Over the coming months, we will be supporting a virtual forum on women and engineering to inform the work of and in anticipation of the World Engineers' Convention.

We would like your assistance in the following ways:

• Volunteer to represent your country and/or region to provide relevant topics to the forum
• Provide comments on the following themes proposed for this forum:
• Women's Participation in Engineering Education
• Women's Participation in Engineering Workforce: Research and Data
• Engineering Affecting Women's Lives
• Policy Forums Addressing Participation by and Working Conditions for Women in Engineering
• Balancing Career and Family
• Girls' choice of engineering and technical careers
• Women's advancement
• Developing and monitoring policies related to encouraging full participation of women in engineering and science
• Women in information and communications technology
• Impact of technology on women
• Technology to serve women's needs
• Nominate a forum topic

We are especially interested in learning of data sources, reports and studies, intervention programs and policy implementation that relate to women in engineering and girls into engineering.

Forum Coordinator

Dr. Shirley Malcom is the coordinator of the Women's Participation in Engineering Forum. Dr. Malcom is Head of the Directorate for Education and Human Resources Programs of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The directorate includes AAAS programs in education, activities for underrepresented groups, and public understanding of science and technology.

Links:
Shirley Malcom's Biography and Video Clips
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
AAAS Directorate for Education and Human Resources Programs (EHR)
Global Alliance for Diversifying the Science and Engineering Workforce

Forum Moderator

Priti Mody is the moderator of the Women's Participation in Engineering Forum. She is the Associate Director of the Global Alliance for Diversifying the Science and Engineering Workforce at the Center for Workforce Development. Her responsibilities include overseeing funded projects related to the Global Alliance, writing and editing proposals, fundraising, conducting research projects on institutional best practices in diversity, writing reports, managing an international exchange program, conducting program evaluations, marketing, and working with international and national organizations.

Links:
Global Alliance for Diversifying the Science and Engineering Workforce

If you would like to
register to participate in the online forum,
click here.