SAWomEng (South African Women in Engineering)

Our mission is to develop a more gender diverse engineering workforce through education and technology. Women in engineering are still grossly under-represented. Engineering is a creative profession dependent on our life experiences. Women make up 52% of the population and are considered the world's most powerful consumers, controlling 85% of all consumer purchasing power, yet women engineering graduates globally are still below 20%. The number of women in the industry hovers around 11%. Engineering a better future requires a stronger presence of women in engineering to provide holistic, targeted and inclusive solutions to the world's biggest problems. WomEng develops strong pipeli... read more Our mission is to develop a more gender diverse engineering workforce through education and technology. Women in engineering are still grossly under-represented. Engineering is a creative profession dependent on our life experiences. Women make up 52% of the population and are considered the world's most powerful consumers, controlling 85% of all consumer purchasing power, yet women engineering graduates globally are still below 20%. The number of women in the industry hovers around 11%. Engineering a better future requires a stronger presence of women in engineering to provide holistic, targeted and inclusive solutions to the world's biggest problems. WomEng develops strong pipelines of women engineering leaders. Increasing the number of women in engineering within any organisation or country is a competitive advantage. Diverse teams provide diverse perspectives resulting in better thought-out solutions. Growth in the areas of science, engineering and technology is also a catalyst for job creation, social upliftment and economic development. (More awards): Finalist for Airbus Diversity Award in 2015 Best Practice in TVET awarded by the African Union in 2015 Top NGO in South Africa awarded by Top Women Magazine in 2014