Women in Construction Workshop: Outreach to Female Students from Developing Countries
Women in Construction Workshop: Outreach to Female Students from Developing Countries
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建筑业中的女性研讨会：向发展中国家的女学生进行宣传
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2016
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A. Behzadan
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E. Asadi;Reza Akhavian;A. Behzadan
女性仅占美国建筑业劳动力的9%，在亚洲（7.5%）和南美洲（0.5%）的许多发展中国家，这一比例甚至更低。教育机构可以帮助解决这一问题，为代表性不足的少数民族学生提供适当的培训，并鼓励他们追求成功的职业生涯。由于许多发展中国家的留学生在毕业后往往选择不回国，因此那些没有离开本国的人成为促进本国增长和发展的真实的资产。与中国和巴西的两所大学合作，在佛罗里达的奥兰多组织并主办了第一次建筑业妇女讲习班，以巴西妇女为对象。通过严格的申请程序，一些女学生被选中参加活动，其中包括由几位女性建筑教师，职业发展专家和行业从业者领导的讨论会和研讨会。本文介绍了该计划的细节，成果，评估结果和成功案例，以展示培养女研究生作为未来榜样的招聘和留住年轻一代的妇女和少数民族在发展中国家的影响。
Women comprise only 9% of the entire U.S. construction industry workforce and even a lower percentage in many developing countries in Asia (7.5%) and South America (0.5%). Educational institutions can help resolve this problem by providing proper training to underrepresented minority (URM) students and encourage them to pursue a successful career. Since many students from developing countries who study abroad often choose not to return home upon graduation, those who do not leave their home countries in the first place become the real assets for the growth and development of their homelands. The first women in construction workshop (WCW) was organized and hosted in Orlando, Florida in partnership with two universities from China and Brazil to target this latter population. Through a rigorous application process, a number of female students were selected to attend the event which included discussion sessions and seminars led by several female construction faculty, career development experts, and industry practitioners. This paper presents the program details, outcomes, assessment results, and success stories to demonstrate the impact of training female graduate students as future role models on recruiting and retaining younger generations of women and minorities in developing countries.