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Special Focus – Women in engineering

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What does an engineer look like? Using the hashtag #ILookLikeAnEngineer, thousands of women engineers took to Twitter to challenge the idea that all engineers are men. While more and more women embrace careers in engineering, they are still vastly under-represented in the field, and the stereotype linking masculinity to technology is common and difficult to overcome. See our [Special_Focus#Special_Focus_-_current|selection of media articles] on the topic.

Special focus in the news

  • Why this IBM engineer tells high school girls that straight A’s don’t matter (Fortune.com 29.08.2015)

  • Women engineers quit over men’s attitudes (mg.co.za 21.08.2015)

  • ‘National approach needed to boost women in engineering’ (The Yorkshire Post 10.08.2015)

  • IIM classrooms: Engineers still rule, but women are scarce (Hindustan Times 09.08.2015)

  • This is what engineers actually look like (NzHerald.co.nz 09.08.2015)

  • #ILookLikeAnEngineer Is a Brilliant Celebration of Women in Engineering (Inverse 07.08.2015)

  • Women In These Jobs Are Closing The Gender Wage Gap (TIME 06.08.2015)

  • #iLookLikeAnEngineer: engineers take to Twitter to dispel all-male myth (The Guardian 05.08.2015)

  • Female Engineers Are Using the Hashtag #ILookLikeAnEngineer to Tear Down Gender Stereotypes (TIME 05.08.2015)

  • Woman Behind #ILookLikeAnEngineer Says Campaign Against Gender Stereotypes Is ‘Long Overdue’ (The NY Times 05.08.2015)

  • This Is What An Engineer REALLY Looks Like (Refinery29 04.08.2015)

  • Amazing Campaign Aims To Blast Stereotypes About Women In Engineering (Elite Daily 04.08.2015)

  • Women in science and engineering seek their own version of ‘MacGyver’ on TV (Los Angeles Times 31.07.2015)

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