How Buildher is Empowering Women Through Construction | Tatu Gatere

from Urban Limitrophe · host Alexandra Lambropoulos

In this episode, I speak with Tatu Gatere, the co-founder and CEO of Buildher. Buildher is a non-profit based in Nairobi Kenya that is on a mission to promote gender equality within the construction industry through the provision of accredited construction, artisanry, and manufacturing skills to women that participate in their training program. Through their holistic approach to skills training and workforce development, Buildher is working hard to knock down biases and close the gender gap in the construction industry in Kenya and beyond.In this episode, you'll learn about:Buildher's holistic approach to training women in the construction and artisanry,why it's important for women to be involved in the construction/urban infrastructure sector, recommendations for integrating more women into the construction sector,the exciting projects (i.e. their new product line) that Buildher has in store,their upcoming podcast's and programming's focus on youth employability in Kenya,and much more!Guest: Tatu Gatere, CEO and Co-Founder of BuildherWebsite: https://www.buildher.org/Acknowledgements:This episode is co-sponsored by the University of Toronto School of Cities and the Department of Geography and Planning. About Urban Limitrophe:Please visit www.urbanlimitrophe.com for all episode show notes and references and guest details. Instagram: @urbanlimitrophepodcastTwitter: @urbanlimitrophe Please address any related communication to hello[at]urbanlimitrophe.com Credits: Music by Imany LambropoulosEditing by Hannah AhamediPodcast concept, development, and design by Alexandra Lambropoulos

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In this episode, I speak with Tatu Gatere, the co-founder and CEO of Buildher. Buildher is a non-profit based in Nairobi Kenya that is on a mission to promote gender equality within the construction industry through the provision of accredited construction, artisanry, and manufacturing skills to women that participate in their training program. Through their holistic approach to skills training and workforce development, Buildher is working hard to knock down biases and close the gender gap in the construction industry in Kenya and beyond. In this episode, you'll learn about: - Buildher's holistic approach to training women in the construction and artisanry, - why it's important for women to be involved in the construction/urban infrastructure sector, recommendations for integrating more women into the construction sector, - the exciting projects (i.e. their new product line) that Buildher has in store, - their upcoming podcast's and programming's focus on youth employability in Kenya, - and much more! Guest: Tatu Gatere, CEO and Co-Founder of Buildher Website: https://www.buildher.org/ Acknowledgements: This episode is co-sponsored by the University of Toronto School of Cities and the Department of Geography and Planning. About Urban Limitrophe: Please visit www.urbanlimitrophe.com for all episode show notes and references and guest details. Instagram: @urbanlimitrophepodcast Twitter: @urbanlimitrophe Please address any related communication to hello[at]urbanlimitrophe.com Credits: Music by Imany Lambropoulos Editing by Hannah Ahamedi Podcast concept, development, and design by Alexandra Lambropoulos

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