| The WRITE project is designed with the
training and employment needs of women specifically in mind. The project is centred
in the Ballingarry area of South Tipperary and will be based at a new IT training
centre in the the enterprise centre outside the village. BNS made a successful
application to the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform's 'Equality
for Women Measure' (EWM) for funding to operate the project. Then project is being
operated in conjunction with a local community group, Slieveardagh CITE from the
Ballingarry area. WRITE has two basic strands to its strategy: |
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| - To provide
training in IT and related vocational skills to a 100 - 120 self-selected women
in the greater Ballingarry region in their own locality.
- To
encourage and support a smaller group of those women who have experienced training
to establish a ICT based enterprise within the community.
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IT offers many rural women a chance to work in
their own communities |
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well covering the bulk of the the cost of training in ICT and other job-specific
skills WRITE will seek to provide training in areas that will assist the personal
development of the individual woman, their skills in working together and other
non-vocational skills. Through WRITE, BNS will seek to provide the necessary social
supports to allow full participation by all women regardless of their economic
situation. This may include childcare, care of elderly dependents and transport
needs. The lessons of WRITE will inform not just BNS policy with regard to the
training and employment of women, but through its dissemination through the EWM
Network to national policy and women throughout the state. |
