2024-05-04T18:52:12-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150163818/tools-tiaras-empowering-girls-for-a-career-in-construction-and-for-life-itself Alexander Walter 2019-10-09T15:56:00-04:00 >2019-10-10T13:48:24-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/21/218ae05d6835d7f6f0b57a62fa06f30e.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>That&rsquo;s what I&rsquo;m trying to do with Tools &amp; Tiaras: Have girls start envisioning that it&rsquo;s normal for a woman to be an ironworker, to be my sister, to be working with me. Our stories are not told; no woman really knows: &ldquo;Wow, she looks like me. She&rsquo;s only four feet eleven and seven eighths and she&rsquo;s doing plumbing? I can do it.&rdquo; Society needs to change the way we portray what is women&rsquo;s work and what tradespeople look like.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Judaline Cassidy, a New York-based plumber and the founder/director of the nonprofit <a href="http://www.toolsandtiaras.org/" target="_blank">Tools &amp; Tiaras Inc</a>, explains her struggles to break into the overwhelmingly male-dominated construction industry (only 3.4 percent of construction trades workers are women), the progress that has been made in recent years, and how she hopes to boost female participation in the architecture, construction, and engineering workforce of this young, next generation.</p> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B1_yR4-ArEr/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"> View this post on Instagram </a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B1_yR4-ArEr/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">Let's hear for the girls!! New Jersey camp week was #dreamlit They came conquered and slayed all that was put in front of them. Welding Architectural Plumbing Sheet Metal Carpentry Electrical. Thanks @american_standard @kiewitcorp and Morris Community Center for helping us bring our Tools &amp; Tiaras camp to New Jersey. #girlscamp #girlsintrades #theyneedtheirownshow #constructionsite #girlsbuildingempires #explorethetrades</a><br> A post shared by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tools_n_tiaras/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"> Tools &amp; Tiaras Inc.&reg;&#65039;</a> (@tools_n_tiaras) on Sep 4, 201... https://archinect.com/news/article/149948679/a-girls-only-summer-camp-for-aspiring-architects-and-engineers Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2016-05-31T17:58:00-04:00 >2022-03-16T09:16:08-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/mq/mqsuoyzqify20vb2.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Girls Inc. was looking for ways to get their girls interested in fast-paced, high-paying jobs where women traditionally have been left out. Architecture and engineering certainly fit the bill. [...] the girls will travel to various construction sites and talk to professionals in the field. Girls Inc. also is looking to build a new, bigger facility, and the summer camp girls will play a large part in the initial design, even being given a chance to pitch their project</p></em><br /><br /><p>More on the gender gap in architecture:</p><ul><li><a title="How sexist is architecture? Female architects share their experiences" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149940473/how-sexist-is-architecture-female-architects-share-their-experiences" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How sexist is architecture? Female architects share their experiences</a></li><li><a title="Why Zaha Hadid's gender and ethnicity mattered so much" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149938434/why-zaha-hadid-s-gender-and-ethnicity-mattered-so-much" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Why Zaha Hadid's gender and ethnicity mattered so much</a></li><li><a title="Results from The Architectural Review's 2016 Women in Architecture Survey are... not heartening" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149348435/results-from-the-architectural-review-s-2016-women-in-architecture-survey-are-not-heartening" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Results from The Architectural Review's 2016 Women in Architecture Survey are... not heartening</a></li><li><a title="Where are the women? Measuring progress on gender in architecture" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/110407197/where-are-the-women-measuring-progress-on-gender-in-architecture" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Where are the women? Measuring progress on gender in architecture</a></li></ul>