She Builds Networks
Field engineering training for women, including the accommodation and transport that decide whether they can take the job.
1,400
Trained
64%
In role at 12 months
6 mo
Accommodation support
Why it works the way it does.
- Where
- Karnataka
- Running since
- 2022
- Stage
- Scaling
- Programme
- Women in tech
Field engineering is among the best-paid entry routes in telecom and among the least accessible to women, for reasons that are practical rather than technical: night call-outs, travel, and accommodation in unfamiliar towns.
She Builds Networks pays for those. Six months of verified accommodation, a transport allowance, and a family briefing that treats parents as people to convince.
Employer partners commit to mixed interview panels and to publishing their own retention figures for women in technical roles.
The design decisions.
- 01Women-only field engineering cohorts on live equipment
- 02Six months of verified accommodation and transport support
- 03Family briefing sessions before placement
- 04Employer commitments on panels and published retention
1,400
Trained
64%
In role at 12 months
6 mo
Accommodation support
22
Employer partners
The organisations this runs with.
- Dollu Ltd
- Telecom infrastructure employers
- Women's hostel network
Part of a wider programmeWomen in technologyTraining, mentoring and placement for women entering telecom and IT - plus the practical support that decides whether they can accept the job.- Bihar · ScalingDigital DidiWomen trained as their village's paid digital helper - the person who fills the form, makes the claim, spots the scam.
Uttar Pradesh · ScalingConnected ClassroomsA connected, maintained computer lab in every government secondary school in the districts we work in.
Odisha · RunningSignal in the StormPre-staged emergency communications in cyclone-prone coastal districts, ready before the season starts.
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