Aim: To raise the profile and celebrate the achievements of women in engineering, and encourage more girls to consider engineering as a career.

Schools, universities, and organizations involved in participating in INWED17 will host events to encourage all groups (Governmental, educational, corporate, Professional Engineering Institutions, individuals and other organizations) to organize their own events in support of the day, and link them together for maximum impact.

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The Day: National Women in Engineering Day (NWED) was set up as an inaugural event coordinated by the Women’s Engineering Society (WES) for the first time in the UK in 2014 to celebrate their 95th anniversary, as a charity supporting women in engineering. It has been recognised that a skills gap in engineering is looming, and one way of addressing this is to get more girls to consider engineering as a realistic career option for them. This will have the dual benefit of creating more diversity in the engineering sector (where fewer than 10% of the workforce is women), and creating a bigger talent pool of future engineers from which to recruit. Since that launch in 2014 the day has grown enormously over the years to the point where it received UNESCO patronage in 2017 and is being launched this year as International Women in Engineering Day (INWED17). This year the theme is #MenAsAllies.

For more information on INWED17 and upcoming UK and international events visit their website at www.inwed.org.uk

Follow the event on Twitter @INWED1919 and use the hashtag #INWED17, and promote their theme #MenAsAllies.