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Women leading the charge in engineering Words by Deni Archer With the world having just celebrated International Women’s Day, we thought it an apt time to celebrate New Zealand women in engineering! Traditionally,
engineering
a quarter of engineering students
our society. Engineering touches our
have largely been adopted by the
jobs
in
nationwide, and less than a third of
everyday lives in multiple ways that
male workforce; however, this is
information
communications
most of us take for granted; for design
changing as more females embrace
technology (ICT) students (according
to be effective, we need designers of
new career possibilities and develop
to women.govt.nz).
all shapes and sizes working together
their passions in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
and
There are so many reasons why we should be encouraging women into
to understand the complexities of our world.
STEM careers. Studies show that
To inspire our young wāhine to learn
While the reasons fewer women
having more diversity in a team
more about STEM, EVolocity recently
choose
improves
creativity
spoke with a few of our local female
could be as simple as the way they
to
pursue
STEM
careers
and even organisational sales and
productivity,
engineering heroes who are leading
analyse their high school grades, or as
profits. But more importantly: we
successful engineering careers in NZ.
complex as structural biases, statistics
need more diverse experiences and
show that women make up less than
views to inform inclusive solutions for
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