A very general and long used cliche of the kind of work a woman should be doing is "A woman's work is in the kitchen." Woman in the past have always been home keepers, sewers, and cookers. It was traditional for the man to make the money. Things have changed a lot in the last century. Woman have stood up and walked out the door, reached out to find something that they can exceed at, and learned to make their own money. Woman have long been respected and have done well in certain fields, fields that have to do with children health care and home making skills. Now, women are wanting to have what are seen as "manly" jobs such as construction work and other blue collar trades. Where a median earnings for a childcare job in the U.S. is around $14,000 a year, the median earnings in construction trade jobs is between $19,510 and $31,520. The Non-traditional Employment for Women (NEW) in New York City is an example of an organization that teaches women skills to work in trades such as being an electrician, plumber, or doing construction work (Sprackland 1). These jobs pay more then some educated jobs offering woman a chance to earn more money to support their families. The Equal Opportunities Act or 1963 bans discrimination against employers and promotes affirmative action. To get federal funding, many of these blue-collar trades must meet the minimum requirement of women participation, 6.9%. For women it is hard to get much further in than that (Sprackland 1). Although women participation in the blue-collar trades is still being somewhat oppressed, women participation elsewhere is being encouraged. This is the case in the NATO armed forces, where in the last forty years, female participation has changed considerably. United States has the highest representation percentage in the armed forces at 14%. The number of women participants went up in the U.S. during 1973 when the All-Volunteer Force was formed. This was a group that welcomed men and women alike to helped fight in the Vietnam War. Now, 8.6% of U.S. troops deployed worldwide are women (Nielsen 1). There are 18 delegates from all NATO countries that meet regularly at a NATO Conference of Senior Service Women Officers to promote employing women more widely in the armed services (Nielson 3).

There are many employment related barriers in today's society that women endure such as discrimination due to stereotypes in society, family matters, and on a larger more worldly scale, human rights. In the past decades much has been done to relieve gender re

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