Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW) works nationally and in its home community of Washington, DC to achieve economic independence and equality of opportunity for women and girls. For more than 30 years, WOW has helped women learn to earn, with programs emphasizing literacy, technical and nontraditional skills, the welfare-to-work transition, and career development. Since 1964, WOW has trained more than 10,000 women for well-paid work.

What began as a local Washington, DC effort to help women help themselves has become a multi-faceted women's employment organization, recognized nationally for its skills training models, resources and services, and for its advocacy for women workers.

While it continues to provide training services locally, WOW also leads the National Workforce Network comprised of 500 independent community-based organizations, women's employment programs, private industry councils, community colleges and advocates in every state and the District of Columbia. Each year, the Network reaches more than one million women and girls seeking employment information, counseling, training and jobs. With its unique perspective as a job trainer and policy monitor, WOW is a respected advocate for the needs and rights of women workers.

Visit the WOW home page for more information about:

• National Programs
• Local Programs in the Metropolitan DC area
• Publications
• Membership
• Employment and Internship Opportunities
• Support WOW's Work

Project Overview | About WOW | Nontraditional Jobs (NTO) | Myths & Facts about NTOs
WANTO Grantees | Contact Information