N E W S L E T T E R No 83 December 2007

n e w s l e t t e r no 83 december 2007

Networks for Women Engineers Internationally

This is the English PDF edition of the printed German dib newsletter no. 83, 4/2007, published in December 2007 (ISSN 1612-8281). Editors of this issue: Angelika Reinhard, Petra Mayerhofer dib – deutscher ingenieurinnenbund e.V. German Association of Women Engineers

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Table of Contents

Preface...... 1 Lobbies for Women Engineers in Europe and in Other Parts of the World...... 3

WES – The Women's Engineering Society ...... 6 SWE – Society of Women Engineers ...... 8 WIE – Engineers Australia – Women in Engineering ...... 10 FI – Association Française des Femmes Ingénieurs...... 12 APWEN – Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria...... 14 dib – deutscher ingenieurinnenbund ...... 16 Stichting NIMF – Netwerk voor Informaticae, Mathematicae en Fysicae ...... 19 WITS – Women in Technology and Science...... 20 SVIN – Schweizerische Vereinigung der Ingenieurinnen ...... 23 JWEF – Japan Women Engineers Forum...... 24 WPESJ – The Woman Professional Engineers Society of Japan ...... 25 KWSE – The Association of Korean Woman Scientists and Engineers...... 27 Ε.Δ.Ε.Μ. / EDEM – Ένωσης Διπλωματούχων Ελληνίδων Μηχανικών ...... 29 AMIT – Asociación de Mujeres Investigadoras y Tecnólogas ...... 30 BeWiSe – Belgian Women in Science ...... 31 The Women’s Engineering Society – WES ...... 32 Australia Celebrates 2007 as Year of Women in Engineering: Creative/Diverse/Inspiring ...... 33 Case Study on the Advancement of Women in Science and Technology in Korea...... 35 International Federations and Organisations for Women Engineers ...... 37 ICWES and the Establishment of INWES ...... 40 NEWS from INWES: November 2007 ...... 43 14th International Conference of Women Engineers & Scientists...... 44 Empowering Women in Engineering and Technology ...... 46 International Colloquium of WFEO...... 46 INWES Regional Symposium on Women Scientists and Engineers in New EU Countries and Eastern Europe ...... 48 Global Summit of Women 2007 – Berlin...... 51 The Situation of Women Engineers in International Comparison in Numbers ...... 54

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Preface

In 2005 the deutscher ingenieurinnenbund dib1. In the end the newsletter topic was pre- (dib – German Association of Women Engi- pared “only“ by us as the other members of neers) decided to take part in the organisa- the working group had other commitments. tion of the 14th International Conference of However, we were supported by the others Women Engineers and Scientists (ICWES14) when needed. in July 2008 in Lille, France. The French as- And not only by them! We asked our interna- sociation of women engineers FI had suc- tional contacts whether they would contribute cessfully bid to hold this conference. In Au- and/or whether they would answer the ques- gust 2005 at ICWES13 in Seoul, South Ko- tionnaire with respect to their association. rea, the European participants – among them And for each request we received a positive our board member at that time Efstratia answer and a contribution. Especially we Zafeiriou and I, Angelika – had discussed to want to thank here: organise the conference together. The dib board agreed in October 2005. Within dib a • Professor Monique Frize, president of IN- small internal working group was formed. WES, who contributed an article on the current situation of INWES, In April 2006 a project-kick-off-meeting took • Dr. Anna Szemik Hojniak, INWES director place in Paris at which both of us partici- for Eastern Europe, who provided us with pated. For me, Petra, it was the first contact a report on the regional INWES sympo- with women engineers from other countries. sium in Wroclaw (Breslau), Poland, in July At dinner we spoke about our different asso- this year, ciations. How large they were, when they • Dr. Myung Hee Jung, INWES director for were created, how they functioned, what top- the Far East, for the questionnaire an- ics were seen as relevant, how high the swered for the association KWSE and for a membership fees were ... . My curiosity was study on the development of women in awakened. When we discussed at the first science and technology in Korea, which is meeting of the dib-internal working group for described in this newsletter, ICWES14 what we specifically wanted to do, • Dr. Marlene Kanga, Chair of the National the idea of a dib newsletter about the confer- Committee for Women in Engineering – ence suggested itself. The intention was to Engineers Australia, for the information inform about and win the dib members for about the special interest group WIE of the conference. As a result of the discussions Engineers Australia and about “2007 at the Paris meeting we decided to call the Year of Women in Engineering“ of Engi- topic of the newsletter “Networks for Women neers Australia, which is presented in an Engineers Internationally“. At the General article in this newsletter, Assembly 2006 the working group applied • Ellen Wesselingh and Edda Neuteboom for the 4th newsletter of this year – something for the questionnaire answered for the as- new, as to our knowledge this is the first sociation NIMF, newsletter topic done by a working group of

1 Normally dib newsletter topics are prepared by regional groups of dib.

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dib-internal working group ICWES14 from left to right: Michaela Claus-Lynker, Marianne von Rauch, Angelika Klein, Petra Mayerhofer, Angelika Reinhard

• Pam Wain for the information about the The newsletter consists of four topics: association WES, 1. national associations of women engi- • Marianne Rodot for the questionnaire neers and their activities, answered for the association FI, 2. international networks for women engi- • Gail Mattson and Betty Shanahan for the neers, in particular INWES and ICWES, questionnaire answered for the associa- 3. international conferences for women tion SWE, and engineers, • Ryo Kimura for the questionnaire an- 4. the situation of women engineers in in- 2 swered for the association WPESJ . ternational comparison in numbers. In addition we thank our colleagues on the We hope that the result will find your interest. dib board Jülide Sünter for the report about The organisation of ICWES14 has progressed the Global Women Summit and Sylvia Kegel considerably up to now and should enter the for the translation (from Polish!) of the report “hot phase” now. For some weeks now pa- by Dr. Anna Szemik Hojniak. It is inspiring, pers can be submitted at the homepage how many contributions we received and how www.icwes14.org (up to 13 January). We readily our requests were answered. think that the dib members could make many

interesting contributions. Use this opportunity 2 We received this questionnaire in December to contribute! after the newsletter was printed. The input from WPESJ is included in this English PDF version. Networks for Women Engineers Internationally – dib Newsletter 4/2007 3

We hope that many of you take this opportu- ing to travel to the second ICWES14-project nity to participate in an ICWES in Europe. meeting in Paris. We are looking forward to Presumably the ICWES14 conference fee will this weekend, to discuss the project and to be reduced significantly for dib members. We meet the other organisers and hope to con- will inform you! tinue thereafter with fresh momentum. We write this on 30 November. Tomorrow Further information in the next newsletter ... several members of the working group – Angelika Reinhard, Petra Mayerhofer Marianne von Rauch, Michaela Claus- Lynker, Sylvia Kegel, and both of us (Angelika Klein was unfortunately prevented) – are go-

Lobbies for Women Engineers in Europe and in Other Parts of the World

Motivation and Objective structured differently and that they have in part a different focus. dib – the German Association of Women Engineers – was founded at a time when the There was no opportunity at the kick-off movement of women scientists and engineers meeting to deepen this. But we wanted to (in Germany) was nearly ten years old – explore systematically the differences and counted from the first “Treffen von Frauen in similarities of the different national associa- Naturwissenschaft und Technik” (meeting of tions for women engineers. We wanted to women in science and technology, abbrevi- find out which women engineers associations ated as FiNuT) in 1977. At that time women exist in other parts of the world, how and why student groups were taken for granted, while they were established, how they were organ- equal opportunity commissioners were the ised, which focus and specific characteristics exception. Many of the first dib members they had, and what their activities were – and participated regularly in the FiNuT meetings in particular, what we could learn from them. and conferences and/or were active in the Approach women student groups. We were especially interested in those na- The general conditions have changed. And tional associations and formal and informal over the twenty years of its existence dib has networks whose members are primarily changed: the number and structure of its women engineers (or women in technical members, its emphasis and its activities have occupations) and for which it is an important developed further and further. objective to represent the interests of women When we attended the kick-off meeting of the in engineering and technology. We had not organisation of the 14th International Con- (or less) in focus those networks ference of Women Engineers and Scientists • that are “only” a woman sub-group within (ICWES14) in Paris in April 2006, we noticed a “mixed” association for engineers, during the conversations with the French and British colleagues that their associations were • that are “only” a science & technology founded from different motives, that they are sub-group within an association for university women, or

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• whose focus is mentoring, promotion of unions, although they had made a huge technical professions to girls, etc. and less contribution to the war effort during the the representation of women in engineer- First World War. WES has had an interna- ing and technology. tional perspective for a long time: many members participated in the first ICWES, Due to existing contacts, the INWES member- and the second ICWES conference was ship list and an internet search we created a organised by WES. In addition, WES is a list of the respective associations and net- founding member of INWES. WES oper- works. Thereby, we endeavoured to be com- ates a large mentoring project: Mentor- plete for Europe while networks in other parts SET. Pam Wain of WES has contributed a of the world we included in general only if we profile of WES in addition to the question- had relevant contacts. naire. We contacted the networks and associations • SWE – Society of Women Engi- on the list and asked them to fill out a ques- neers, USA: SWE was founded in 1950 tionnaire concerning their organisation. The and is with 20.000 members the largest networks, to which we had already estab- association for women engineers in the lished personal contacts, dealt in all cases world nowadays. Each year SWE organ- kindly with our request. To these belong izes for its members a national and sev- KWSE from South Korea, WIE in Australia, FI eral regional conferences. Last year SWE from France, WES from the United Kingdom, provided $400.000 in scholarships. SWE and SWE from the USA. We were less suc- launched the first ICWES and was one of cessful with the networks without existing per- the founding members of INWES. sonal contacts. However, we received an answer from NIMF from the Netherlands.2 • WIE – Women in Engineering, special interest group of Engineers Aus- For the other networks in Europe and with tralia: WIE was founded around 1980 some non-European associations we evalu- ated their homepage. The information about (the exact year is not even known to WIE) these networks is accordingly incomplete. to promote women in engineering. WIE has 6,000 members (Engineers Australia National Networks for Women has altogether 80,000 members). Engi- Engineers neers Australia announced 2007 as the Each network has its specific focus and coun- “Year of Women in Engineering”. There try-specific characteristics which we briefly were numerous conferences and work- state in the following from our view. The net- shops, publications and media reports in works are listed in the order they were estab- the context of this year (see article in this lished. If an official version is available the newsletter). English names of the networks are given. • FI – Association Française des • WES – Women's Engineering Soci- Femmes Ingénieurs, France: In 1982 ety, UK: This to our knowledge oldest as- FI was founded following a meeting sociation for women engineers was among women engineers from the AFFDU founded in 1919. At that time British (Association Française des Femmes women engineers made the experience diplômées d'université). FI has a strong in- that their continued employment was ternational perspective. It is also a found- questioned by government, industry, and ing member of INWES and holds one of the director posts for Western Europe of Networks for Women Engineers Internationally – dib Newsletter 4/2007 5

INWES since 2002. FI was involved in the of the last 300 years. An updated edition organisation of the women colloquium of is planned for November 2008. Since the WFEO in Tunis this year and is one of 1998 WITS operates the Irish Women Sci- the partners of the organisation of IC- entists Plaques Project that strives to get WES14. plaques for Irish women scientists attached at the appropriate historical places. • APWEN – Association of Profes- sional Women Engineers of Nige- • SVIN – Schweizerische Vereini- ria: APWEN was created in 1982 as a gung der Ingenieurinnen, Switzer- lobby against the attitude of the men hir- land (Swiss Association of Women Engi- ing engineers, that they “rather have neers): SVIN was founded in 1991 and women in the kitchen and not on con- has approximately 270 members by now. struction sites nor behind the desk carrying On the SVIN homepage the ironically out engineering designs “. By now, AP- meant “Questioning of a man” is pub- WEN has 750 members and more than lished each month. Examples for questions 13 regional groups. asked: “is your father also an engineer?“, “why not kindergarten teacher?“, “family • dib – deutscher ingenieurinnen- and occupation: do you have the feeling bund, Germany (German Association of that one of your tasks misses out?“ Women Engineers): founded in 1986 • JWEF – Japan Women Engineers • NIMF – Netwerk voor Informa- Forum: JWEF was founded in 1992 and ticae, Mathematicae en Fysicae, the has about 200 members by now. JWEF Netherlands (Dutch Network for Women has many working groups e.g. the working in Computer Science, Mathematics and group "Way of Life". Physics): This network for women in mathematics, physics, computer science • WPESJ – The Woman Professional and related areas such as astronomy, Engineers Society of Japan: JWEF electro-technology, geology, chemistry was founded in 1993 and has approxi- technology, etc. was informally formed in mately 120 members by now. WPESJ con- 1987 and officially founded in 1988. The ducts a survey of women engineers each focus of NIMF is to create networks for its year. members for the exchange of experience • KWSE – The Association of Korean and information. For this purpose NIMF Woman Scientists and Engineers, offers among other things six network South Korea: KWSE was founded in 1993 evenings in the year, a newsletter pub- because women were strongly underrepre- lished five times a year, and a symposium sented in the scientific-technical area in every two years. South Korea. KWSE has nearly 1,200 • WITS – Women in Technology and members, 800 of them have completed a Science, Ireland: WITS was founded in Ph.D. KWSE has already organised two in- 1990. WITS makes an particular effort ternational women conferences: BIEN in with respect to the history of women scien- the year 2003 and ICWES13 in the year tists and engineers. Thus, in 1997 WITS 2005. The association is member in the published the book Star, Shells and Blue- Korean Federation of Science and Tech- bells – Women Scientists and Pioneers nology Societies and in INWES and active with 15 profiles of Irish women scientists in the political and social area.

