Posts Tagged 'Goal 5 – Gender Equality'

The third Summit of the African Women Engineers organized by the Committee of Women in Engineering of the Federation of African Engineering Organization was held virtually on 4th December, 2020.

The theme of the symposium was “Achieving Gender Equality in Africa – Perspective of Female Engineers. The programme had about 120 Women Engineers in ...

A virtual dialogue with Ms. Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) and Dr. Liberato (Levi) Bautista, President of the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO) took place last 8 April, moderated by Mrs. Lidiya Grigoreva, Chief UNOG Liaison Unit.

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UNESCO and the World Federation of Engineering Organisations celebrated World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development with the launch of the second UNESCO Engineering Report, Engineering for Sustainable Development – Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals”, at a high level virtual event hosted by UNESCO on 4th March 2021. The event was live streamed to thousands of ...

WFEO was proud to host two webinars that presented the insights of leading women engineers who have shared their leadership journeys in Rising to The Top Volume II.

This book was developed ...

WFEO, the International Network of Women in Engineering and Sciences (INWES) and the
International Science Council (ISC) are leading international organisations in science, technology and engineering, representing women in STEM from more than 100 nations.

Leaders from these organisations came together on 20 March 2021 at the United ...

The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), the International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES), and the Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC) jointly hosted a virtual conference on “Women in STEM in Time of the Pandemic – Facing Challenges, Finding Resilience.”, as ...

WED2021 Introduction

The World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development was proclaimed by UNESCO at its 40th General Conference in 2019. It is celebrated worldwide on 4th March of each year since 2020. The day offers an opportunity to highlight engineers and engineering’s achievements in our modern world and improve public understanding of how engineering ...

In celebration of International Day of Women and Girls in Science, 11 February 2021, WFEO is pleased to announce that the joint statement from INWES and WFEO was accepted by UN Women and is published on their website.

This is the first time that a written statement has been made and accepted.

The International ...

A webinar showcasing the careers of young women engineers involved in careers that advance sustainable development was hosted by the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering at the Kuala Lumpur Engineering Science Fair (KLESF) on 18 December 2020.

KLESF is an initiative with various programmes and activities that aims to promote ...