Image: Totally Dublin
Totally Dublin have a really interesting feature on work wear for women in trade jobs. The feature follows 5 women working in traditionally male dominated trade roles, such as carpentry, decorating, welding and heavy mechanics. Highlighted with a cover shot on the magazine is Jen Kelly, an industrial abseiler who worked internationally but found it hard to find work upon returning to Ireland, with recruiters not believing her credentials. This spurned her on to found the Women In Trades Network Ireland (WITNI) to represent herself and fellow women working in the trades. WITNI have worked with Snickers workwear to help design and pilot work wear for women, that both fit properly and provide proper safety over wearing ill-fitting and unsafe workwear designed for men.