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• Ε.Δ.Ε.Μ. / EDEM – Ένωσης • BeWiSe – Belgian Women in Sci- Διπλωματούχων Ελληνίδων ence / Vrouwen en Wetenschappen in Μηχανικών, Greece (Greek Women's Belgiee / Femmes et Sciences en Bel- Engineering Association): EDEM was gique, Belgium: Apparently, BeWiSe exists founded by qualified women engineers since the beginning of this decade (the and members of the Technical Chamber second BeWiSe meeting took place in Oc- of Greece (TCG) in 1995. A focus of tober 2002). In 2003 the association was EDEM is obviously the participation in registered. The network has approx. 60 various European Union projects in the members. From a German point of view it area “equal opportunities for women in is remarkable that president and vice- the scientific-technical professions“. EDEM president have apparently to come from is member of WiTEC and of the European different language groups of Belgium Platform of Women Scientists. (Flemish, French) to ensure balance. • AMIT – Asociación de Mujeres In- Overview vestigadoras y Tecnólogas, Spain: In the following overviews of the networks are Inspired by the ETAN report (European presented. The overview corresponds to the Technology Assessment Network) pub- questionnaires sent out. For the European lished in 2000 on women and science in networks for which no contact could be es- the European Union, in 2001/2 AMIT was tablished, the overviews were created based founded by a group of women from dif- on the respective homepages and other ferent fields that worked at the universities, available sources. at the Consejo Superior de Investiga- ciones Científicas (CSIC) and in the indus- Petra Mayerhofer, Angelika Reinhard try. AMIT is in the process of developing a Sources:

network of regional groups and focuses Dorothy Hatfield (2005) The Women’s Engineering on the European Union guidelines for the Society - A Little Bit of History. Presentation at WES- equal opportunities for women in occupa- Conference 2005 (see tion. http://www.wes.org.uk/files/WESHistory.ppt)

WES – The Women's Engineering Society Country United Kingdom Contact data The Women's Engineering Society, Michael Faraday House, Sixhills Way, Steve- nage SG1 2AY, Phone +44(0) 1438 765 506 Homepage www.wes.org.uk Establishment of network / association Established 1919 Cause / motivation, Women who had been working in engineering during the war were reluctant to situation at that time leave their jobs when the soldiers returned home.

With such a long history, we have become involved in many initiatives to help women in engineering in many different ways. We summarise this in “promoting the education, training and practice of engineering among women”. Networks for Women Engineers Internationally – dib Newsletter 4/2007 7

Members Conditions to join Full Members must be women holding a responsible post in the field of engineering or the related sciences. Other women, and men, can be Associates. Students are a separate grade. All have voting rights. Current number 600 (+ 100 in student groups or regular attenders at regional meetings) Structure A great variety of women of all ages and seniorities, from all across engineering, technology, IT, physics etc. Most work in industry, with a few academics. Organisation and structure of the network / association Organisational struc- President elected for one year (often now re-elected for a second year). This post ture currently held by Grazyna Whapshott. The Executive Committee has 3 Vice- Presidents, the Immediate Past President, the Honorary Secretary and the Treas- urer. We have a Council (board) of another 20 members who are elected for 3 years, which may be renewed.

We have designated regional contacts covering the whole country, our regional branches (where they exist) are called Circles because they are cooperative without a formal hierarchical structure.

Office, staffed with a part-time employee Local chapters 5 local branches which meet irregularly, North West Circle, Surrey and Sussex Circle, Scottish Circle, London Circle, Heart of England Circle. About 4 student groups (they vary over quite short time periods). General goals of the network / association and activities to reach these goals Goals WES’s mission is to inspire women to achieve their potential as scientists, engineers and leaders and to assist educators, managers and employers in making this happen. Activities Annual 3-day conference, website, regional clusters and circles, MentorSET mentoring scheme. Activities to influence policy-making, and the debate on science and innovation policy and research. Events, publications, training courses, and similar activities of the network / association Periodicals The Woman Engineer journal published four times a year Other publications Website www.wes.org.uk Women in Engineering – booklet of selected women engineer’s lives – historic and current. Just being updated. MentorSET handbook Events Annual Conference held over 3 days, usually at a university. Includes our Annual Dinner. Training courses & Annual Conference always includes personal development sessions, as well as seminars CPD material. We part-fund the separate series of Personal Development Work- shops run by the Women in Physics Group of the Institute of Physics. Other important activi- We are formally involved in about 40 projects, initiatives and schemes. Our mem- ties bers carry our message into many more places. Political committees and organisations and associations Political committees We do not hold many seats on committees as a society – most of our representatives at high levels hold personal appointments rather than WES ones. WES does have a representative on the Courts of 3 universities.

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Membership in other • International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists (INWES) organisations and • Women’s National Committee federations • National Association of Women’s Organisations News Important milestones Starting a large expansion drive for the society, called Mission Bluebell. and achievements in Contributing to the establishment of INWES. the last years Partner in the organisation of the 14th International Conference of Women Engi- neers and Scientists (ICWES14) A new relationship with dib, which we hope to continue Current important MentorSET, Mission Bluebell (fundraising, expansion) activities Other aspects Special characteristics, Friendly network of women who all want to change the world, and are willing to etc. contribute their time and effort to help. Created by Pam Wain, 25 November 2007

SWE – Society of Women Engineers Country USA Contact data Betty Shanahan, Executive Director & CEO, 230 E. Ohio Street, Suite 400, Chi- cago, IL 60611-3265, USA, Phone 312-596-5223, [email protected] Homepage www.swe.org Establishment of network / association Established SWE, founded in 1950, is a not-for-profit educational and service organization. SWE is the driving force that establishes engineering as a highly desirable career aspiration for women. SWE empowers women to succeed and advance in those aspirations and be recognized for their life-changing contributions and achievements as engineers and leaders. Cause / motivation, • Provide networking opportunities for women engineers who were not permitted situation at that time to join professional engineering societies and discouraged from pursuing engineering job opportunities • Encourage young women to pursue college degrees and careers in engineering Members Conditions to join There are several member categories depending on education, profession and interest: • Professional – Post-college. Within Professional are the following grades: o Member: professional with an engineering degree or works as an engineer o Senior Member: professional with higher levels of experience o Fellow Member: top grade of member, given as an honor for continuous service o Associate – an individual who does not qualify as a Professional Member grade, but whose work is related to the practice or training of engineering o Affliate – an individual who does not qualify for any other membership grade, but is interested in supporting SWE • Collegiate – university student in an engineering program • Corporate – companies who employ women engineers and wish to have multiple members of SWE representing the company Networks for Women Engineers Internationally – dib Newsletter 4/2007 9

Current number 11,100 Professional Members: 9,100 Collegiate Members 80 Corporate Members Structure SWE has professional and collegiate members representing all disciplines of engineering. Most members are in the U.S. Organisation and structure of the network / association Organisational struc- National Board of Directors ture Council of Representatives representing sections 10 Regions with Regional Councils 100 Professional Sections 300 Collegiate Sections 600 Members-at-Large Local chapters Regions and sections can be found on the SWE website under Membership at the How to Find a SWE Section link General goals of the network / association and activities to reach these goals Goals • Inform young women, their parents, counselors, and the general public, of the qualifications and achievements of women engineers and the opportunities open to them. • Assist women in readying themselves for a return to active work after temporary retirement. • Serve as a center of information on women in engineering. • Encourage women engineers to attain high levels of education and professional achievement. Activities • Provide opportunities for women to attain, enhance, and demonstrate leadership, professional, and technical excellence that results in career aspiration, advancement, achievement, and satisfaction. • Embrace and promote the value and power of diversity in specialties, age, race, ethnicity, language, gender identity, sexual orientation, and interests. • Share its acquired knowledge and promote programs that bridge the gaps in recruitment, professional development, and retention of women in engineering. • Inspire girls and women from diverse backgrounds and life stages to aspire to engineering for meaningful and rewarding careers. Events, publications, training courses, and similar activities of the network / association Periodicals SWE, Magazine of the Society of Women Engineers is published quarterly with an additional issue in October to cover the National Conference. Other publications • SWE Newsletter is available monthly on line for SWE membership • Annual Report is available to all members online Events • Annual National Conference usually in October • Each Region has a Regional Conference in February or March • SWE participates other minority engineering organization events and supports women committees in engineering associations Training courses & • Professional, Leadership and Career Workshops are available at the Annual seminars National and Regional Conferences • Web Seminars are provided throughout the year • Professional and Collegiate Sections often hold their own Professional Development and/or Outreach Seminars

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Other important ac- Government affairs advocates for science, technology, engineering and mathemat- tivities ics education and professional opportunities for women Political committees and organisations and associations Political committees • American Association of Engineering Societies (AAES) • Girl Scouts of the USA • Girls, Inc. • Engineers Week Diversity Council Membership in other Founding Member of INWES organisations and federations News Important milestones Provided $400,000 in Scholarships in 2006 and achievements in the last years Current important Outreach materials at www.swe.org activities Launching virtual communities for women engineers at www.swe.org Created by Gail Mattson and Betty Shanahan, 27 November 2007

WIE – Engineers Australia – Women in Engineering Country Australia Contact data Engineers Australia, 11 Barton Circuit, ACT 2600, Australia Program Manager for Women in Engineering: Gabrielle Cusack ([email protected]) Homepage www.engineersaustralia.org.au/women This is the web site of the National Committee for Women in Engineering (WIENC). There are also web pages for Women in Engineering (WIE) Committees in every State and Territory of Australia (total 9). For example, for Sydney Division WIE see: www.engineersaustralia.org.au/sydneywie. Establishment of network / association Established Engineers Australia has been established for nearly 50 years. Women in Engineer- ing was established as a Special Interest Group about 1980, specific date not known. Cause / motivation, To foster women in the engineering profession situation at that time Members Conditions to join Mainly women with professional engineering qualifications. Technologists with technical qualifications (not a formal engineering degree) are also members. Mem- bership requirements are the same for men and women. The Women in Engineer- ing Group is a Special Interest Group of Engineers Australia. Current number Approx 6,000 across Australia Structure All engineering disciplines Networks for Women Engineers Internationally – dib Newsletter 4/2007 11

Organisation and structure of the network / association Organisational struc- Engineers Australia is the peak professional body for engineers, technologists and ture associates in Australia. Women in Engineering is a Special Interest Group. There are WIE Committees in every State and Territory (total 9). Each Division has a Na- tional Representative. These Representatives make up the National Committee for Women in Engineering. Each Committee at the Division level and the national level has a Chair, Vice Chair and other Committee positions. Local chapters These are the Division Committees, total 9. General goals of the network / association and activities to reach these goals Goals The Strategic Plan 2008-2010 for Engineers Australia Women in Engineering has the following statements:

Our vision: “Our vision is that engineering is an inclusive profession which values, supports and celebrates the contributions of women in the engineering team.”

Our mission: • Attract women of all ages to engineering careers • Retain women in engineering • Support women through their engineering career • Celebrate the achievements of women in engineering Activities See document on the activities for the Year of Women in Engineering [summary in this newsletter]. Events, publications, training courses, and similar activities of the network / association Periodicals Women in Engineering Feature articles in Engineers Australia monthly magazine. Other publications • Careers Review into Engineering Women, 2002 (update to be published in November 2007) • Engineering a Better Workplace, a diversity guide • 25 Influential Engineers, Engineers Australia magazine, October 2007 • Inspiring Engineers, Profiles of 12 women engineers, December 2007

See website above for various publications that can be downloaded. Events See document on the activities for the Year of Women in Engineering [some examples quoted from this document: • Women in Science and Engineering (WISE)-Symposium on 30 March 2007 in Canberra, • Promoting Professional Women Conference on 23 July 2007 in Melbourne, • Women in Engineering Workshop at CHEMECA conference on 24 September 2007 in Melbourne, • Women in Engineering Workshop at AEEE conference on 12 December 2007 in Melbourne]

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Training courses & See document on the activities for the Year of Women in Engineering [some exam- seminars ples quoted from this document: • Leading in Change-Workshop, offered several times in various WIE divisions in 2006 and 2007, • Workshop “How to attract and retain a diverse workforce”, offered several times in various WIE divisions in 2006 and 2007, • Women in Leadership-seminar, offered for the first time in December 2007] Other important ac- See document on the activities for the Year of Women in Engineering [summary in tivities this newsletter]. Political committees and organisations and associations Political committees None Membership in other • Engineers Australia is a member of the World Federation of Engineering organisations and Organisation (WFEO). Dr. Marlene Kanga will be a delegate to the WFEO federations International Conference in Delhi, November 2007. • Gunilla Burrowes, Member of the National Committee for Women in Engineering attended the WFEO Women in Engineering Symposium, Tunis, Tunisia, June 2007. News Important milestones 2007 Year of Women in Engineering and achievements in the last years Current important See document on the activities for the Year of Women in Engineering. activities The National Committee for Women in Engineering is also making a bid to host ICWES 2011 in Adelaide, South Australia. Other aspects Special characteris- Ongoing development of women in engineering programs which will build on the tics, etc. success of the Year of Women in Engineering. Created by Dr. Marlene Kanga, 25 October 2007

FI – Association Française des Femmes Ingénieurs English Name French Association of Women Engineers Country France Contact data c/o CNISF – 7, rue Lamennais – F-75008 Paris - France Phone : +33 6 71 69 39 36 [email protected] Homepage www.femmes-ingenieurs.org Establishment of network / association Established 1982 Cause / motivation, • Continue and gives a new dynamics to the existing society of French women situation at that time engineers and scientists • Emphasize the promotion of engineering education and careers Networks for Women Engineers Internationally – dib Newsletter 4/2007 13

