Forget tie-dyed shirts, lanyards and water games. At summer camp this year, Nautika Kotero, 13, learned to use a drill press, solder electrical wires and build a lamp.
Just over a quarter of the 11.7 million workers in manufacturing are women. But Gadget Camp, a workshop for girls in this suburb west of Chicago, is part of an effort to change that.
Check out this article on Gadget Camp which is exposing girls to an occupation they might previously have considered unappealing, if they considered it at all.
This page has a video fast forwarding through one of the projects.
http://jezebel.com/5832510/gadget-camp-where-girls-learn-to-build-things
Full New York Times Article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/19/business/a-summer-camp-to-draw-girls-into-manufacturing-careers.html?_r=1
These are great examples of proactive projects to promote manufacturing.
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