She Skills. Celebrating International Womens Day – March 8

There is a lot to celebrate on International Women’s Day. Each year we reflect and celebrate the social, economic and cultural achievements of women, we step closer towards a planet deemed 50-50. One company currently making movements and breaking gender stereotypes is She Skills. Their mission is simple; to empower women with the skills and confidence to imagine, design and create anything they want. So, in conjunction with IWD, we thought we should share the story and ethos behind She Skills.

She Skills started with Meg Solly and her vision of shattering an old stereotype. You know…the classic picture of a stoic male hammering and grinding away in a dusty shed. Well, She Skills aims to reset the universal typecast that power tools are for men and men only. Meg grew up on a farm in country Queensland where riding horses, fixing fences and driving tractors were just a part of everyday life. Meg moved from the farm to the predominately male world of the mining industry. Feeling somewhat out of place, she searched for an inclusive organisation that taught technical skills to women and finding no such place existed…she decided to create her own.

With weekly workshops in basic timber construction and power tools skills already underway, She Skills will be expanding it’s offering to include mosaic tiling and building with pallets starting in early April.

She Skills offers women the opportunity to create using raw materials and their own hands, the only boundary being the limits to their imagination. Meg stated “highly successful women in top level jobs have confessed to me that they feel disempowered when forced to call their dad or brother or neighbour to fix things around the house.” She Skills not only teaches women the foundations of timber construction and proper use of power tools, but also how to build more confidence in tackling jobs that are stereotypically considered masculine.

She Skills hosts weekly weekend workshops at

54 Standish Street, Salisbury, Qld.

For more information visit http://www.sheskills.com.au or https://www.facebook.com/sheskillsoz/

instagram: @she_skills

For more info on International Women’s Day:

http://www.internationalwomensday.com/