Members Conditions to join Regular membership: each woman with a recognised degree from an engineering school; a woman with a university degree that works in sciences or as an engineer, which candidateship is supported by 2 active FI members, and has been discussed within the FI board. Associated members: natural persons who do not have a degree in engineering nor working as engineer, but are able to help the Association; Associations of Scientists or Engineers. Current number 100 Structure Situation in 2006: 2/3 in Paris region; 1/3 in French regions Organisation and structure of the network / association Organisational struc- Board : 5-10 persons, ture Executive committee: Chairperson, secretary, treasurer, communication, conferences/actions with schools. Representatives in the regions General goals of the network / association and activities to reach these goals Goals 1. Promote engineering professions to girls and young women, their parents and teachers 2. Improve position of women at work (equal opportunities) 3. Exchange good practices with other sister organisations worldwide – ICWES/WFEO/ European Platform… 4. Clearing-house (statistics & data) 5. Develop our relationship with the political world and authorities for a higher recognition Activities 1. Conferences, presentation in schools; participation to juries such as the “Scientific and Technical Vocation Award to Women” 2. Partnership with companies and company professional women associations; participation to juries recognising achievements (Prix de l’Ingénieur, Excellencia, …) 3. Active participation in conferences; board director of INWES for Europe; networking 4. Publishing statistics on Women Engineers in France 5. Participation in workshops & events along with the Ministry of Education, of Research… Events, publications, training courses, and similar activities of the network / association Periodicals Quarterly newsletter for FI members Other publications DVD on stereotypes of women in sciences, Booklet “Women & Sciences…beyond received ideas”, articles in specialised journals (IFP, Ecole Centrale…) Co-author of the website www.elles-en-sciences.org Events Workshop “Empowering women in Engineering” at the WFEO Conference in Tunis – 2007: steering a training session to leadership, entrepreneurship and networking

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Political committees and organisations and associations Political committees • Association Femmes et Sciences (Women & Sciences) • Association Femmes et Mathématiques – Women & Mathemathics • WFEO: World Federation of Engineering Organisations • IIWE: International Institute of Women In Engineering • EYE: European Young Engineers Membership in other • CNISF: National Council of French Engineers and Scientists organisations and • INWES: Board director – International Network of Women Engineers and federations Scientists (INWES) since the foundation in 2002. • EPWS: Européan Platform of Women in Sciences News Important milestones • 2006: Partnership with the IFP journal – French Institute of Petrol and achievements in (l’Hydrocarbure) on a special issue on women engineers the last years • 2006 : Publication of the booklet “Women & Sciences…beyond received ideas” • 8 May 2007: participation to the village of associations in Paris • June 2007: Organisation of the workshop “empowering women in Engineering” at the WFEO Conference in Tunis – 2007 • Each year analysis and comments of the CNISF survey on women engineers. Current important • Partner in the organisation of the 14th International Conference of Women activities Engineers and Scientists (ICWES14) Created by Marianne Rodot, 18 November 2007

APWEN – Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria Country Nigeria Contact data National Engineering Centre, 1, Engineering Close, P.O.Box 72667, Victoria Is- land, Lagos, Nigeria, [email protected], [email protected] Homepage www.apwen.org Establishment of network / association Established 1982 Cause / motivation, It was originally meant to be a pressure group since most men hiring engineers then situation at that time would rather have women in the kitchen and not on construction sites nor behind the desk carrying out engineering designs. Members Conditions to join Female engineers and students Current number 750 Structure Professional female engineers in all disciplines of engineering Organisation and structure of the network / association Organisational struc- Board of 7 directors: president, vice president, general secretary, assistant general ture secretary, technical secretary, publicity secretary and financial secretary Local chapters 13 local chapters + student chapters at 5 universities Networks for Women Engineers Internationally – dib Newsletter 4/2007 15

General goals of the network / association and activities to reach these goals Goals The objectives of the association are relevant today as they were 20 years ago and they include but not limited to • To provide a forum for promoting sorority amongst female engineers. • To encourage engineering studies and practice amongst female Nigerians. • To create a platform by which women engineers can collaborate with other women in other professions in Nigeria and elsewhere. Mission • To stimulate women to achieve professional excellence as engineers and leaders. • To expand the image of the engineering profession as a positive force in improving the quality of life. • To generate enough awareness that engineering is a career for girls too and to improve on the numerical strength of female engineers in Nigeria. Activities • Organizing career-counselling sessions for female students of primary, secondary and tertiary institutions to increase awareness and encourage girls to study science and engineering. • Organizing industrial visits to technical industries. • Participating, as role models and mentors, in the programmes organized by engineering students of tertiary institutions. • Giving scholarships and awards to outstanding female engineering students. • Recognising and celebrating the achievements of women engineers whom have distinguished themselves in the practice of engineering profession. • Organizing conferences, seminars, workshops and technical lectures. • Ensuring adequate visibility through publicity coverage of APWEN activities and publishing of newsletters. • Participating in Women in Science and Engineering (ICWES) and World Engineers Conventions. Events, publications, training courses, and similar activities of the network / association Events • Annual conference • 25th anniversary celebrations and conference on 5-8 November 2007 Training courses & Work-life-balance seminar in February 2007 seminars Political committees and organisations and associations Membership in other APWEN is a division of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), a non- organisations and governmental umbrella body for all engineers in Nigeria federations

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News Current important In the next two years, our vision will be to see APWEN as a pivot where women activities engineers can anchor and draw, share and disseminate knowledge. We will encourage them to strive for excellence in professional service delivery. We will also continue to inspire and encourage our girls and women from different backgrounds to consider engineering as a rewarding and meaningful career. • Engineering The programme intends to encourage young people to think and see engineering and science in terms of its vital role in improving the quality of life. It will be organized for children from senior primary grade to the junior secondary level. APWEN has always concentrated on secondary school students, but from survey and results children from junior schools in science, we believe that children in senior primary should. Also be targeted as it is the formative years and most of them know very little about engineering and the positive impact it has on our everyday life. • Seminars/Workshops On Science, Technology And Mathematics Education (Stme) This programme aims at helping students realize that science and engineering can be very interesting and simple to understand. The importance of science and technology in national development cannot be overemphasized, hence the awareness in our children in the formative stage. We have already discussed with some state Governors and they are willing to have our programme in their states. • Prize Giving/Scholarship Award the scholarship award by our founding president, The NSE President and some other members of APWEN will be resuscitated. We will encourage every chapter of APWEN to emulate Abuja Chapter by introducing prize giving to the best science students in the Junior and Senior Secondary Certificate examination in their states. Scholarship will be given to outstanding female students to read engineering. • Similarly, we call on all stakeholders of engineering to help in revamping our ailing facilities in secondary school laboratories and university workshops and laboratories. APWEN will work with the Education Ministry and the Nigerian Universities Commis- sion (NUC), to organize a stakeholders meeting to map out strategies for the way forward. Created by Angelika Reinhard based on APWEN homepage, November 2007

dib – deutscher ingenieurinnenbund English name German Association of Women Engineers Country Germany Contact data P.O. Box 110305, D-64218 Darmstadt, Germany Phone (w/ answering machine) & Fax +49 700/34238342, [email protected] Homepage www.dibev.de Establishment of network / association Established 1986 Networks for Women Engineers Internationally – dib Newsletter 4/2007 17

Cause / motivation, • Uneasiness at our special situation as women in engineering: exotics both in our situation at that time professional life and “among women“ in our private life - this also applied to our situation in the professional associations at that time (e.g. VDI - The Association of German Engineers, DAB – German Federation of University Women) • Desire for exchange of experience and technical discussion with other women in our professional fields • Need to change socio-political situation Members Conditions to join normal membership: each woman engineer or female engineering student or woman that works as an engineer, the dib board can allow exceptions to these rules Sustaining membership: all natural persons, legal entities, civil law association, corporations Current number 350 Structure Situation in 2006: • Multiplicity of specialisations, most strongly represented: civil engineering (18%), electrical engineering (16%), mechanical engineering (15%) • 64% employed, 24% self-employed • 49% work for an industrial company, 14% for an engineering firm or planning office, 14% in the public service, 12% at universities • 13% work at university or research institutes, 12% in IT sector, 10% in administration, 10% in building sector • 21% with managerial responsibility, 40% are project managers • Age: between 22 and 68 years, on average 42 years • 76% of the members are married or live with a partner • 47% have children • 20% live in the federal state Hessia, 17% in Bavaria, 15% in Lower Saxony, 14% in Baden-Württemberg, 13% in Northrhine-Westphalia Organisation and structure of the network / association Organisational struc- Executive committee: 5-10 equal executive committee women, organized in de- ture partments Finances, Members, Networks, Public Relations, Projects 19 regional groups Office, staffed with a part-time employee Local chapters 19 regional groups, biggest regional groups in Darmstadt/Frankfurt, Munich, Stutt- gart, Rhineland-Ruhr, further groups e.g. in Berlin, Braunschweig, Hanover, Ham- burg, Karlsruhe, Mainz-Wiesbaden, Mannheim-Ludwigshafen, Rhoen, Rosenheim General goals of the network / association and activities to reach these goals Goals • to achieve equal opportunities for women and men: in training, occupation and family-life • future-oriented ways and structures to work together: interdisciplinary, team- oriented, self-dependent, expertise-oriented • to develop comprehensive concepts for social and environment-compatible technologies

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Activities “more women into technology and engineering“, e.g. • activities to further the increase of female percentage in engineering fields • counselling and encouragement of girls and young women

“more chances for women in engineering and technological fields“, e.g. • lobby for equal opportunities for women in engineering • exchange of experience, further training and support • critical examination of technology and natural sciences

“work-life balance “, e.g. • demand for better conditions (part-time work, children care options)

“networking”, e.g. • co-operation with other networks – also internationally • cooperation in political committees (e.g. Deutscher Frauenrat – National Council of Women's Associations and Organisations) Events, publications, training courses, and similar activities of the network / association Periodicals Quarterly newsletter (ISSN 1612-8281) Other publications Brochure on the occasion of 20 year jubilee Booklet “Women Engineers Have Many Different Faces” Events Annual conference, e.g. Conference “Perspectives for the Future “,16-18 November 2007 at University of Applied Sciences Schmalkalden in Thuringia Training courses & Annual program with 5-8 seminars, e.g. 2007 seminars • Mother-daughter-course “Creative objects from scrap iron – Welding seminar“ • Course “Rules of the game in male-dominated occupations“ Political committees and organisations and associations Political committees • Deutscher Frauenrat (National Council of Women's Associations and Organisations) • 8 Federal State Councils of Women's Associations and Organisations • Chamber of Engineers Lower Saxony Membership in other • Kompetenzzentrum Technik – Diversity – Chancengleichheit (Competence organisations and Center Technology – Diversity – Equal Chances) federations • International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists (INWES) News Important milestones 20th anniversary in 2006: and achievements in • Ceremony in Darmstadt with greeting of Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel on the last years 12 June 2006 • 20th anniversary booklet • Technology Day for women and girls in Stuttgart with 600 visitors on 14 October 2006

in consequence of petitions of dib in Deutscher Frauenrat: • Letter of the Deutsche Frauenrat to Federal Minister of Education and Research Dr. Annette Schavan concerning missing Gender Mainstreaming in the high- tech strategy of the ministry called “Igniting Ideas!” • Establishment of taskforce High Tech of the Deutsche Frauenrat Networks for Women Engineers Internationally – dib Newsletter 4/2007 19

Current important • Partner in the organisation of the 14th International Conference of Women activities Engineers and Scientists (ICWES14) • Collaboration in the so-called National Pact for more women in engineering and sciences planned by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (2008- 2010) Other aspects Special characteris- Our regional groups are the strength of our network. From our regional groups tics, etc. new ideas and actions are again and again carried into the association. Created by Petra Mayerhofer, September 2007

Stichting NIMF – Netwerk voor Informaticae, Mathematicae en Fysicae English name Dutch Network for Women in Computer Science, Mathematics and Physics Country The Netherlands Contact data secretariat: Everard Meijsterlaan 50, 3533 CN Utrecht, phone +31 (0)30 2967635, [email protected] Homepage www.stichtingnimf.nl Establishment of network / association Established Officially established 1988, informally 1987. Cause / motivation, • Creation of an “old girls” network, to advance women in beta and technology, situation at that time especially in information technology, mathematics and physics • Desire for exchange of experience with other women in our professional fields • Need to change socio-political situation Members Conditions to join Each woman engineer or female engineering student or woman that works as an engineer, preferably in the field of information technology, mathematics or physics, the board can allow exceptions to these rules Each woman with a BSc or MSc degree or female student in beta studies, preferably in the field of information technology, mathematics or physics, the board can allow exceptions to these rules Sustaining membership: legal entities, civil law association, corporations Current number 120 Structure Multiplicity of specialisations, including information technology, mathematics, physics, chemical engineering. Members are both employed and self-employed, in industrial companies, the public service, at universities or research institutes, in the IT sector. Age: between 21 and 81 years. Members live throughout the Netherlands. Organisation and structure of the network / association Organisational struc- Executive committee: chairman, treasurer, secretariat, student member and a num- ture ber of committees: PR, magazine, network activities. Local chapters None

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General goals of the network / association and activities to reach these goals Goals • To support women in achieving equal opportunities in training, occupation and family-life. • Maintaining a social network for women in certain areas where they are a minority. Activities • Exchange of experience, further training and support by organising a two yearly symposium. • Exchange of experience and support in work by organising self-support groups. • Organisation of activities that combine social and practical aspects of work and life in area where women are a minority. • Co-operation with other networks – nationally and internationally. Events, publications, training courses, and similar activities of the network / association Periodicals Newsletter NIMFormatie (5 times a year). Other publications • Brochure on the occasion of 15 year jubilee (2002). • Brochure on the occasion of symposium 2005. Events • Bi-annual conference. • In 2008, in a joint effort with GAIA (network of women in the earth sciences), conference “Wie houdt Nederland veilig” (Who's responsible for safety and security in The Netherlands). Training courses & On an ad-hoc basis. seminars Other important ac- Networking events (6 times a year). tivities Political committees and organisations and associations Political committees Dutch National Network for Female Professors Membership in other European Platform of Women Scientists organisations and federations Other aspects Special characteris- NIMF is a network that is completely run by volunteers. tics, etc. Created by Ellen Wesselingh, 25 October 2007

WITS – Women in Technology and Science Country Ireland Contact data PO Box 3783, Dublin 4, Ireland, [email protected] Homepage www.witsireland.com Establishment of network / association Established 1990 Members Conditions to join Individual membership: open to women & men throughout Ireland who work, have worked or who are studying in any area of science, engineering or technology. Corporate membership: All eligible staff in an organisation shall be entitled to full membership on payment by their organisation of the annual corporate membership fee. Networks for Women Engineers Internationally – dib Newsletter 4/2007 21

