Skills shortages are prompting employers to employ female apprentices, a report shows.
The Human Rights Commission's report on young women in the Government's Modern Apprenticeships programme says that pragmatism is driving the change.
Latest figures show that one in 12 Modern Apprentices are women, with a growing number training to become builders, joiners, carpenters, electricians and motor mechanics.
Apprenticeship shift
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