The Challenges Women Face in the Printing Industry
The printing industry is exceptional in that it is creative, fast-paced, continually evolving, diverse, visual and engaging. The printing industry is not unique in that it presents women with a few challenges.
Although these are significant hurdles, they are certainly not insurmountable. Interestingly, they seem to act only as entry challenges. Overall, once women are invested within the industry, they seem to be content with the opportunities and benefits afforded to them. Notably, SGIA’s development of the Women in Print Alliance is a step toward uniting and empowering women in the print community and its creation and cultivation will advance the effort to dispel the challenges facing women within the industry. The WIP Alliance also provides a platform to collect industry research regarding women in printing, which in turn will be a strategic tool to generating connection, interest, and engagement within the industry.
Join the Women in Print Alliance breakfast Thursday, October 24, 7:30AM at Printing United to network with likeminded print professionals committed to equality, diversity and the celebration of women in print.
Register: https://www.printingunited.com/events/event-details/2019/10/24/events-calendar/women-in-print-alliance-breakfast
Not attending Printing United or not a morning person? Join the Women in Print community on PrinterLink to start a discussion of your own: https://printerlink.sgia.org/communities/community-home?CommunityKey=d4dc7206-0594-4a46-a64a-3b26dbe61d94
Lane Hickey-Wiggins – Women in Print Alliance committee member
President & CEO
Douglass Screen Printers Inc
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