RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TRAINING

1. Reverse present Federal Government policy concerning privatization of funding for training and increase women's share of training spaces, especially in those job areas (traditional and non-traditional) where jobs will be available in the future.
   
   
2. Make training programs responsive to labor force needs so that women and men are trained for job sectors in which there are present and on-going job opportunities.
   
   
3. Gear training programs for women to fit women's needs. This includes providing the support services noted in the Recommendations for Education:

• Adult Basic Education
• Job Readiness Programs
• travel and child-care costs
• UIC or equivalent during and upon completing training programs.
  
  In addition, specific programs like INTO should continue to be provided.

4. Ensure that men's unemployment does not constitute the sole criterion for establishing and funding training programs.
   
   
5. Increase the availability of part-time training options.
   
   
6. Ensure that the following sub-groups of women are provided with training options that meet their special needs:

• older women returning to the workforce
• single parents who are female
• women with low level of educational attainment
• Native and racial/ethnic minority women
• women with disabilities.

7. Increase government funding for training and distribute it by at least the relative proportion of women and men in the labor force, especially since private sector employers are more likely to fund training for men than for women.
   
   
8. Strictly monitor the amount and type of training provided to women for which employers receive incentive funding.