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#SHAPETHEWORLD
“International Women
in Engineering Day”
An opportunity for Growth
Cristiana Monti, Business Development, inspire the next generation.
On 23rd June 2020 Wood The result was a video and blog published
the world celebrated on our website and in our global intranet.
the seventh edition of the nternational Women in Engineer-
ing is a global awareness campaign Background
“International Women which raises the profile of women in The National Women in Engineering
engineering and focuses attention Day was launched for the first time in
in Engineering Day” on the amazing career opportunities the United Kingdom on 23 June 2014
I available to girls in this exciting in- by the Women’s Engineering Society
(INWED). The 2020 theme dustry. This year the theme was #Sha- (WES) to celebrate its 95th anniversary.
peTheWorld. Since that launch in 2014 the event has
being “Shape the World”, To properly celebrate this day, at Wood grown enormously over the subsequent
we caught up with some of our engi- years to the point it received UNESCO
let us see how we shape neers, not only to discover how they are patronage in 2016.
our world at Wood shaping the world, but how they help In 2017, the National Women in Engi-
neering Day became international for
to make our planet a better, safer, more
innovative and exciting place to be and the first time due to the interest and
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