Federal Women's Program

Policy

It is NRCS policy to conduct a positive and continuing FWP that provides equal employment opportunity for women in all personnel management policies and practices, as well as in NRCS-sponsored programs and activities.

Program Objectives

• Increase the total number of women employed in professional, administrative, and technical occupations.
• Eliminate concentrations of women in single-interval occupational series, to diversify and create advancement opportunities throughout all occupational levels and disciplines.
• Encourage the participation of women in all NRCS-sponsored programs and activities.
   
• PIA Federal Women Program Brochure (PDF; 1 MB)
• Part 403 - Special Emphasis Programs - Subpart C - Federal Women's Program

Women's History Month Posters

• 2012 Women's History Month Poster (PDF; 928 KB)
• 2011 Women's History Month Poster (PDF; 635 KB)
• 2010 Women's History Month Poster (PDF; 4.7 MB)
• 2009 Women's History Month Poster (PDF; 3.28 MB)

Bilingual Certification

• eDirectives - NRCS Employee Bilingual Language Certification Process
• Employee Bilingual Language Certification Application (PDF; 417 KB)

Other Links to Women’s Information

• Official Website of Women in NRCS
• 9 Women you’ve probably never heard of who’ve made conservation history
• 14 Extraordinary women in Hawaii History everyone should know
• Asian Pacific Islander Organization (APIO)
• Celebrate Women in Conservation this Women’s History Month
• Click! The Ongoing Feminist Revolution
• Federally Employed Women 
  FEW is an organization formed to advocate for equal employment rights for women employed by the Federal Government.
• FDA – Office of Women’s Health
• First Ladies
• Hawai’i Women in Filmmaking
• Inspirational women in conservation
• Minerva
• National Women’s History Project
• Office of Global Women’s Issues
• Outreach to Women Landowners Resource Page (PDF; 130 KB)
• Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development
  Commits $320 million over 10 years to improve the political, economic and social opportunities of Pacific women.
• Professional Women’s Network
  Dedicated to supporting professional and businesswomen in Hawaii, acting on the premise that mutual support is a necessary factor in bringing about personal growth and business success
• Small Farm Digest Features Women in Agriculture (PDF; 1.10 MB)
• The Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  EAP helps NRCS employees resolve personal and work problems through professional assistance. The Employee Assistance program can assist with many types of life challenges, such as parenting, work-related stress, aging, emotional or psychological struggles, and financial management. EAP is free of charge to you as an employee. The NRCS EAP provider is Sand Creek Group, Ltd., which can be reached at 1-888-243-5744 or at www.sandcreekeap.com
• The Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Coalition
• US Census Bureau Facts for Women
• USDA Start Farming – Women in Agriculture
• Women in Soil Science – 1895 to Present
• Women Veterans Rock
  A coalition of women organizations supporting America’s women veterans and military families
• Women’s Issues – Center for American Progress
• Women’s History Month: 31 days of amazing women: @ USATODAY
• Women’s History Newsletter