Organisation and structure of the network / association Organisational struc- Patron: Mary McAleese, President of Ireland ture 2 Trustees Executive: Chairperson, Vice-Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, plus 7 further members Regional groups Office Local chapters 3 regional groups: Leinster, Midwest, Cork General goals of the network / association and activities to reach these goals Goals To promote actively women's participation in Science & Technology by: • Enabling women scientists and technologists to meet and correspond. • Providing a support and information network for women working in science and technology • Promoting co-operation between women scientists and technologists in all aspects of scientific and technological endeavour • Holding and promoting meetings on subjects relevant to the interests of women scientists and technologists • Informing public attitudes on the participation of women in science and technology • Encouraging the participation of young women in science and technology • Promoting the investigation of the role and influence of women in Irish science and technology • Examining science policy and its implications for women scientists and technologists • Establishing links with existing scientific and technological organisations and with groups promoting women in enterprise and equality for women. In establishing such links due account will be taken of the interests of all WITS members and any such links will be of benefit to all within the WITS membership. Events, publications, training courses, and similar activities of the network / association Periodicals Newsletter WITS Words, published 3x per year Other publications • Stars, Shells and Bluebells – women scientists and pioneers; published by WITS (Women in Technology and Science), November 1997 (ISBN 0-9531953-0-9): celebrates the achievements of 15 Irish women scientists from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, 2nd edition planned for 2008 • The Talent Bank Directory, 2003/4 Political committees and organisations and associations Political committees National Women’s Council of Ireland News Important milestones • since 1998: Irish Women Scientists Plaques Project and achievements in • since 2002: Role Model CD-Rom: profiles of 40 role models for girls the last years • The Talent Bank directory: profiles of over 150 experienced and talented women, compiled following a nationwide trawl during 2003-04

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Current important • Project “WISER Workforces”: InterTrade Ireland recently approved funding for activities an all-Island WITS project proposal for 2 year funding to adapt and pilot an existing on-line training, mentoring and placement programme to support Women in Science and Engineering to Re-entry to the Workforce. • 2nd edition of Stars, Shells and Bluebells Created by Petra Mayerhofer based on WITS-Homepage and Newsletter WITS Words No. 45, November 2007

SVIN – Schweizerische Vereinigung der Ingenieurinnen English name Swiss Association of Women Engineers Country Switzerland Contact data Freigutstrasse 8, CH-8027 Zürich Phone +43 305 05 90, Fax +43 305 05 99, [email protected] Homepage www.svin.ch Establishment of network / association Established 1991 Members Conditions to join Regular members: engineers or engineers in training, computer scientists, mathe- maticians, physicists and professional women working in technical fields Support members: individuals and organizations that wish to contribute towards the goals and activities of SVIN Current number 270 Support members: 21 corporations and organisations Organisation and structure of the network / association Organisational struc- President, Vice-President plus board of currently 6 women, organised in the de- ture partments Representation, Internet, Events, Training, Members, Junior engineers (“Nachwuchs”), Finances, Newsletter Administrative office with secretary Regional and working groups Local chapters Regular meetings in Zurich, Bern, Lucerne General goals of the network / association and activities to reach these goals Goals Vision Men and women in scientific-technical professions play a large part in shaping our society, economy and environment. Their activities, which enjoy a high level of recognition by the public, influence our daily life in nearly every area and ensure that Switzerland remains competitive. Professionals with a scientific-technical education are aware of the great responsibility coupled with their activities and act accordingly. The scientific-technical professions are equally attractive for men and for women, offering them challenging work opportunities and advantageous possibilities for development. Equality for men and women in the field is taken for granted and from the point of view of optimal solutions is a necessity.

SVIN is dedicated to the advancement of women in engineering fields, business, education and industry and strives to motivate young women to pursue a career in engineering. Networks for Women Engineers Internationally – dib Newsletter 4/2007 23

Activities • Organize events to provide networking opportunities • Provide workshops on technical and career-oriented topics • Offer technical workshops that bring young women together with female engineers • Offer courses on various topics together with shared interest groups • Represent women engineers in professional and political areas Events, publications, training courses, and similar activities of the network / association Periodicals Newsletter 2x per year Other publications Online-series Mann befragt (“A man is asked“) Training courses & Training courses for Communication, Career strategy, Networking, Conflict seminars management, etc. The courses are offered in cooperation with FachFrauen Umwelt (FFU) and Planung, Architektur, Frauen (P,A,F). Created by Petra Mayerhofer based on SVIN Homepage and SVIN newsletter No. 32 & 33, October 2007

JWEF – Japan Women Engineers Forum English name Swiss Association of Women Engineers Country Japan Contact data 1-1-17, Koishikawa-cho, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 112-0002 Japan Phone 03-6801-1262, Fax 03-3818-0348, [email protected] Homepage homepage3.nifty.com/jwef/index_e.html Establishment of network / association Established 1992 Cause / motivation, JWEF was established in June 1992 to network Japanese women engineers and situation at that time scientists, improve their living and working environment, and thus, enhance their contribution to society. Members Conditions to join Full members: Both women and men with an engineering or science profession/background are eligible. Supporting Members: Individuals, private firms and public organizations that wish to support JWEF's activities Current number 200 Structure Fields: Science [Physics, Chemistry, Biochemistry, etc.], Engineering [Metal, Mate- rial, Electronic, etc.], Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Dietetics, Nursing, Clinical Exami- nation, Education, Information Technology, Architecture, Urban Development/ Planning, Industrial Management, Marketing, Quality Control/Assessment, Human Resources Development, International Cooperation, Art, etc Organisation and structure of the network / association Organisational struc- Committee with 8 members ture

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General goals of the network / association and activities to reach these goals Goals Highly specialized and advanced science and technology of today has diversified professions of engineers and scientists and increased the demand for them. This has brought greater opportunities for women engineers and scientists. The Equal Em- ployment Opportunity Law has also contributed to the improvement of working environment of women engineers and scientists. However, in Japan, the number of women engineers and scientists is still small as compared to that of men. Women engineers and scientists still have difficulties in obtaining professional careers and promotion equal to men.

JWEF assists women engineers and scientists, who are often minority in their working places, communicate each other and think together toward better professional and private/family lives. Through various activities of JWEF, we aim at making pro- posals for realization of a society where both women and men work together. Events, publications, training courses, and similar activities of the network / association Periodicals Newsletter JWEF News Events Annual conference in June & 4-5 meetings per year with presentations and study visits to factories and construction sites. Other important In addition to the regular meetings, JWEF members can participate in the following activities group activities. • Public Relations Group is responsible for issuance of newsletters (titled "JWEF News") and other activities related to public relations. • Study Group has been conducting a series of studies related to the working environment and life style of women engineers and scientists. • "Way of Life" Group organizes small meetings to intensively discuss how to live as an engineer/scientist, mother, wife, daughter, etc. • International Exchange Group is establishing networks with and providing various information to foreign organizations. • Home Page Working Group is in charge of creating and maintaining JWEF's home page. Created by Angelika Reinhard based on JWEF Homepage, November 2007

WPESJ – The Woman Professional Engineers Society of Japan Country Japan Contact data [email protected] Homepage www.pej-lady.org Establishment of network / association Established October 1993 Cause / motivation, Started as a network of variety of technological fields for exchanging of opinions situation at that time regarding science and technology from women’s point of view. Members Conditions to join Professional Engineers and Trainee engineers Current number 119 Structure Professional Engineers: 109, Trainee engineers:10 Networks for Women Engineers Internationally – dib Newsletter 4/2007 25

Organisation and structure of the network / association Organisational struc- Chairperson (1), Vice deputy chairperson (1), Executives (9), Adviser (1) ture Local chapters - General goals of the network / association and activities to reach these goals Goals • To contribute to build a prosperous and secure society by utilising variety of technological fields. • To support younger engineers’ activities. • To actively exchange opinions and continuously deliver messages to a society as being an engineer at all times. • To enhance mutual trust and build a delightful and creative network. Activities • Actively working for social contributions and international exchanges. • Working on NPO activities. Events, publications, training courses, and similar activities of the network / association Periodicals - Other publications • Brochures describing ourselves • Reports of questionnaire results, etc. Events • Technology exchange among the members. • Visit local cities, revitalising towns, construction sites, etc. Training courses & • Gathering for friendly discussion at a JABEE accredited university in 2007 seminars • Seminar, called “Let’s go to science courses” (targeted female senior high school students) in 2006 • Joint symposium at ”Internationalisation and Women” in 2001, etc. Other important ac- Surveying the trend of woman professional engineers by conducting questionnaires tivities once in a couple of years Political committees and organisations and associations Membership in other INWES-J organisations and federations News Important milestones • Korea-Japan Professional Engineer Conference and achievements in • National convention of Professional Engineer the last years • ICWES Current important Having become a NPO, working for growth for progress of science and technology activities for the general public. • Creating good chances for children to be in close contact with society and technology. • Supporting women to participate in society as engineers and/or scientists. • Having relationships with foreign women engineers and scientists. • Supporting town development based on a good balance of nurturing, caring and private time. Created by Ryo Kimura, 19 December 2008

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KWSE – The Association of Korean Woman Scientists and Engineers Country Republic of Korea Contact data Rm 229, Jin-Seon-Mi-gwan, Ewha Womans University, Daehyun-dong, Seo- daemoon-gu, Seoul 120-750, Korea, Phone +86 42 865 3927, Fax +86 42 865 3928, [email protected] Homepage www.kwse.or.kr Establishment of network / association Established 1993 Cause / motivation, Situation in Korea before KWSE establishment: situation at that time • Women under-represented in Science and Technology (ST) • Difficulty in obtaining a full time job for women scientists and engineers • No formal organization for women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) • In 1994, there were only 203 women researchers (4.7% of the total) at 22 research institutes in the Daeduk Research Complex Members Conditions to join Korean Women in STEM with a BS degree or equivalent who have been working in the science and technology field for more than 3 years. Current number 1,179 members (as of January 1997) • # of Life-long members: 207 • # of Ph.D.s: 800 Structure • Major Fields: o BT (Biotechnology): comprises of about 30% o IT (Information Technology) o NT (Nanotechnology) o ST (Space Technology) o ET (Energy Technology) o EET (Environment Technology) • Affiliations of Members • Academia, Research Institute, Government sector, Industrial sector, venture company Organisation and structure of the network / association Organisational struc- • Executive committee (8): President, 5 Vice Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer ture • Board of Directors: 15 directors, 22 committee members • 3 Regional Branches: o Busan/Kyoungnam Branch o Gwangju/Jeonnam Branch o Daegu/Kyoungbuk Branch • Secretariat: Offices in Daejeon & Seoul (3 full time staff members) Local chapters • Busan/Kyoungnam Branch o Established in 2003 (located in Busan), 54 members • Gwangju/Jeonnam Branch o Established in 2003 (located in Gwangju), 37 members • Daegu/Kyoungbuk Branch o Established in 2004 (located in Daegu), 49 members Networks for Women Engineers Internationally – dib Newsletter 4/2007 27

General goals of the network / association and activities to reach these goals Goals Objectives and functions of KWSE: • To foster education of women in science and technology • To facilitate research collaborations among women through Information exchange. • To support the rights and elevate the status of women engineers and scientists • To establish networking among women in science and technology Activities • To foster education of women in science and technology: o Participation in education programs for girls o Counseling and encouragement of girls and young women • To facilitate research collaborations among women: o Cooperation with other science and engineering societies o Achieve women quota in government research evaluation committees • To support the rights and elevate the status of women engineers and scientists: o Lobby for equal employment opportunities o Participate in government policy making for women scientists and engineers • To establish networking among women in science and technology o Cooperation with other women science and engineering societies (domestically and internationally) o International meetings: BIEN & ICWES13 Events, publications, training courses, and similar activities of the network / association Periodicals • Newsletter magazine three times a year (sent to members by post) • Webmail news monthly (send to members by e-mail) Other publications • Translated the book entitled How to enjoy helping others excel: bringing out the best in people in 1994. Events • BIEN: International conference held in 2003 • ICWES13: International conference held in 2005 (with INWES) • Annual meeting and conference (in November every year) Training courses & • Leadership training course seminars • Science culture seminars • Science education programs • Monthly board meetings Other important ac- Will be establishing the first day-care for women in STEM in the Daeduk research tivities complex. Political committees and organisations and associations Political committees • Presidential Advisory Council on Science and Technology (of the Republic of Korea) • Various National committees related to women and/or scientists and engineers Membership in other • Member, The Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies organisations and • Member, International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists (INWES) federations

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News Important milestones Contributed in the following national policies: and achievements in • 2002: Affirmative action for supporting and promoting Women Scientists and the last years Engineers in Korea o Daycare for women in STEM to be open • 2003: The employment quota system for women o Applied to National University and Research Institute (20% until 2008) Others: • Global networking : Be part of an international community as a member of INWES (organizing ICWES 13 : over 700 women worldwide attended) • Leadership Training: Provide Women in STEM with leadership programs • Community Service: o Women in STEM as Science Communicators: Promoting Science to the public & to the young future women scientists (ex: as Science Ambassadors) o Promoting Science Culture Current important Online database of Korean women scientists and engineers (found in KWSE home- activities page) Other aspects Special characteris- • Historical significance: Being the first women scientists and engineering society tics, etc. in Korea. • Professional society: members are active leaders in science and technology in Korea / members are of Ph.D. or equivalent qualification Created by Myung Hee Jung, 24 October 2007

Ε.Δ.Ε.Μ. / EDEM – Ένωσης Διπλωματούχων Ελληνίδων Μηχανικών English name Greek Women’s Engineering Association Country Greece Contact data 23 - 25, Lekka st. 10562 Athen, Greece Phone 210-3257403, 210-3247303, Fax: 210-3247303, [email protected] Homepage www.edem-net.gr Establishment of network / association Established 1995 Cause / motivation, Established by qualified women engineers and members of the Technical Chamber situation at that time of Greece (TCG) Organisation and structure of the network / association Organisational struc- Board of Directors consisting of President, 2 Vice-Presidents, General Secretary, ture Treasurer, Director responsible for International Affairs, further 5 Directors General goals of the network / association and activities to reach these goals Goals • Promotion of equality between women and men in employment, education and society in general, • Encouraging community awareness of employment opportunities for women and mainly of young women in the traditionally male dominated profession of engineering Networks for Women Engineers Internationally – dib Newsletter 4/2007 29

