Career and technical educators have a critical role to play in addressing occupational segregation. The gender equity provisions that are an important part of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (Perkins V) can help open doors for more women and girls to pursue more equitable pathways to the good jobs generated by Investing in America and other opportunities in our growing economy. They can also help attract and prepare more men into meaningful and critical occupations. Stronger and more creative leadership by states, local educational agencies (LEAs), and institutions of higher education to strategically implement these provisions can make a difference. Beginning with the Federal Vocational Education Act in 1976, federal career and technical education (CTE) legislation has included a mandate to promote gender equity in student access and success in CTE programs so that youth and adults consider and are able to pursue all options available to them, including careers that are non-traditional for their gender, particularly careers in high-wage, high-growth, and high-demand occupations.