Opportunity at Work Inc
Tear the Paper Ceiling: Rewriting Narratives for Women STARs
An evidence-backed narrative initiative that reshapes how women's skills and leadership are recognized - changing employer decision-making and expanding economic mobility for women skilled through alternative routes.
Outdated narratives about qualification and leadership limit women's access to opportunity as work rapidly evolves. Nearly half of working women are Skilled Through Alternative Routes (STARs), rather than through a bachelor's degree, yet their skills remain undervalued by default hiring norms. Building on Tear the Paper Ceiling-a national platform that has influenced employer hiring behavior and state policy-this initiative deploys a women -focused narrative intervention - resetting the assumptions employers use to judge readiness, leadership, and potential.
Primary Barrier
Narrow Narratives
Location
District of Columbia
Solution Region
Nation-wide
Community Type
Urban
Annual Operating Budget
$10.1 to 25 Million
