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We’re encouraging woman engineers from all fields of engineering to put their hands up and be counted on social media as part of the nine percent.
The IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards recognises the work of amazing young women engineers, working in the UK by celebrating their achievements and highlighting them as ambassadors for the profession.
We host this event every year because women still make up only nine percent of the engineering and technology workforce. We at the IET think that #9PercentIsNotEnough. Nine percent is disproportionately low, especially considering the number of talented female engineering and technology graduates who finish university with excellent grades.
A big part of the ceremony is to encourage the next generation of young girls into engineering.
We’re encouraging woman engineers from all fields of engineering to put their hands up and be counted on social media as part of the nine percent. Join us by sharing a picture with '9%' on your hand, using the hashtag #9PercentIsNotEnough, so that we help to highlight that engineering is a realistic career aspiration for girls.
#9PercentIsNotEnough – but your posts could really help to inspire more young women into our engineering profession.
www.theiet.org/ywe
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