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In the Pauline Roland accommodation and social rehabilitation centre (official name in French: Centre d’accueil et de réadaptation sociale, CARS), which is managed by the City of Paris Social Welfare Service, vocational training was developed for all the centre’s residents, using public schemes specifically designed for "immigrant women”. Meanwhile, in 1976, residents protested for the introduction of literacy classes. Taking an intersectional perspective, this article looks more closely at the different forms of adult and vocational training and work experience available to “immigrant women” and their impact on individual trajectories. It shows that in the particular case of the CARS Pauline Roland, the internships offered to residents from the French overseas departments (DOM) or those who were not French most led only to entry-level work. Furthermore, despite local support to implement these public policies, they did not offset the class, gender and race relationships in which the women were trapped.