INTERNATIONAL WOMEN IN ENGINEERING DAY on June 23rd.
/To join in on this important day, we at EWB-SWE would like to acknowledge the many incredible women engineers in or around our organisation. These women make significant contributions to change and development in Sweden and around the world. They are also true inspirations and role models for other women and girls considering a career in the STEM field or becoming engineers.
We would hereby like to lift the stories of two prominent engineers, and we would like to thank our main partner Sandvik for giving us the opportunity to do so.
Meet Taline Forsberg, Vice President, Digital Projects and Services, Sandvik Coromant,
Taline Forsberg, Vice President, Digital Projects and Services, Sandvik Coromant, talks about why she became an engineer, the possibilities in combining different fields, and why she loves her job. Her advice to women and girls going into engineering is: "Believe in yourself – You can do it! Engineering is not just one single lane ... and I do believe that we make the best engineers".
Meet Anne Sankari, BLM Automation, Sandvik Mining and Rock Solution, Central Africa.
Anne Sankari, BLM Automation, Sandvik Mining and Rock Solution, Central Africa, talks about why she became an engineer, and why she strongly recommends other women to go into the engineering field. She says: "For me the best thing in engineering is definitely the problem solving aspect of it ... solving problems is the part I really like. Making the world a little bit better".
What is International Women in Engineering Day?
International Women in Engineering Day, arranged by the Women’s Engineering Society (WES), is celebrating its 11th year. The mission is to promote the incredible work that women engineers across the globe do every day. This year’s theme is #Enhancedbyengineering, highlighting the work that enhances people’s everyday lives and helps build a brighter future.
INWED strives to give women engineers around the world a profile, as women are still hugely under-represented in the engineering field. In the UK, for example, only 16.5% of engineers are women, while in Sweden, it's 29%. The INWED platform plays an important role in encouraging more young women and girls to pursue engineering careers.
At EWB-SWE, we have increased equality and inclusion as key focus areas, and we strongly support the efforts of the Women’s Engineering Society (WES), Womengineer Women In Tech Sweden, Women in STEM Pink Programming, Openhack - coding for humanity and many, many other organisations that work towards this important issue.
Read more about the activities arranged by INWED24 on the link below!
Welcome to share the stories of other women engineers you would like to highlight, using the hashtag #INWED24.
