International Women’s Day: Paving the path to gender equity in engineering is good business sense

On 8 March, International Women’s Day, it invites us to reflect on a number of issues, including advances in gender equity in the workplace. However, recent political and social movements seem to threaten these achievements, posing the disturbing possibility of a setback. Are we willing to allow wage equity policies, programmes to promote female talent, support for women’s employment development and women’s representation in leadership positions…

Celebrating the power of inclusion on International Women’s Day

Celebrating the power of inclusion on International Women’s Day xc-cna Fri, 03/07/2025 - 12:11 2025-03-07 Image When women are involved in implementing engineering solutions the results better reflect the needs of the community, said Esther Nzau, Systems Engineer specializing in renewable energy and technology solutions. Esther Nzau, who works for the IEC Global Impact Fund’s implementing partner, Differ Community Power in Kenya, was speaking …

International Women’s Day: Paving the path to gender equity in engineering is good business sense

When I first stepped into my university classroom as one of few women in a class of around 50 engineering candidates, I was reminded of my mother who, decades earlier, had been the only woman in her mechanical engineering class. This experience reflects a larger… The post International Women’s Day: Paving the path to gender equity in engineering is good business sense appeared first on New Civil Engineer.