women and girls?

Test your vocational, "school-to-work, internship, apprenticeship, or on-the-job training program

Did you know? You have the right to:

• Receive information from guidance counselors about all available vocational training programs, including those that lead to jobs that have not traditionally been held by women
• Have the same access to advanced placement and technology classes as boys
• Participate in a program that is free from sexual harassment
• Get equal equipment, bathrooms, and other facilities
• Have your program make equal efforts to place you in a job

Putting the Law On Your Side: A Guide for Women and Girls to Equal Opportunity in Career Education and Job Training explains the laws that apply to career and technical education and offers advice about how to deal with sex discrimination in these programs.

Take Action Now!

• Download Putting the Law on Your Side today and use the checklist in the back to put YOUR program to the test. If you determine your program needs improvements, the booklet suggests a step-by-step process for addressing the problems.
• You can also Take the Career Education Quiz, a short, easy-to-use online quiz that allows you to evaluate your program.
• What did you find out? Share your story, and NWLC may be able to advise you about next steps, including possible legal actions. Please be sure to include your full name, address, and type of program.

Does discrimination really exist?

• Read about recent examples of inequities that women and girls face and how some communities are responding