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WIE From Around the World: A Story of Female Research Engineers in Malaysia

June 1, 2019 by Chamari Edirisnghe and Adrain David Cheok

CHIPPING AWAY AT LONG-ENTRENCHED GENDER STEREOTYPES

This article highlights women in predominantly male vocations and how the challenges they face impact them and the professions they are bravely transforming. Our focus group study deals with 13 newly graduated women engineers working at a research institute in Malaysia, who viewed their roles from the perspective of workplace virtues, office philosophy, and job environment. As women immersed in a traditional culture, they attempt to comprehend the roles they have been consigned to play, roles that can conflict with their ambitions. Though they might never march on the streets for a feminist cause, they are nonetheless feminists because every day, with dogged persistence, they confront the barriers women face and change them, little by little.

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IEEE Women in Engineering Magazine is the first magazine to focus on issues facing women who study or work in IEEE’s fields of interest.

IEEE Women in Engineering Magazine strives to recognize women’s outstanding achievements in electrical and electronics engineering as well as enhance networking and to promote membership in IEEE Women in Engineering.

The publication also advocates for women in leadership roles and career advancement for women in STEM professions, and it facilitates the development of programs and activities that promote the entry into and retention of women in engineering programs.

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