Events, publications, training courses, and similar activities of the network / association Events Workshop “Strategies for the promotion of women in the technical sector and sciences” on 11 November 2006 in Athens Conference “Energy saving building design” on 1 February 2007 Political committees and organisations and associations Membership in other • WiTEC - the European Association for Women in Science, Engineering and organisations and Technology (SET) (www.witec-eu.net) federations • European Platform of Women Scientists (EPWS) News Important milestones • 2001-2002 participation in EU-Project INDECS (“Potentials of Interdisciplinary and achievements in Degree Courses in Engineering, Information Technology, Natural and Socio- the last years Economic Sciences in a Changing Society”) • 2001-2002 participation in EU-Project “Women And Renewable Energy Sources“ • 2002-2004 participation in EU-Project WOMENG (“Creating Cultures of Success for Women Engineers”) • 2002-2005 participation in EU-Project PREFACE (“PREparing Female students for Academic Entrepreneurship“) Current important current activities funded by the Hellenic Ministry of Occupation: activities • exhibition “The Promotion of Women Engineers' Scientific Work”, • publication in preparation: ”Occupation: Woman Engineer” Created by Petra Mayerhofer based on EDEM homepage, WiTEC homepage, several WiTEC newsletter, “Tackling Stereotypes” homepage (www.tackling-stereotypes.org/partners_EDEM.htm), October 2007

AMIT – Asociación de Mujeres Investigadoras y Tecnólogas Country Spain Contact data Calle Pinar, 25. I.F.S., E-28006 Madrid, [email protected] Homepage www.amit-es.org Establishment of network / association Established 2001/2 Members Conditions to join Regular member: Women who research, teach or work in science, technology or humanities or who have done that in the past as well as students Corporate members: Corporations that support the goals of AMIT Current number 450 Organisation and structure of the network / association Organisational struc- Executive: President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, 5 additional executive ture members General goals of the network / association and activities to reach these goals Goals • To promote equal opportunities for women and men with respect to research in natural or social science, material sciences, and the humanities • To inform society about discriminating situations and the mechanisms behind them • To achieve equal opportunities on all career levels for women researchers and technologists • To develop recommendations and to collaborate with other European and international organizations to facilitate the advance of the women in science

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Political committees and organisations and associations Membership in other European Platform of Women Scientists organisations and federations News Current important • To create a network of regional groups activities • To distribute sex-specific statistics to all scientific institutions • To promote the fulfilment of the recommendations of the European Commission with respect to equal rights and opportunities for both sexes as well as the Spanish laws to achieve equality • To organise workshops and colloquiums to analyse and discuss these issues Created by Petra Mayerhofer based on AMIT homepage, November 2007

BeWiSe – Belgian Women in Science Vrouwen en Wetenschappen in België / Femmes et Sciences en Belgique Country Belgium Contact data Phone +32 2 62 74 312, Fax +32 2 62 74 113, [email protected] Homepage bewise.naturalsciences.be Establishment of network / association Established about 2001 (2003 officially founded as association) Members Conditions to join Regular membership: women working or having worked at all levels in the sciences and engineering (technology, industry, research, education) in the public and private sector and to those women and men who promote equal participation of women in science. Supporting membership: natural or legal persons Current number 60 Organisation and structure of the network / association Organisational struc- Administrative council of at least 3 persons: President, Vice-President (one of each ture has to belong to either Flemish or French language group), Secretary, Treasuerer General goals of the network / association and activities to reach these goals Goals • To support the position of women in science, both in public and private sectors • To make it more feasible for women and men to combine a scientific career with family life • To improve communication among women in the Belgian and European, scientific community Activities • Creating a network for support and exchange of information, experience and knowledge • Providing an electronic meeting place with easy access for everybody • Organising meetings, seminars and workshops • Setting up contacts with similar European and international associations • Publication of a newsletter (in the future) Events, publications, training courses, and similar activities of the network / association Events Example: Second BeWiSe-Treffen on 22 October 2002 in Brussels with whole-day program Training courses & Course “Time management and the balance between a career in research and seminars family” on 14 November 06 in Brussels Networks for Women Engineers Internationally – dib Newsletter 4/2007 31

Political committees and organisations and associations Membership in other European Platform of Women Scientists organisations and federations Created by Petra Mayerhofer based on BeWiSe homepage, November 2007

The Women’s Engineering Society – WES

The Women’s Engineering Society is a not- take an active role in promoting the profes- for-profit professional network of women sion as well as advising, inspiring and men- engineers, scientists and technologists offer- toring younger women. ing inspiration, support and professional de- MentorSET is a national mentoring scheme velopment to our members. Working in part- managed by WES for the benefit of all nership with other organisations, we cam- women in science, engineering and technol- paign to encourage women to participate as ogy in the UK. Government and EU funding, engineers, scientists and as leaders. We aim distributed through the UK Resource Centre to help women achieve a satisfying career in for Women in SET, makes it free to partici- the sector. pants. This is a large scheme which has cre- WES is the only significant multidisciplinary ated about 400 mentoring pairs, and it is network for women in science, technology very cost effective because of the unpaid and engineering in the UK. We have about hours contributed by WES members and oth- 600 members paying a national subscription, ers. Other organisations for women in the with another 100 connected with student or sector have joined us as partners in the regional groups. Well connected to public, scheme, contributing in different ways. We private and professional organisations, we are proud of the success of this scheme, have contributed a diverse range of experi- which is aiding so many women. ences and disciplines to the debate on sci- WES was instrumental in founding the series ence and innovation policy and research. We of events which have been held under the work across the international science, tech- label of the International Conference of nology and engineering professional bodies Women Engineers and Scientists (ICWES). and women’s groups, playing an active role We held the second conference in the UK in on many fronts in championing women in 1964, as well as the ninth in 1991. We have science, engineering and technology. been involved from the start in the effort to The Society manages lectures and awards, create the new “parent” network for ICWES, legacies and endowments, and in 2001 es- the International Network of Women Engi- tablished MentorSET. WES holds an annual neers and Scientists. We are pleased by the conference over 3 days, and has an active truly global nature of ICWES/INWES, and regional network of circles and student realise that it may be many years before the groups. These activities involving our mem- Conference is again held in Western Europe. bership provide the lifeblood of our inspira- We are very happy to contribute to ICWES tion, networking and support. It also has a 14. We hope that one benefit of our collabo- website which is just being redeveloped. Our ration will be a lasting close relationship with membership covers many fields of industry, dib. occupations and levels of seniority. Members Pam Wain

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Australia Celebrates 2007 as Year of Women in Engineering: Creative/Diverse/Inspiring

Engineering needs women – Attracting women to engineering will have benefits to the profession and the wider community. Women are good for engineering – The profession and community will benefit from an inclusive team as diversity results in better use of talent, increased workplace understanding, enhanced breadth of understanding in leadership positions, enhanced creativity and increased quality of team prob- lem-solving. Engineers Australia declared 2007 as the Engineering is good for women – Year of Women in Engineering with the ob- Women complete the picture to engineering. jective of awareness amongst the profession, However, for the profession to be a lifelong industry and wider community of the role and career for women, support frameworks and contribution of women to engineering and to policies for work-life balance and flexible celebrate their achievements. The vision was arrangements are needed. to demonstrate that engineering is a sought The world needs women to be engi- after profession that offers a sustainable and neers – Women engineers bring health, fulfilling career for women. wealth and safety to the community and soci- The year has provided the opportunity to ety. showcase the achievements of women in the A number of national conferences were held profession, as well as educate the profession during the year which provided valuable op- and others about issues of concern to women portunities for mentoring and networking, engineers that may be limiting the career other activities and events focused profes- progression of women engineers and pre- sional development and management issues. venting other women from entering the profession. WISE symposium on 30 March 2007 Women currently represent 50 % of the population but less than 7 % of the engineer- The symposium of the Women in Science and ing workforce in Australia – one of the lowest Engineering (WISE) – hosted by the federal participation rates of women across all pro- ministry for education, science and training – fessions. Ensuring more women join the pro- was to encourage more girls into science and fession and remain is vital from a social eq- engineering. Participants included the 50 top uity viewpoint and also provides a means to scientists and 50 top engineers from around increase excellence and address the shortage Australia. Each attendee sponsored a of engineering skills. schoolgirl from year 9 or 10 with an interest The key messages for the year were: in a career involving science and mathematics to attend the conference and undertook to

Networks for Women Engineers Internationally – dib Newsletter 4/2007 33 continue to mentor this student as she made Women in engineering workshop her subject choices in the final years of at AAEE on 12 December 2007 school. A women in engineering forum was included APEC Women Leaders Network in the AAEE (Australasian Association for Meeting from 24 to 26 June 2007 Engineering Education) conference with presentations of research study results, among Part of the annual APEC meeting (Asia-Pacific others the “Careers Review into Engineering Economic Cooperation) with technical papers Women“ (CREW) report 2007, “successful and discussion panels e.g. regarding Engi- measures in the attraction and retention of neers and Climate Change. women engineers at the University of Tech- Scholarship for a female nology Sydney“ and “Gender effects in com- engineering student to attend the petencies rated as important by engineers“. IIWE in July 2007 The year of women in engineering was pro- A mechanical engineering student was moted in various media nationwide and awarded this scholarship to attend a one overseas: week program at the IIWE (International Insti- The year of women in engineering website tute of Women in Engineering) in France. carried information on all national events as Promoting Professional Women well as media articles and reports. A blog Conference on 23 July 2007 provided a forum for discussions for members. The website will remain as a record of More than 300 women engineers and other the activities of 2007. professionals attended this conference. There were presentations from high profile engi- Engineers Australia monthly magazine pro- neers, workshops and a panel discussion on vided a section on women in engineering career and workplace issues with leading which discussed various issues like e.g. statis- industry figures. Career opportunities, net- tics as well as “25 influential women engi- working and mentoring added up. This event neers“ and reports from the events. shall be held anually in the future. It is hosted Further articles were published in technical by Engineers Australia and APESMA and journals, a diversity guide “Engineering Better sponsored by well-known companies. Workplace“ and a book about inspiring (APESMA = Association of Professional Engi- women engineers. A survey from 1999 “Ca- neers, Scientists and Managers, Australia) reer Review of Engineering Women“ (CREW) Women in engineering workshop regarding the situation of women engineers at CHEMECA on 24 September in working life was updated. Approximately 1200 female and 600 male members re- 2007 sponded to the new survey. The workshop was held as part of the na- Several projects will be continued in 2008: tional conference of CHEMECA (Chemical Engineering) and provided opportunities to GirlTalk – Career talks for discuss issues on women's careers and lead- students ership in the engineering profession. GirlTalk was developed and is run by women engineers to encourage more women into engineering. It consists of promotional post-

34 Networks for Women Engineers Internationally – dib Newsletter 4/2007 ers and a presentation explaining engineer- The Purple Boot Campaign – ing as a career, the options available, subject Promoting breast cancer choices and a brief profile of the presenters. awareness The overall presentation is very polished and The program promotes purchase of purple has the advantage of boots manufactured by Footwear Industries • providing a very professional and exciting Ltd. 30 $ of the purchase price is donated to presentation a breast cancer awareness foundation. Ap- • communicating a consistent message and proximately 162.000 $ has been raised to thus expanding the opportunities for stu- date. The campaign will be ongoing in the dents to hear about engineering next 2-3 years on a nationwide basis.

• addressing the concerns of young people The variety of activities and programs (from on climate change and showing that en- which I took only some highlights) offers in gineers have an important role to play (an my opinion many ideas for discussion as well important selling point for engineering in as for action within the dib locally and na- the years to come) tionwide. On request we will be pleased to make available contacts or submit the report. • reducing preparation time for presenters Angelika Reinhard Approx. 30 sessions have been held within Bibliography: 2007. The national committee is seeking • Report on 2007 The year of women in engineering, sponsorship to enable a nationwide roll-out published by the National Committee for Women in of this program over the next few years. Engineering of Engineers Australia, 2007 • http://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/women

Case Study on the Advancement of Women in Science and Technology in Korea

The 257 paged study was published in May The results from the first study in 2000/2001 2006 by the National Institute for Supporting caused that in February 2005 the National Women in Science and Technology of the Institute for Supporting Women in Science Republic of Korea. It is the international edi- and Technology (NIS-WIST) was imple- tion of the research study “A policy study of mented. It is officially designated and sup- developing and supporting women scientists ported by the Ministry of Science and Tech- for a knowledge-based Korean society“ car- nology and is committed to make every effort ried out in 2002 with added details on the to support women entering and progressing laws and the policy implementation till 2005. in S&T careers. The percentage of Korean women attending higher education is one of The paper reflects the national background the highest among OECD members, but the and context and deals with such topics as the rate of their involvement in society is consid- current situation and problems on developing ered the lowest among the 174 nations, ex- and utilizing women in science and technol- cluding the Islamic countries. Employed ogy (S&T) resources in Korea, best interna- women in S&T are counted only 12 % in tional practises and policy recommendations 2005, however NIS-WIST's mission is to raise to the government. the rate to 25 % by 2014. Networks for Women Engineers Internationally – dib Newsletter 4/2007 35

