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Vermont Works for Women (VWW) supports women, girls, and gender-expansive individuals in Vermont to explore, pursue, and excel in careers that meet their needs and wants. Our programs, from middle school through adulthood, provide participants with new skills and confidence. 

Our Youth Programs focus on:

  • Encouraging career exploration in skilled trades and STEM
  • Empowering girls and gender-expansive youth to try new things
  • Expanding future career possibilities for high school youth
  • Breaking down harmful gender stereotypes
  • Supporting youth through mentorship and skill development
  • Partnering with schools to create equitable learning environments

We do not expect that all youth in our programs will go on to become carpenters or welders—but by exposing them to tools, role models, and transferable problem-solving skills through programs like Rosie’s Girls, Career Challenge Day, and Women Can Do, we provide an expansive array of career options for students to consider as they navigate school and plan for life after graduation.

Middle school student uses a miter saw to cut wood at Rosie's Girls Summer Camp
At Rosie's Girls WELD a camper plasma cuts metal with the help of a CIT
At Rosie's Girls Aviation camp, a participant rivets.
At Career Challenge Day a middle school girls uses an excavator with help from a tech center student
Middle school student uses a miter saw to cut wood at Rosie's Girls Summer Camp
At Rosie's Girls WELD a camper plasma cuts metal with the help of a CIT
At Rosie's Girls Aviation camp, a participant rivets.
At Career Challenge Day a middle school girls uses an excavator with help from a tech center student

YOUTH PROGRAMS

  • MIDDLE SCHOOL

ROSIE’S GIRLS CAMP

Rosie’s Girls® is our STEM and trades career exploration summer day camp for middle school girls and gender-expansive youth. At Rosie’s Girls camps, youth are introduced to career fields that are non-traditional for their gender, like construction or welding, through hands-on learning in a supportive and empowering environment. Campers also learn personal and social skills to navigate school, friendships, and more through our Power Skills curriculum. Our staff lead by example in creating an environment that is safe and confidence-building and encourages youth to lift each other up in trying new things and taking positive risks. Find a camp in your Vermont community this summer!

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Rosie's Girls camper uses a drill to build a chair while a counselor in training assists.
  • MIDDLE SCHOOL

ROSIE’S GIRLS AFTERSCHOOL

Rosie’s Girls Afterschool adapts our popular summer camp - providing middle school girls and gender-expansive youth with hands-on STEM and trades career exploration opportunities - into an afterschool program. Each year, we train schools and community organizations to host and facilitate Rosie’s Girls Afterschool in their community. We provide our partners with facilitator training, curriculum, supplies, and registration support to run a successful program. Learn more about Rosie’s Girls Afterschool and partner with us today!

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Middle school student uses a measuring tape at Rosie's Girls Afterschool
  • MIDDLE SCHOOL
  • HIGH SCHOOL

TECH CENTER PROGRAMS

We partner with career and technical education centers across Vermont to encourage more female and gender-expansive students to enroll in non-traditional career training programs. At Career Challenge Day, middle school students explore their local technical center through a hands-on event, trying activities in program areas like welding, automotive, and construction led by tech center students and instructors. Explore our program offerings for Vermont career and technical education centers.

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Middle School student learns how to solder pipes at Career Challenge Day
  • HIGH SCHOOL

LAUNCHING INCLUSIVE FUTURES IN TRADES

Launching Inclusive Futures in Trades (LIFT) is a week-long summer program for high school girls and gender-expansive individuals who have an interest in the skilled trades and would like to pursue them further. Through hands-on projects taught by female instructors trained and working in their respective fields, participants spend the week exploring trades like carpentry, welding, and electrical. Participants also learn personal and social skills to navigate school, friendships, and more through our Power Skills curriculum. Learn more and apply for the next cohort.

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LIFT participant uses hammers to shape metal pieces.
  • HIGH SCHOOL

WOMEN CAN DO

Women Can Do is our annual, statewide career exploration conference for high school girls and gender-expansive youth. At Women Can Do, hundreds of students from across Vermont visit the Vermont State University - Randolph campus to explore careers through hands-on activities and conversations with dozens of Vermont employers. Students learn about a variety of careers in STEM and skilled trades they can pursue after graduation and connect with community resources. Each year, students leave the conference believing they can do anything! Explore the different ways you can participate in Women Can Do – as a school, volunteer, exhibitor, and sponsor.

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Two female high school students use a two-man crosscut saw under the supervision of a Green Mountain Club employee at Women Can Do 2022.