While the last 40 years have been good for workplace equality for women, there are still plenty of obstacles keeping women from being able to hold down satisfying careers while caring for a family. When you’re a working woman, you can sometimes find yourself isolated from other women in your own situation—the demands of family time can keep you from networking with co-workers.

And if you’re trying to improve your prospects by gaining an education, the pressures of working and family life can crowd out any time you had for taking classes. Gaining access to higher education can be tricky for any working adult. For women, who typically take on the lion’s share of family and household responsibilities in addition to their jobs, education is often even more out of reach.

Fortunately, the Internet now offers new opportunities for study—through online degree programs—and socializing, through networking sites such as WomenAchieve.org. A collaboration between Women Employed and American InterContinental University, WomenAchieve.org aims to provide resources and networking opportunities for working women who are trying to expand their marketable skills through education.

Who’s Behind WomenAchieve.org?

WomenAchieve.org is the brainchild of two organizations: American InterContinental University (AIU) and Women Employed. Women Employed, a leading national advocate for women in the workplace, has been working since 1971 to ensure that women have equal opportunity to earn family-supporting wages with access to child care and other supportive benefits. AIU, established in 1970, is a university with a network of campuses online and on the ground that provides career-focused education. AIU strives to make its courses accessible to working adults.

Resources Available

WomenAchieve.org offers blogs, articles, and forums to its members, along with links and resources designed to help you plan your education and your career trajectory.

Educational Resources: The primary goal of WomenAchieve is to help women successfully pursue career-focused education. To that end, WA offers women a place to research training options. Learn about different degree programs, financial aid options, and study advice for online students.

Career Planning Resources: Take career tests to discover a career path that could fit you best, and research training, working environment, and other information. You can also learn how to manage your job hunt. Need resume writing advice? Tips for surviving an interview—and how to follow up politely afterwards? WomenAchieve has articles and guides to help you.

Career Survival and Support: Once you’ve landed that job, you might need additional help staying in it. WomenAchieve offers links to organizations and agencies that can help you locate child care, transportation assistance, and other personal assistance so that you can leap over the obstacles preventing you from holding down the job you want.

Networking: Forums, blog comments, and other interactive features allow you to meet other women from around the world who are in circumstances similar to yours. Get advice from women who’ve been there about everything from passing your exams to healthy eating to how to handle difficult relationships on (or off) the job. Make friends. Make potential business contacts. Learn more, and know you’re not alone.

This article is presented by AIU Online, the online outlet of American InterContinental University. AIU Online offers career-focused online degree programs at the associate, bachelor, and master’s degree levels. To find out more, visit http://www.aiuonline.edu today.

AIU does not guarantee employment or salary.