Op-ed by Rhoni Basden, Executive Director of Vermont Works for Women and Cary Brown, Executive Director of Vermont Commission on Women On August 26, 1920, the 19th amendment to the US constitution was certified, and women’s right to vote was finally recognized. We celebrate this as Women’s Equality Day, and… Read More
By Elaine Ezerins, Communications and Marketing Manager This summer, Rosie’s Girls camps returned to the workshop, creating a safe, empowering space for middle school campers to use power tools, welding equipment, and a plasma cutter to build and fabricate original creations. Vermont Works for Women (VWW) held two camps: Rosie’s… Read More
By Elaine Ezerins, Communications and Marketing Manager Participants celebrated their successful completion of Vermont Works for Women’s (VWW) culinary training program on Thursday, June 30 with a graduation ceremony and dinner at Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility (CRCF), Vermont’s sole prison for women. June 30 Graduation at Chittenden Regional Correctional… Read More
By Jillian Scannell VWW has participated as a host organization for the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) since 2017. YLAI is a program of the US Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs that provides opportunities for young entrepreneurs and business owners… Read More
Bans off our Bodies Protest in Bennington, Vt By Vermont Works for Women The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, a 1973 landmark court decision that legalized abortion in the United States. The court ruled that a woman’s right to an abortion was implicit… Read More
Founded in 1987, VWW has been working hard for 35 years to ensure all Vermont women can achieve economic security through employment. Our history has been shaped from its inception by gutsy women committed to the notion that women’s choices about work should be their own—and not the product of… Read More
By Emily Neumann, VWW Intern Working with justice-involved women at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility for the past nine months has been one of the most rewarding, eye-opening, amazing, and difficult experiences of my life. When I began college, I had no idea that this is where I wanted… Read More
By Jillian Scannell, VWW Development and Communications Coordinator A buzzword through this legislative session has been workforce development; what does that even mean? And there was a lot of talk about reproductive liberty, whatever happened with that? Don’t worry – there is a lot going on, but Vermont Works… Read More
Guest post by: Courtney Blasius, VWW Intern This report provides a basic overview of the changes in employment throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. We are introduced to the report with the pointed statement: “In 2020 and 2021 the COVID-19 pandemic changed work. Parents and caregivers, mothers especially, racked up hours… Read More
Rosie’s Girls camp at Generator By Elaine Ezerins, Communications and Marketing Manager What are you passionate about? Female empowerment! The Ocean and its inhabitants! Mental Health and Neurodiversity! These were the responses of middle school youth participating in Vermont Works for Women’s Rosie’s Girls mini-camp at the… Read More