The Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria , in partnership with the Royal Academy of Engineering recently held a stakeholders’ engagement with experts in the energy, automotive and aviation sectors, aimed at creating an enabling environment for better productivity for women to achieve excellence as engineers and leaders.
She described gender as an important part of human lives and workplaces, however, it’s still an issue especially in the workplace. “This will help ensure that all employees feel like they have a voice at work and can be treated fairly regardless of their gender identity or expression. “Our plan is to gather data through the aerospace, automobile and energy sectors in Lagos. We also intend to partner employers, policy makers and educators to create an inclusive learning environment and get engineering companies to develop a diversity and inclusion policy; and create SheEngineer 30 club that will be launched to get companies’ commitment to have at least 30 per cent female on board.