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 105 STAT. 1806 PUBLIC LAW 102-235—DEC. 12, 1991 Public Law 102-235 102d Congress An Act Dec. 12, 1991 To amend the Job Training Partnership Act to encourage a broader range of training [S. 367] and job placement for women, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Nontraditional United States of America in Congress assembled, Employment for Women Act. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. Intergovernmental This Act may be cited as the "Nontraditional Employment for relations. Wompn Act" 29 USC 1501 vv omen Act. note. SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 29 USC 1501 note. (a) FINDINGS. —The Congress finds that— (1) over 7,000,000 families in the United States live in poverty, and over half of those families are single parent households headed by women; (2) women stand to improve their economic security and independence through the training and other services offered under the Job Training Partnership Act; (3) women participating under the Job Training Partnership Act tend to be enrolled in programs for traditionally female occupations; (4) many of the Job Training Partnership Act programs that have low female enrollment levels are in fields of work that are nontraditional for women; (5) employment in traditionally male occupations leads to higher wages, improved job security, and better long-range opportunities than employment in traditionally female-dominated fields; (6) the long-term economic security of women is served by increasing nontraditional employment opportunities for women; and (7) older women reentering the work force may have special needs in obtaining training and placement in occupations providing economic security. (b) STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.— The purposes of this Act are— (1) to encourage efforts by the Federal, State, and local levels of government aimed at providing a wider range of opportunities for women under the Job Training Partnership Act; (2) to provide incentives to establish programs that will train, place, and retain women in nontraditional fields; and (3) to facilitate coordination between the Job Training Partnership Act and the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act to maximize the effectiveness of resources available for training and placing women in nontraditional employment.

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