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Skills For All: Painter Shan-Shin, Chinese Taipei
Shan-Shin participated in Chinese Taipei’s National Skills Competition in 1997 and emerged with a Medallion for Excellence in Painting. Now she works as the Director of Student Affairs at an industrial high school in her home country, where she is keen to emphasize to female students that qualities associated with their gender, make them perfectly-equipped to succeed in the world of work.
8 March 2017
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Skills for All: Plumber Albertina Shitalangaho, Namibia
“Women should be as engaged as men in all spheres of life, earn competitive salaries, and should be given leadership opportunities, taking important decisions. There is nothing men can do that women cannot.”
8 March 2017
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WorldSkills President pledges support for HeForShe
“We aim to speak up for women, for young women and for girls,” said the President of WorldSkills, Simon Bartley. “So, that they can feel empowered to take any career choice that they wish irrespective of the fact that that might be in an area that historically they may not have considered.”
7 March 2017
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Message from CEO David Hoey on International Women's Day
In recognition of International Women's Day, 8 March 2017, David Hoey, CEO WorldSkills International spoke to the importance of encouraging more women to consider a skills career.
7 March 2017
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Skills For All: Graphic Designer Sobheya Musallam, Palestine
Listening to Sobheya Musallam’s views on women in the workplace in her home country of Palestine you hear an uplifting story of equality being embraced and advanced.
7 March 2017
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Skills For All: Heavy Vehicle Maintenance Technician Louise Azzopardi, Australia
As a child, the Heavy Vehicle Maintenance Technician from Australia, carried out repairs, and maintenance alongside her father, instilling a passion for machines that is now seeing her progress in a profession that is usually regarded as a male preserve.
7 March 2017
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Skills for All: Aircraft Maintenance Technician Caroline Söderqvist, Sweden
The 23-year-old helicopter technician from Mjölby, Sweden, will compete in Aircraft Maintenance at WorldSkills Abu Dhabi 2017, having entered the same category in her home nation’s 2016 competition. She hopes her career choice can help to address the under-representation of women in aviation.
7 March 2017
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Skills For All: Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technician Roudha Ali Ibrahim Ali, UAE
Challenging herself and the supposed norms surrounding gender and the workplace, while also serving her nation, were the key factors that persuaded Roudha Ali Ibrahim Ali to set her sights on competing in WorldSkills, when it is hosted in her home country.
6 March 2017
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Skills For All: Aircraft Maintenance Technician Soila Korhonen, Finland
Soila Korhonen can testify to the fact that women sometimes struggle to find where opportunities lie – having found a gateway to her chosen profession purely through her own initiative, and the internet.
6 March 2017
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Skills For All: Stonemason Charlotte Martin, Belgium
Honouring the past is how Charlotte Martin sees her future – with her ambitions literally set in stone. A qualified stonemason, the 26-year-old from Belgium stands out in her chosen field as a woman working in a highly-specialized craft with a gender ratio that is tilted heavily towards men. But she feels that is now starting to change.
3 March 2017