The chapters of the study cover: Women scientists of excellence grant of • Evolutionary female labor force participa- 1,75 billion Won (1,3 Mio. €) in 2000 tion and gender discrimination and 3,15 billion Won (2,3 Mio. €) in • The importance of women resources in 2001 and S&T High potential women scientist grant for • Developing women resources in S&T edu- improving competitiveness of 750 million cation: the current situation and problems Won (550 T€) in 2000 and 1,56 billion • Utilizing women resources in S&T careers: Won (1,1 Mio. €) in 2001. the current situation and problems The main policies – General support • Best international practises for the ad- 4. Reinforcement of the legal system for vancement of women in S&T abolishing gender discrimination in labor • Policy recommendations markets • About NIS-WIST Æ Women's development act, equal em- • Conclusion: A panel discussion of women ployment act, gender discrimination pre- leaders in S&T vention and relief act In the annex there can be found besides the 5. Reinforcement of motherhood protection bibliography also the questionnaires, the act systems on fostering and supporting women in S&T as well as events and addresses. Recommendations from the results of the research Policy recommendations 1. Quantity improvement: Lowering the bar- The research study suggests policies of an riers to women's entry increase in both the quantity of women in • Agreements on the recruitment target S&T and quality improvements as the experi- system (Continued discussions on the ence from foreign cases shows, that quantita- target and the implementation method tive progress without quality improvement are required) cannot be the perfect solution to the unstable • Auxiliary services on placement for un- positions of women on employment and ar- employed and returners rangement. And this in turn causes the deser- tion of highly educated women – a vicious 2. Quality improvement: Retention and ca- cycle. reer management • Scheme for solutions redressing the The main policies – direct support gender imbalance by positions --> 1. Recruitment target system Promotion target system Applied to the national and public S&T re- • Grants for research and related activi- search institutes from 2002 ties of women in S&T 2. Build infrastructural bases for S&T re- 3. Corresponded to female life cycle support search in women's universities • Returners program Support 5 selected women's universities • Systematic aid of concern to maternal for 5 years (1997-2001), with a total of function Æ Maternity leave, childcare 8,3 billion Won (6 Mio. €). leave, daycare facility in a workplace 3. Grant for women scientists of excellence etc. in 2000/2001

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4. Maximizing the effects gineering Foundation, the Ewha Womens • Systematic measure for each stage: re- University and NIS-WIST.

cruitment, retention, progression Angelika Reinhard • Apply both direct support to enhance Bibliography: efficiency on utilizing women resources Advancement of Women in Science and Technology: A in parallel with indirect support to in- Case Study of Korea. Edited by JHON Gil Ja, LEE duce the participation Hei Sook, LEE Kye Woo (NIS-WIST), Ewha Womens University Press, 2006, ISBN 89-7300-703-3 These recommendations are partly described 93500 very detailed and verified in figures regarding Glossary: Currency: Korean Won Æ Euro dated the implementation so far. 29.11.2007: 1000 KRW = 0,73 € The study was carried out by a team of 10 persons, supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Korea Science and En-

International Federations and Organisations for Women Engineers

When one looks for international networks bimonthly newsletter, are informed about for women engineers in the internet, at first events, have access to the profiles of “Inno- the abundance and variety of the results is vator of the Month“ and to the GWIIN overwhelming. One wonders whether all Community forum. Silver members (with these different networks are really necessary. member fee) have additionally access to When the networks are more closely exam- Women Inventors Case Studies, the opportu- ined, however, the differences are soon obvi- nity to be “Innovator of the Month”, access to ous. GWIIN toolkit, receive discounted support with GWIIN Associates, and receive discounts GWIIN – Global Women Inventors and free access opportunities to GWIIN & Innovators Network events. The GWIIN homepage does not give GWIIN was created on British initiative in any information whether there is also a Gold 1998. The office is in London. The goal of membership. GWIIN is to promote and to support women Since 2000 the GWIIN Award has been pre- inventors and innovators. The network aims sented to the best female innovation in vari- in particular via prices and awards, confer- ous categories. From 2000 to 2006 this was ences, training courses, exhibitions, inde- with few exceptions the BFIIN Award (British pendent advice, and events to provide their Female Inventors & Innovators Network). In members with marketing opportunities and 2007 the EUWIIN Award was presented for commercial partners. Since 2007 there is a the first time. It went to the Finnish concrete sub-section of GWIIN (the description is not engineer Aino Heikkinen for recycled building completely clear with respect to this) called material used in low-cost housing in Africa. European Union Women Inventors & Innova- tors Network (EUWIIN). Homepage: www.gwiin.com, www.euwiin.com GWIIN offers two member levels: Bronze members receive (without member fee) the Networks for Women Engineers Internationally – dib Newsletter 4/2007 37

IFUW – International Federation TWOWS – Third World of University Women Organization for Women in

IFUW was founded in 1919. It is an interna- Science tional, non-profit organization of women TWOWS is an independent, non-profit and graduates working to promote lifelong edu- non-governmental body that was officially cation, to improve the status of women and launched in Cairo in 1993 after four years of girls, and to enable women to effect positive preparation. TWOWS is an international change for a peaceful, sustainable future. forum to unite eminent women scientists from IFUW is the umbrella organisation for 79 the South with the objective of strengthening national federations for university women. In their role in the development process and addition, university women can be individual promoting their representation in scientific members in IFUW. IFUW represents directly and technological leadership. Currently the and indirectly more than 170,000 women office of TWOWS is located at TWAS (Acad- graduates in 120 countries world-wide. emy of Sciences for the Developing World) in IFUW regularly undertakes various global Trieste, Italy. programmes of action, currently this is the Full Membership of TWOWS is open to IFUW Programme 2007-2010 “Women: women scientists and scientific institutions in Agents for Change – Building a Sustainable the South. Institutions and individuals (male Future” with sub-programmes on education, and female) from both the North and the environment and economy and on human South who do not fulfil the criteria for full rights. The Hegg Hoffet Fund of the IFUW membership but are committed to the objec- gives assistance to university women who tives of the Organization can become asso- have been displaced as a result of war, po- ciate members. TWOWS has currently over litical upheaval or other serious emergencies, 3.000 members. In 2005 the third TWOWS and makes short term grants for refresher international conference and General As- courses for re-entry into the candidates’ pro- sembly took place in Bangalore, India. fessional fields, and courses for integration TWOWS has compiled an “Inventory of into new countries. Furthermore IFUW as- Women Scientists and Organizations“ of the signs fellowships and grants, promotes inter- South and intends to make this database national solidarity and partnerships projects accessible in the internet. In the TWOWS between its national federations and associa- publication Science, Women and the Devel- tions, has developed manuals for leadership oping World the significant influence of training, offers regional groups, and much women scientists in key positions was high- more. The IFUW Triennial Conference is held lighted and how they have affected science every three years, the last time in Manchester, and technology issues internationally. Fur- England, in August 2007. thermore, TWOWS provides fellowship pro- Homepage: www.ifuw.org gramme for female students in Sub-Saharan INWES – International Network of Africa or Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Women Engineers and Scientists who wish to pursue postgraduate training leading to a doctorate degree at a centre of see the following articles excellence in the South outside their own country.

Homepage: twows.ictp.it

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WiTEC – European Association for barriers that women encounter in their pro- Women in Science, Engineering motion and professional development in the and Technology field of science and technology, and to pro- pose actions aimed at removing them. WiTEC aims at the promotion of women in science and technology on a European level In May 2001 WiTEC established itself as a and carries out respective projects that are non-profit European association. usually funded by the European Union. The Homepage: www.witec eu.net association was formed as a network of na- WITI – Women in Technology tional organisations in 1988. These organi- International sations – at current there are ten in just as many countries – are of different nature. Most In 1989 WITI was founded in the USA as The of them are, however, project or research International Network of Women in Technol- organisations. In Austria it is for example ogy with the objective to help women ad- Technikon Research Ltd., a privately owned vance by providing access to – and support company for research and projects in from – other professional women working in IT/Communication technology. Technikon all sectors of technology. In 2001, it evolved Research Ltd. operates the WiTEC secretariat. into The WITI Professional Association. WITI WiTEC Italy is based at the University of Bo- calls itself the leading trade association of the logna at the Industrial Liaison Office “UETP USA for “tech savvy“ women. It is a commer- Alma Mater“. The German WiTEC is the cial enterprise that offers individual member- Gender-Institut Sachsen-Anhalt (G/I/S/A) that ships, memberships for small enterprises and was created as a society of civil right (GbR) in for large-scale enterprises. Magdeburg in 2001. G/I/S/A was for exam- WITI has over 100.000 members, the highest ple authorised by the Health Ministry of the percentage of them in the USA. In addition, state Saxonia-Anhalt to implement Gender WITI has member networks in Australia, Mainstreaming in that state. The Greek Great Britain, Canada, China, Ireland, Mex- WiTEC is the Greek association for women ico, Spain, and South Africa. WITI promises engineers EDEM (see article “Lobbies for its members to promote their personal career Women Engineers in Europe and in Other and/or its enterprise. For that WITI offers Parts of the World“). Career Services/Search, national conferences One of the projects carried out by the WiTEC and regional events, network meetings, the network was the EU project Tackling Stereo- WITI Marketplace for products of its mem- types (www.tackling stereotypes.org) from bers, awards, and more. 2004 to 2006. The aim of Tackling Stereo- Homepage: www.witi.com types was to analyse on a European level the Petra Mayerhofer Networks for Women Engineers Internationally – dib Newsletter 4/2007 39

ICWES and the Establishment of INWES

In 1964 the first International Conference of made … to establish an international network Women Engineers and Scientists (ICWES) was of women scientists. organised in New York by the US-American This induced the ICWES “actives” to organise Society of Women Engineers (SWE). 460 a workshop in order to discuss the establish- women and men participated, two of them ment of an international network. The work- from Germany: A. L. Dorfel-Brinkhoff and Ilse shop took place in Merrickville (close to Ot- Knott-ter-Meer. In 1967 the second confer- tawa), Canada, in May 2001. It was organ- ence followed, this time in Cambridge, Eng- ised by the Canadians Monique Frize, Claire land, organised by the British Women's Engi- Deschênes and Moyra McDill. It was sup- neering Society (WES). Since then every three ported by the Canadian Commission for years an ICWES has taken place – every time UNESCO and funded by UNESCO. 20 rep- in another part of the world. Altogether there resentatives of women engineer and scientist have been so far 13 ICWES conferences. federations from the whole world were invited Among others the conference locations have (Japan, Argentina, Ghana, Canada, USA, been in Turin, Italy, Krakaw, Poland, Bom- Great Britain, France, Germany, Greece, ...). bay, India, Abdjan, Ivory Coast, and Maku- Dr. Efstratia Zafeiriou, dib board member at hari, Chiba, Japan. The last conference took that time, participated for dib in this workplace in Seoul, South Korea, in August 2005. shop. At the end of the workshops a resolu- More than 700 people from 53 countries tion was unanimously adopted to create an participated. international network. For many years the conference series was In July 2002 at ICWES12 in Ottawa the overseen by the so-called International Con- country delegates (from Germany Angelika tinuing Committee (ICC), a committee of 10 Reinhard) accordingly decided to establish area representatives from different parts of the International Network of Women Engi- the world. The ICC met at each ICWES con- neers and Scientists (INWES). Furthermore, it ference to decide where the next conference was determined that the ICC would be re- would be. While the administration by the placed by INWES. Now INWES provides the ICC was quite successful, the conference series had no fixed address, no formal struc- Past ICWES conference locations ture, no liability protection, and a floating 1964 New York, USA membership. Through the years the convic- 1967 Cambridge, England tion of the active ICWES women grew that 1971 Turin, Italy the conference series needed an official or- 1975 Krakaw, Poland ganization to win more members and to have 1978 Rouen, France a larger and sustainable influence. 1981 Bombay, India 1984 Washington, USA Then, in July 1999 at the UNESCO World 1988 Abdjan, Ivory Coast Conference “Science into the 21st Century“ 1991 Warwick, England in Budapest the so-called “Science Agenda – 1996 Budapest, Hungary Framework for Action“ was passed. In article 1999 Makuhari, Chiba, Japan 90 it is stated: “... special efforts should be 2002 Ottawa, Canada 2005 Seoul, South Korea

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General Assembly of INWES at ICWES13: Monique Moutaud in the foreground (2nd from right) framework for the ICWES conference series. • Promoting exchange of information, net- INWES was incorporated as a non-profit working, advocacy, and a number of corporation under the laws of Canada in global and regional projects. April 2003. Individuals, organisations, and corporations The vision of INWES is: “To build a better can join INWES as members. In June 2007 future worldwide through full and effective INWES had 24 individual members, 16 or- participation of women and girls in all as- ganisational members and 5 corporate pects of Science, Technology, Engineering, members. Every three years the board is and Mathematics.“ newly elected at the General Assembly during ICWES. The board elects the executive: Its mission is to: “Strengthen the capacity of individuals, organisations, and corporations • President: currently Prof. Monique Frize of to influence policies in STEM worldwide and Pathmaker's Program, Ottawa, Canada, encourage the education, recruitment, reten- • Treasurer: currently Gail Mattson, SWE, tion, support, and advancement of profes- USA, sional women and students through an international network of organisations and ex- • Vice-President (Conferences): currently perts.“ Sue Bird, WES, UK, and INWES’ objectives are: • Secretary General: currently Prof. Claire Deschênes, AFFESTIM, Canada. • Becoming an influential voice on STEM issues for the benefit of women, gender INWES identified three central activities for equity, and society. itself: (1) “Outreach Activities“, (2) the ICWES series and regional symposiums, (3) lobby- • Increasing the presence of women in ing. To the “Outreach Activities“ belong mainstream STEM decision-making bod- travel awards for women from developing ies. and emerging countries for participation in ICWES, the development of a comprehensive Networks for Women Engineers Internationally – dib Newsletter 4/2007 41

European evening at ICWES13 in 2005: from left to right Sue Bird (INWES, WES), Marianne Rodot (FI), Monique Moutaud (FI, President of ICWES14), Anna Szemik-Hojniak (Poland), Pam Wain (WES) international web portal (www.inwes.org) for In the following contribution the INWES women in science, technology, engineering, president Monique Frize presents the newest and mathematics (STEM) and the linkage of developments of INWES. sister organisations for women in STEM. The INWES homepage: www.inwes.org latter activity aims particularly at the estab- Petra Mayerhofer lishment of such organisations in countries in which such organisations do not yet exist.

