She Builds Networks
Field engineering training for women, including the accommodation and transport that decide whether they can take the job.
1,400
Trained
64%
In role at 12 months
6 mo
Accommodation support
22
Employer partners
Why it works the way it does.
Field engineering is among the best-paid entry routes in telecom and among the least accessible to women, for reasons that are practical rather than technical: night call-outs, travel, and accommodation in unfamiliar towns.
She Builds Networks pays for those. Six months of verified accommodation, a transport allowance, and a family briefing that treats parents as people to convince.
Employer partners commit to mixed interview panels and to publishing their own retention figures for women in technical roles.
The design decisions.
- 01Women-only field engineering cohorts on live equipment
- 02Six months of verified accommodation and transport support
- 03Family briefing sessions before placement
- 04Employer commitments on panels and published retention
Partners on the ground.
- Dollu Ltd
- Telecom infrastructure employers
- Women's hostel network
This initiative sits inside Women in technology.
1,400
Trained
64%
In role at 12 months
6 mo
Accommodation support
22
Employer partners
Fund She Builds Networks, or something like it.
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