Women in Electronics was a 1982-1983 program designed by MDC in partnership with private business to prepare unemployed women with limited prior education and training to enter and advance in jobs in the electronics industry in Research Triangle Park. A project report, Making Economic Growth Work for Poor Women: Women in Electronics, summarized the major strategies employed by the demonstration and the long-term impact of the program on participants.
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