Diversity Means Business
The Women in Engineering National Committee (WIE NC), working with large engineering employers, have developed a solutions based approach focusing on delivering better business outcomes to enable industry to evolve and successfully compete in a changing environment.
Many of our members work in organisations that have had singular success in recruiting, retaining and celebrating female engineers in their workforce.
As a response to numerous approaches from industry to provide advice and guidance on how to set up a successful in-house professional women’s program, the WIE NC undertook a project to develop an industry blueprint of successful in-house professional women’s programs.
A paper was developed following a round table discussion with industry partners, that have programs that successfully encourage gender diversity in an organisation through initiatives that attract, retain and celebrate women in the engineering profession.
The paper looks at some of the issues to consider, key messages to achieve success and some lessons learnt when setting up an in-house professional women’s program. The full document is available on-line here.
The paper plays a vital role in achieving the Committee’s vision of a diverse, inclusive and sustainable engineering profession.
The program was officially launched at the Engineers Australia Fellows luncheon. Thanks to our industry partners Alcoa, Ford, IBM, NSW Transport RailCorp and Sinclair Knight Merz.
Photos from the launch shown below.
Left to right - Harry Roberts, Executive Manager Integrated Transport Solutions, Asia Pacific, KBR, Gaye Francis, John McIntosh, President, Engineers Australia Victoria Division and Madeleine McManus, National Councillor Engineers Australia
Tom Fricke, Executive Board Member Committee for Melbourne and Gaye Francis
Fellows Luncheon and Diversity Means Business launch
Tom Fricke, Executive Board Member Committee for Melbourne and Gaye Francis