Priva UK is celebrating International Women in Engineering Day which takes place today, Tuesday 23 June.
Now in its seventh year, International Women in Engineering Day 2020 (INWED20) is designed to raise the profile of women in engineering across the globe and focus on career opportunities available to girls in the profession.
Coordinated by the Women’s Engineering Society (WES), INWED’s global reach has seen countries including Panama, Canada, Rwanda, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Pakistan participate in the campaign. In 2016 INWED was awarded UNESCO patronage for the first time.
Kathryn Smethurst, a Business Development Manager at Priva believes INWED plays an important role in encouraging greater opportunities for women and is a catalyst for a more diverse workforce:
“INWED20 is an amazing campaign that recognises the careers available to women in engineering. The 2020 theme is ‘Shape The World’ and I believe that this reflects my own career and the work I’m doing. Gone are the days when engineering meant a dirty boiler house. These days, engineers are just as likely to find themselves working at the cutting-edge of technology. “
Since joining Priva in 2013, Kathryn has seen the way sustainability and engineering can work hand in hand.
“I like to think I have played my own, small part in slowing down the speed of climate change as well helping British horticulturalists to use our technology to get more from nature. This is exactly the sort of thing INWED is asking us all to celebrate. This work is exciting stuff – and I very much hope future generations of young women will follow the path I’ve taken. This is a fast-paced, energetic sector to work in – and very rewarding too.”
