2003 Hermann Schmidt Prize
Power to the ladies in the new trades
Prize for special performance in the promotion of initial and continuing vocational training of women especially in IT trades
Even if there is a societal consensus that the training opportunities of younger women need to be improved, especially in future-oriented vocations in the information society and to allow them to participate in the job opportunities and opportunities for career advancement associated therewith, the following also holds true: The tendency of young women to stay out of the technology and computer trades - a trend which can already be witnessed in secondary school - continues to prevail when they select a new profession. This is particularly pronounced with regard to the new IT trades which were introduced in 1997: the percentage of young women in these trades has remained pretty much constant at 14%. This means: women will not develop their potential in these new trades in the field of science and technology on their own.
The Association for Innovative Vocational Training therefore intends to draw attention to initiatives and programmes involving the topic of women in the new trades in the competition for the 2003 Hermann Schmidt Prize and to promote and support women in opening up new trades at all levels of their vocational trajectory: in providing them vocational orientation, selecting a trade, vocational training, entering into a trade, human resources development and guidance and, finally, with respect to working conditions.
The tender is aimed at schools, companies and other educational facilities along with training initiatives which provide special promotion for the initial and continuing training of women in the new trades and in particular the IT trades, for example by means of:
