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Women Powering the Trades | Auckland News
Girls with Hi-Vis is smashing barriers for women in trades, turning curiosity into careers and sparking a real shift in who’s building Australia’s future. Launched in 2015, the program’s helped double female participation in technical roles—from 8% to 16%—with trailblazers like Madison Harvey now mentoring the next generation. Once dreaming of beauty therapy, Madison now keeps rural communities powered for eight years, proving trades aren’t just jobs—they’re purposeful, stable, and wildly rewarding. Her sister’s joining her in the field, showing how these careers are becoming family legacies…
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