About IWITTS
The Institute for Women in Trades, Technology & Science (IWITTS) was founded in 1994 and provides the tools to successfully integrate women into male-dominated careers — such as technology and law enforcement — via our training, publications, products, e-strategies and research projects. We work nationally and our audience includes educational institutions, police departments, employers and the women and girls themselves. Careers range from automotive technician to pilot, computer networking technician, telecommunications engineer, electrician and police officer, to name just a few.
To accomplish its mission, IWITTS uses the following strategies to assist its clients and partners:
- Trainings and technical assistance for educators, law enforcement agencies and employers (both in person and online)
- Multimedia resource publications for educators and employers
- Website development, online community building, online training and other technical solutions
- The WomenTech e-Store, a central clearinghouse for products related to integrating women into technology, trade and law enforcement occupations
- Multi-site national demonstration projects
- National research projects
- National and state policy work
IWITTS’s Major Project is the CalWomenTech Project, a $2 million National Science Foundation grant awarded in April 2006 to increase the enrollment and retention of women in two-year colleges. This project is being highlighted by NSF following an expert panel review at the three year mark in December 2008 for demonstrating significant achievement and program effectiveness to the Committee for Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Performance Assessment.
Visit our three websites:
www.iwitts.org Main website with many free resources.
www.womentechworld.org Online community for women technicians.
www.womentechstore.com Practical classroom resources such as career videos featuring female role models in technology.
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