WomenBuild 2026
Join us for Women Build throughout the entire month of March. Women Build is an annual program that celebrates and empowers women to learn new skills in a supportive environment during Women's History Month, while helping us address the affordable housing crisis in Southeastern Massachusetts
What is Women Build?
Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build program provides opportunities for women and all those looking to celebrate women to participate in homebuilding activities to help build stronger, safer communities. This program equips women to serve in their communities, enabling them to address local affordable homeownership challenges. Women Build provides a comfortable, inclusive environment for women to take proactive steps in serving their communities, while learning invaluable construction skills. Our volunteers gain knowledge and skills they can use to repair and maintain their own homes. Join the over 144,000 people and 17,000 corporate volunteers who have participated in Women Build events across the U.S since the program began in 1998. To participate, companies, organizations, and groups of all kinds can sponsor a team to join us for a private build day, anytime in the month of March to celebrate and empower women while supporting the affordable housing movement right in your local community. Please note, while this program is designed to engage and empower women, it is a fully gender-inclusive volunteer experience open to all.
Join Women Build 2026!
Sponsor or form a fundraising team to secure a Women Build Day at one of our current sites in Easton or Abington for a full day of construction, empowerment, and fun led by our Construction Project Manager, Sheri Green. No construction experience required, all volunteers welcome.
Sponsorship cost:
$2,500 - corporations, businesses, and generous supporters
$500 - discounted rate offered to non profits, schools, and faith groups.
Your Women Build sponsorship includes:
- A private Build Day at one of our construction site for up to 10 volunteers
- Greeting and team orientation from SSHH
- Exclusive Women Build T-shirts for your team
- Photo opportunities for your group throughout the day
- Social media coverage and acknowledgement of your sponsorship and volunteerism
Questions?
Contact Joe Sousa at jsousa@sshabitat.org or 781-347-3763
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Learn More
How Gender affects the Pay Gap
The American gender pay gap (or wage gap) measures the difference in earnings of women for every dollar earned by men. This gap narrowed from the 80’s when women earned 65 cents per dollar earned by men. This narrowing progress stalled in the early 2000’s. Women overall currently earn about 82 cents per dollar. Younger women appear to earn slightly better, but this tends to drop as women age
Women in Construction
Women are severely underrepresented in construction fields. In 2024, only about 11.2% of the construction industry workforce consisted of women.
Women and Neighborhood Leadership
Our work at Habitat for Humanity is about building homes, communities, and hope. We believe that it is important not only to have a stable house, but also to live in a stable community and have relationships with neighbors that bring a sense of connectedness and safety to one’s life. Many neighborhoods across the country have experienced historical disinvestment or are currently facing challenges that affect the well-being of their residents.
If every neighborhood is going to be a place where residents have an opportunity to thrive, we must begin to see them as places full of gifts, strengths and assets that can be leveraged for positive change. The core of these gifts, strengths and assets are the residents themselves. Our work at Habitat involves engaging them to understand what their dreams and concerns are for the neighborhood
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We have found over and over in this work that many of the resident leaders who form the backbone of strong community associations and care deeply for the community are women. All residents are invaluable at the neighborhood table, but if you want to unlock a movement of care in a community, look to many of the women who take initiative to create a healthy neighborhood for their children, families, and neighbors. We celebrate the contributions of these women. We see them and we are inspired by them!
