Women Empowerment Program

Established by Cisco in 2006 as part of their corporate responsibility effort, IT Works seeks to break the cycle of poverty and unemployment for Israelis living in underserved areas.  To this end, it provides the training and technological skills required for employment.  Its programs include 1) WEP: employment assistance for women; 2) STAR: employment assistance for men and women and; 3) WorkIT: IT courses for high-school age Druze students.  IT Works’ curriculum and instruction are based on Cisco’s ‘Networking Academy,’ a program that has been vetted for President Obama’s ‘Workforce Retraining Initiative’.