European participants with Korean students of a drum group. From Europe from left to right: Pam Wain (WES), Efstratia Zafeiriou (dib), Angelika Reinhard (dib), Monique Moutaud (FI)

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NEWS from INWES: November 2007

INWES was created at ICWES12 in Ottawa, perience. Lille is close to Brussels and to Paris Canada, in July 2002, the 12th conference in and is a very interesting region of France. a series that began in 1964! Since then, sev- INWES has applied to UNESCO at the eral projects and programs were planned Headquarters in Paris to become an NGO and executed. Among these was the devel- official partner of the operational type. If opment of new organizations of women in accepted, this will create more linkages and science and engineering. Examples are: Paki- a stronger partnership between INWES and stan, India, and Zambia. A very successful UNESCO. Several of our members asked ICWES13 conference was held in Seoul, their UNESCO national commission to sup- South Korea, with over 700 participants from port this application. Results are expected almost 50 countries. soon. INWES is also applying to Industry The next major conference will be held in Canada to create a non-profit corporation France (Lille) July 15-18 in 2008. The main called: INWES Education and Research Insti- page on the INWES website has links to the tute. Following the incorporation, INWES will conference website. Abstracts are due by apply for charity status in Canada, then for January 13 2008; you should pre-register to 501c(3) in the USA. Projects to be run by the get a participant number and then you can Institute will be of charitable nature such as send an abstract. Under the theme of “A scholarships, essay contest for high school changing world : new opportunities for students; collection of best practices for out- women engineers and scientists“, the confer- reach to under-represented groups to con- ence is an opportunity for all participants to sider education programs in science and exchange ideas and information with out- engineering; and the development of a gen- standing professional and academic women der resource tool. The tool was initially cre- working in an international and challenging ated by three students at Carleton University: environment, leading change and helping Sabrina Rehman, Kathryn Oraas, Samina progress of cultural change. The program will Hashmi with myself as supervisor of the be very diverse and excellent, including scien- project. The goal is to provide an information tific topics and a gender symposium. We database and user interface tool that displays count on you to present papers of great qual- gender disparities in developing countries, ity that will be a guaranty to show to the with a special focus on science and engineer- world the competence and expertise of the ing fields. The data to be collected originated scientific women. The conference sounds very from several sources, as it is not currently exciting, not only on its theme and content, possible to find all indicators for all countries but also as a cultural and gastronomic ex- in any one source. Extensive research was needed to identify reliable data sources and Networks for Women Engineers Internationally – dib Newsletter 4/2007 43 develop the tool. A number of indicators that countries and from several other parts of the represents gender disparities within a devel- world (North America, Europe, Asia, and oping country were selected. The data was Africa). INWES is now looking for bids for the converted into graphical representation to aid next regional event in 2009 or 2010. Bids evaluation and analysis. Data analysis was are being sought for hosting ICWES15. The done via equations, extrapolation and clus- requirements for making a bid are posted on tering. The tool will be eventually connected the INWES main page. We hope to receive to the International Network of Women Engi- interesting bids from geographical areas neers and Scientists web portal. where ICWES has not yet been hosted. Regional events have been held during some In closing, INWES is very pleased to have of the years between ICWES conferences. A deutscher ingenieurinnen bund as a member Leadership workshop was held in Kenya in and look forward to having close collabora- August 2004, with over 60 women partici- tion in the future. Best wishes for a continuing pants from 14 African countries and the IN- successful future! WES Board members. In 2007, INWES held a Gender Symposium in Poland (in July) for new EU countries, Eastern Europe, and Rus- sia. Over 80 women participated from these

14th International Conference of Women Engineers & Scientists 15-18 July 2008 in Lille, France

ICWES Conferences are the headlight events • To disseminate the experiences of women of the International Network of Women Engi- engineers and scientists networks in order neers and Scientists (INWES). Every three to develop good practices. years, engineers and scientists gather from all Topics of the conference over the world, enjoying the opportunity to exchange information on their work and envi- The conference content includes scientific ronment. and technical presentations as well as sessions on gender and methods to improve the After more than ten years ICWES returns to position of women in Science, Technology, Europe in 2008! Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Objectives of ICWES

• To encourage women scientists and engineers from all over the world to meet and share their researches and experiences in order to work out an international vision on these topics.

• To develop the international network by attracting women in STEM close to the conference venue.

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The Conference will feature plenary sessions, Bonus for dib Members parallel sessions, posters and a cultural pro- Until 30 April 2008 the regular registration gram including industrial visits, tourist pro- fee is 350¤ and 400¤ from 1 May 2008 on gram and social events. (for students 100¤ and 150¤, respectively). Scientific issues Presumably the registration fee will be signifi- • Climate change, and future energy needs cantly reduced for dib members. Under dis- • Water management cussion are 100¤ without the gala night and • Sustainable agriculture and agro-food 150¤ including the gala night. In this case industry the registration has to be carried out via dib. • Impact of technology on the environment We will inform you about the details! and on living conditions • Information Technology and Communica- Conference Venue tion (ICT): The conference will take place on the Poly- o place in industry tech'Lille Campus of the Université des Sci- o future of the internet ences et Technologies in Lille. The Campus is • Logistics in a global world easily accessible by public transportation. As • Biotechnology and genetics the most important city of a flourishing indus- • STEM ethics trial region Lille has diverse cultural and economic history. Lille is only one hour from Management and Leadership Paris, London or Brussels. For troutistic in- • Women in decision-making bodies formation: www.lilletourism.com. • Women and entrepreneurship • Personal development Conference Organisation Gender in STEM For the first time the conference is organised • Strategies to attract girls into STEM jointly by several networks of women in STEM • Status of STEM professions from different countries (France, Germany, • Work-life balance for women in STEM Great Britain). The following organisations • Strategies for equal opportunities are involved: • Gender policy and cultural differences • Association Française des Femmes ingé- • Globalisation in IT and its impacts on nieurs (FI), women in developed and developing • Association Femmes et Sciences (F&S), countries • Association femmes & mathématiques Special program for engineer and scien- (f&m), tist students • deutscher ingenieurinnenbund e.v. (dib), • Women’s Engineering Society (WES), and Workshop on sharing best practices • Mission pour la place des femmes au between networks of women in STEM (IN- CNRS. WES) Conseil National des Ingénieurs et Call for Abstracts Scientifiques de France (CNISF) is responsible We invite dib members to submit papers on for the conference organisation. The the conference topics. Abstracts can be conference organisation is supported by submitted via www.icwes14.org until 13 INWES. January 2008. Networks for Women Engineers Internationally – dib Newsletter 4/2007 45

Assistance further volunteers. Small contributions as well as suggestions are also appreciated. A dib-internal working group was established for the collaboration in the conference or- ICWES14 homepage: www.icwes14.org ganisation. The working group welcomes Petra Mayerhofer

Empowering Women in Engineering and Technology International Colloquium of WFEO

From 6-8 June the International Colloquium • For an improved African participation, by on Empowering Women in Engineering and Karima Bunemra Ben Soltane (Economic Technology took place in Tunis that was or- Commission for Africa) ganised by the World Federation of Engineer- • Shadowing, by Nancy Pascall (European ing Organizations (WFEO). The WFEO is an Commission – DG Component & Systems) umbrella organisation of national engineering federations and was founded under the The break-out sessions were structured in auspices of the UNESCO in 1968. The four tracks: WFEO represents national engineering or- 1) Girls and Women in Engineering Educa- ganisations from 90 countries and around 15 tion, million engineers world-wide. 2) Women Engineers and Technologists: Apparently the Colloquium was the first Entrepreneurs of Small and Medium En- women conference of the WFEO and, thus, a terprises milestone in the history of this organisation. 3) Women Enabling Technology in Commu- The Colloquium consisted of key note nities speeches and break-out sessions. On the first 4) Women Engineers and Technologists: The evening there was a welcome reception, on Workforce the second a networking reception and on A separate session was concerned with major the third and final evening a gala recognition national and international organisations sup- dinner. The keynote speeches concerned the porting women in engineering and technol- following topics: ogy. In that session the following organisa- • Women in science and technology and tions were presented: Cátedra Regional the European Union, by Claudine UNESCO Mujer, Ciencia y Tecnología en Hermann, France (Femmes & Sciences, América Latina, CAWTAR (Center of Arab European Platform of Women Scientists) Women for Training and Research), INWES (International Network of Women Engineers • Empowering Women Engineers from the and Scientists), ICWES14, the Arab Women Top Down, by Johanna Levelt Sengers, Organization and the Tunisian Association USA (National Institute of Standards and Femme & Sciences. Technology) On the last day of the Colloquium the par- • Women in Engineering: Past, present and ticipants adopted the so-called Carthage future, by Julie Hammer, Australia Declaration that states the following princi- (Women in Engineering – Engineers Aus- ples (here abbreviated, for complete text see tralia) http://www.wfeo.org/documents/download/

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Carthage%20Declaration%20on%20Women participation at all levels of any organiza- %20Empowering%20eng.pdf, 878 kB): tion, including top managerial positions.

• Increasing the participation of women in Finally, in the Declaration the participants the fields of engineering and technology called on WFEO to create a Standing Com- will benefit all communities world wide by mittee on Women in Engineering (WIE) that augmenting their innovative capabilities will be made up of representatives named by and their intellectual pools. the WIE committees of the national members of the WFEO. • Encouraging women to join the profession of engineering and technology will con- Co-hosts of the Colloquiums were the tribute to the advancement and enrich- UNESCO, CWIT (Center for Women & In- ment of the world formation Technology), SWE (Society of Women Engineers), INWES and FI (Associa- • Maintaining a large percentage of women tion Française des Femmes Ingénieurs). as engineers and technologists will actively contribute to the economies of all coun- As a frame for the Colloquium FI additionally tries and foster a greater number of em- organized a “Training Workshop on Empow- ployment opportunities for men as well as ering Women in Engineering and Technol- women. ogy“ from 5-6 June (with a short final session on 9 June). The workshop was directed pri- • The participation of women in the fields of marily to women engineers from developing engineering and technology will be re- countries. Strategic topics were addressed in tained and augmented by recognizing the workshop above all, e.g. Set-up guide- o that women with an active career can lines for creating an association for women fully contribute to the welfare and the engineers. task of raising a family, and o that under such circumstances, women This report is based on the homepage of the can serve as role models; Colloquium. We knew of the colloquium but o that salary parity, maternity allowances our outlook is not yet so international that we and daycare services must be rigidly naturally consider to participate in such con- enforced in engineering professions, ferences. In the future our perspective should especially in leadership positions, and broaden in this respect. o that women networking systems should Homepage: www.wfeo.org/women/index.html be encouraged and maintained. Petra Mayerhofer • The participation of women engineers and technologists in top managerial positions across the world will introduce a new outlook on leadership.

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Strategies for Highly Skilled Global Workforce: INWES Regional Symposium on Women Scientists and Engineers in New EU Countries and Eastern Europe

Dr. Anna Szemik-Hojniak, INWES director for for Science and Education and the Canadian Eastern Europe, kindly provided a compre- International Development Agency (CIDA). hensive report of this symposium for our 80 persons from 22 countries participated in newsletter that was translated from Polish by the Symposium, among others from Poland, Sylvia Kegel. Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraina, Belarus, Russia, As we want to avoid a distortion of the text by Bulgaria, Austria, France, Switzerland, Can- translating it from the German translation to ada, USA, South Korea, India, and Pakistan. English the report is paraphrased and sum- It was the first symposium of this kind that marised in the following. was organised in Poland or Eastern Europe. The Symposium took place at the University The objective of the symposium was a gen- of Wroclaw from 2 to 4 July 2007. It was eral reflection on the efficient collaboration organised by the University of Wroclaw in of women and men in science and technol- close cooperation with INWES. Dr. Anna ogy. Szemik Hojniak and Prof. Z. Janas were per- After the opening the symposium started with sonally responsible for the organisation. The a panel on “Promoting a Gender Balance in symposium was funded by the Polish Ministry

Coffee-break

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Symposium-Poster

Science and Decision Making in Polish Uni- the Programme “Women and Science” of the versities” with, among others, the President of European Commission. The panel was mod- the University of Wroclaw, Prof. L. Pacholski, erated by Prof. Monique Frize, President of and Prof. Dr. Joanna Pininska representing INWES. Networks for Women Engineers Internationally – dib Newsletter 4/2007 49

Student volunteers at gala night

Symposium participants together with Vice-President of University of Wroclaw: in half-circle completely to the right Monique Frize, 2nd from right Anna Szemik-Hojniak, 2nd from left Monique Moutaud

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Further panels were held e.g. to the following • To create responsible policies for educa- topics: tion and research that promotes the female potential in the sciences, • Update on challenges and opportunities for women in science, engineering, tech- • To increase the mobility of scientists in all nology and mathematics, of Europe,

• Determinants of women’s and men’s ca- • To integrate the scientific canon to im- reers in science – resources, mentoring prove the communication between scien- and role models in new EU members and tists and engineers, for women and men, in non-EU countries, • To increase the proportion of women sci- • Women in Knowledge-Based Society (KBS) entists from Eastern Europe with respect to – new challenges and opportunities (held international positions on gender equality. in Russian)

The recommendations from the symposium results stress e.g. the following:

Global Summit of Women 2007 – Berlin

Success is not an option, it is my I noticed fast that visiting cards were distrib- duty – sappy remarks from the uted like flyers – mine were gone after two South Korean businesswoman hours. The title was also important – minister Sungjoo Kim. is not bad, better, however, is President or Director of a global company. So that is the Global Summit of Women, the Without a title of Director, Vice-President or “Davos for Women”. President it was more difficult. At least I could From 14 to 16 June 1000 women from all offer “board member”. over the world came together in the Interconti The Summit was led by Irene Natividad, the Berlin to discuss the topic “The Global Mar- president of the Global Woman Summit. ketplace: Opportunities and Challenges”. Organised tautly and with a military address This is a unique opportunity for dib to partici- if necessary for silence and time windows – pate in the Summit as these congresses usu- “Ladies, ladies, quiet NOW”. In her own ally take place outside of Europe. presentation, however, she showed herself As dib representative I wanted to establish quite displeased by the low proportion of contacts to other women engineer federa- women in positions on supervisory boards tions and to companies, because enough of and executive committee in the 200 enter- the Global Players were present. prises specified by Fortune Global. And justi- IBM, Microsoft, DaimlerChrysler, GE, fiably so – the woman proportion “rose” from Deutsche Telekom, the list of the representa- 10.4% to 11.2% in the last 2 years. tives was long. Non-government organisa- In the morning there were plenum sessions in tions and government representatives ca- the large hall, then lunch and in the after- vorted. noon Breakout session. Networks for Women Engineers Internationally – dib Newsletter 4/2007 51

Delegation from Vietnam and I The congress language was English, French After lunch the Breakout sessions followed, and German – simultaneous translators sat in each for a small group of women. their booths and translated industriously. I attended the youth forum – Jobs in the 21st Depending on the composition of the panel Century – to hear what experienced busi- and the moderation (first-class the CNN re- nesswomen recommended to young women porters) the quality varied strongly. to make a career. One thing I remember well – the PIE principle. The P stands for perform- Panel topics were: ance, the I for image (self-concept vs. per- • Dialogue with businesswomen ception by others) and the E for Exposure (to • Common social cross-border responsibil- use opportunities to present oneself). One ity: Best Practices should try to integrate this into one’s work • Women CEO forum: The Market of the life. 21. Century Another Breakout session was concerned with Most exciting for me were, however, not the inventive talent and innovations of women for panel topics themselves but the vitae of the a more competitive economy. There the mas- women. Success stories, of course, but what ter inventor of IBM, UK, Amanda Chessell vale of tears the women had to cross first – made a presentation. impressive. Sungjoo Kim’s vita was worthy of making a movie about it: several university I did not lose sight of my task: how to find degrees in the USA, disinherited by her fa- among hundreds of women the right one for ther, takeover of fashion label, daughter ill, our dib network? stock market crash, … . There was only one thing to do: to ask brashly, even if not acquainted with each

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Rita Süssmuth, Vike Freiberga other. So e.g. with the Diversity Manager of the working group Media – I was asked to Daimler Chrysler – all participants were send further contact data. friendly and open, that made it very easy to My own company Accenture was also present establish new contacts. – I did not know before – I used the opportu- It was helpful to suggest that ICWES is an nity to get to know personally the Diversity opportunity for the Americans to establish Manager of Accenture and to raise the topic contacts with women technologists and engi- Sponsoring again – I was referred once more neers. to HR. In that way I could raise interest with ITT. Friday evening a Gala dinner took place, However, this were only first steps. Without and who wanted and had the possibility, follow-up and further contacts this fizzles out. could get all dolled up – with ball or small black dress – my clothes were on the sportive At the Summit Marketplace Microsoft had set side as I had not brought anything else with up 20 computers with internet connections me. that the participants used industriously. At the Deutsche Telekom booth I ambushed the During the Gala dinner the Global Women’s representatives with our planned activities of Leadership Award were given away. Networks for Women Engineers Internationally – dib Newsletter 4/2007 53

Vaira Vike Freiberga (President of Latvia) was The international aspects of the Global awarded the International Leadership Award Women Summit was fascinating. and Prof. Dr. Rita Süssmuth (former President The Africans had another focus and criticized of the German Parliament and former Fed- the concentration on European topics. Their eral Minister) with the National one. topics were more essential: AIDS, genital The musical conclusion of the evening was mutilating, information, education, but also provided by a quintet from the Berlin Phil- micro credits. harmoniker and an a cappella band from the Their encouraging speeches with “sisters, Philippines – afterwards the bar and dance- sisters” and their language style were wel- floor of the Interconti was stormed by the come alternatives to the European contribu- women, some (male) guests watched open- tions. mouthed. The presentation style of the Americans was The congress did not pass any resolutions or very entertaining. They can really make pres- other statements. In some press releases the entations. A few core statements and these organisational committee stated some posi- several times repeated – there one can learn. tions. Conclusion In my opinion the emphasis of the congress was networking. It was exciting to have personally participated. It was difficult to find the correct peo- Technical topics flared up when participants ple to contact in behalf of dib. I wished we with a technical background spoke, but there had adopted at least one resolution. were no panels offered for technologists. The next Global Women Summit will take Unfortunately no participant list was provided place in Vietnam in 2008 – it is improbable and on our badges no information was given that dib will participate. but our country. Jülide Sünter

The Situation of Women Engineers in International Comparison in Numbers

The situation of women engineers and/or EU report She Figures 2006 is especially rec- women generally differs from country to ommended. country. As far as this is can be shown in Petra Mayerhofer numbers, there are some country- Sources: comparative statistics presented in the following. As far as the scope of this newsletter [1] European Commission (2006) (Hrsg.) EUR22049 – She Figures 2006 – Women and Science Statistics allows it the sources, assumptions, and re- and Indicators.Office for Official Publications of the strictions of these statistics are included. European Communities, Luxembourg Please refer to the sources of the statistics at (see http://ec.europa.eu/research/science- the end of this article for a comprehensive society/pdf/she_figures_2006_en.pdf, 1 MB) presentation and the rationale behind them. [2] Eurostat (see epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu) Nearly all of them are available online. The

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[3] I. Haller, M. Vrohlings, R. Frietsch, H. Grupp [4] EUROSTAT Press Release 29/2006 – 6 March (2007) Analyse des technischen und wissenschaftli- 2006 (see epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu, PDF 73 kB) chen Beitrags von Frauen. Studie im Rahmen der [5] European Labour Force Survey 2006, quoted ac- Berichterstattung zur Technologischen Leistungsfä- cording to Süddeutsche Zeitung of 22/23 Septem- higkeit Deutschlands, gefördert durch das Bundes- ber 07 ministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF). Studien zum deutschen Innovationssystem Nr. 18- 2007, BMBF, Berlin (ISSN 1613-4338) (see http://www.bmbf.de/pub/sdi-18-07_.pdf, 445 kB)

Proportion of women among tertiary students, 2005 (1) Excluding France and Luxembourg (% of total number of tertiary students in each field), Source: EUROSTAT (2) Excluding ISCED level 6 (3) Most tertiary students study abroad and are not included 60 (4) Excluding independent private institutions; excluding the German speaking community (5) Not available 50 (6) Science, mathematics and computing, 2003

l ) ) ) ) ) y ) y ) y y s s k a d a n a n e a a d a a c a K d d d n l i r A r i 2 6 2 t i i i i a i 1 2 i 4 i 2 e c t a l e d u r ( n ( ( l n ( ( ( r n ( n S n a a k a a n n v a U r e t g t b t k n a a a d a w a a a p , a I ) s r p l p o a u l r g l y l U l a ) a e e a a u a m g i i v t t oa s i u r y a e S r m u n n e l l M s u r o r o L n n 3 e p r r J n c n w o n u T e u ( h P i A u n a I C I l G E o e i z e e S t C r N e i o a i t B S P t g i n v R H F m h D d L l t i n r m w e o e e e l h e t o c S S c B s R ou N a e G n c z e M t C h 27 c (

e i U L E Science, mathematics and computing Engineering, manufacture and construction

Proportion [%] of female PhD (ISCED6) graduates, 2003 by narrow field of study in natural science and engineering, Source: [1] 100

(1) Exceptions to the reference years: 2002 90 (2) Countries with small numbers

0 l ) ) ) a d n e c ) A a in ) ) 2 nia (2 e c li (1 25 UK ri a um (2 (2 ( y ari US - and p Italy i , a (2 a g tuga ub ds U S ia ni tvi ma ar ul Irelan Fran n E erl Aust Turkey elg 1) B Por Swed Slovakia Finland itz B La Ro ng Denmark ay ( ven Germany thua u h Rep Sw Estonia (2) lo Li H herla rw S et o Czec N N

Engineering & Engineering trades Manufacturing & Processing Architecture & Building Computing

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Glass Ceiling-Index in %, 2004 Source: [1] 12 11,7

4 3,2 3,1 2,9 2,9 2,7 2,6 2,4 2,3 2,3 2,2 2,2 2,2 2,1 2,1 2,02,02,02,0 1,9 1,9 1,9 1,8 1,8 1,8 1,8 1,7 1,7 1,7 2 1,4 1,1

) ) y ) ) ) ta ia K rk ds 1 d 1 d 2) m 1 n U a en an ( ( u ( al d an e ( pain Italy i y M uania public sto m eland Latvia 25 (2) rl reece Israel c S rlan g e h lovakia E Ic - ze Poland rk Re S Hungary Swe G Finlan Bel Lit Den EU Germ Tu h Cyprus (1)Austria (1) lovenia (3 ethe Fran ortugal Norway (1) c S N P Swit Bulgaria Romania (2 ze C The Glass Ceiling Index (GCI) is an indicator that measures the relative chance for women compared to men of reaching a top position. Here, the GCI compares the proportion of women in Grade A positions (equivalent to Full Professors in most countries) to the proportion of women in academia (Grade A+B+C), indicating the opportunity, or lack of, for women to move up the hierarchical structure in their profession. The value runs from 0 to infinity. A GCI of 1 indicates that there is no difference between women and men being promoted. A score of less than 1 means that women are over-represented and a GCI score of more than 1 indicates a glass ceiling effect showing that women are under-represented in grade A positions. In other words, the interpretation of the GCI is that the higher the value the thicker the glass ceiling and the more difficult it is for women to move into a higher position. (1) Exceptions to the reference year: Turkey 2000, France 2001, Austria 2002, Cyprus, Norway, and Portugal 2003 (2) Data unavailable: Ireland, Luxembourg; Grade C-data not available: Bulgaria, France, Romania

Research funding success rate differences* between women and men*, 2004 in %, Quelle: [1] 4,7 5 4 3,0 3,3 2,5 2,5 3 1,7 1,2 1,5 2 0,8 1 0 -1 -1,1 -2 -1,7 -1,7 -1,6 -3 -3,0 -3,4 -4 -4,6 -5 -6 -5,9 -5,8 -5,7 -5,6 -6,1 -7 -6,7 -7,2 -8 -9 -8,8 -10 -11 -11,0 -12 -13 -13,5 -14 -15 ) ) e y ) l a ) ) y a 1) 1 a 1 nd nd a 1) i rus ( ( UK and ni ( (2 ( l land Ital ug to a a rw ak ria en (1) Latvia erl nd (1 rt nla m o ds v Cyp st rae Greec Po a Es Fi iu Icel N n Is ed Germany Denmark itz Po Hungary Sloveniauani lg Slo Au Sw Sw Irel h e Lit B etherla Luxembourg (1 Czech Republic N * Research funding success rate of women minus success rate of men, i.e. when women are less successful than men the value is negative. (1) Exceptions to the reference year: Austria, Sweden 1999, Israel 2000, Greece, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Lithuania 2002, Ireland, Italy 2003 (2) Flemish community only

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Proportion of women on scientific boards, 2004 in %, Source: [1] 50 48 47 47

40 35 35 33 31 30 27 27

25 24 22 22 21 21 20 20 20 17 17 14 15 13 12 10 10 77

y d a a a s d a a rk 1) nd 1) lic ia UK ( a ni an ary ( k (1) rus rw ari a to ani ly p o nma g vi rel s erl ng u a nd N Finlan ul Iceland t I E tz ium (2) It epub Cy De B La Sloveni i Hu Lith Germany g R Slova France (1) etherland w h Pola Sweden (1) N S Bel Czec (1) Exceptions to the reference year: France, Poland, Sweden 2002, Bulgaria, Italy, Latvia 2003 (2) French community only

Women percentage of patent applications at European Patent Office in the years 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001 in %, Source: [3] 16% 15,2%

14%

12% 11,5% 11,2% 11,0% 10,1% 10% 9,5% 9,0% 8,9% 8,7% 8,0% 7,8% 8%

6% 5,4% 5,0%

4% 3,7%

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Proportion of women authors of scientific publications in the years 1996-2005 in %, Source: [3]

40%

36,3%

35% 33,3% 32,4%

30% 27,7% 26,6% 26,5% 26,5% 25,8% 25,7% 25% 22,5% 22,2% 21,9% 20,4% 20,3% 20%

15%

10%

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Proportion of scientists and engineers* in the total labour force** by sex, 2004 in %, ordered by sex equality in these professions, Source: [1]

9,0 Male scientists and engineers 8,0 4,2 Female scientists and engineers 4,0 6,4 7,0 5,4

3,3 4,0 6,0 4,3 4,4 3,6 4,4 4,5 5,0 4,2 3,0 3,9 2,8 3,3 2,0 2,8 4,0 2,9 2,9 4,0 1,8 3,7 2,3 3,0 3,2 2,2 2,2 1,5 1,6 2,0 1,6 2,5 2,6 2,0 1,7 2,0 2,1 2,0 1,9 1,8 1,9 1,9 1,8 1,5 1,5 1,4 1,4 1,0 1,2 1,2 1,3 1,2 1,0 1,1 1,0 1,1 1,1 1,0 1,1 0,7 0,0

y e g ia ia nd ria ia nd ly lic ds ce tv and gal a ium n a Ita tria ec UK a on l l ub s gary e an our rland uania L lg lga ve o Spain p u orwa n r EU-25 rmany inland e h Est Ice ortu Irel Cyprus lo P A Sweden N G Fr e F z Lit P Be Bu S Slovakia Re Hu mb it Denmarketherlan G e w ch N Lux S ze C * Physical, mathematical, life science and health occupations in the professional category only ** Total labour force is the sum of employed and unemployed persons. How to read this statistics: In Germany 4.4% of the total labour force are male scientists and engineers and 1.2% are female scientists and engineers, in total 5.6% of the total labour force are scientists and engineers. There is parity in these professions in Estonia, in Lithuania and Latvia women are more strongly represented in these professions, in all other countries less strongly. The greatest disparity exists in Switzerland.

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Use of time of women and men of the age 20 to 74 years - Free time Hours and minutes per day in the years 1998-2004 Meals and personal hygiene Domestic work Source: [4] Employment / education 16:48

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