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Gender issues

Career Advisor – WIE Inside and WIE IndustrIEEE: Projects that encourage women in the industry

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The Region 9 (R9) Industry Engagement Committee aims to develop activities to create value for industries across IEEE. To do this, the committee identifies and acts on opportunities, gaps, and overlaps across IEEE. One of its challenges is to encourage diversity and inclusion in the industry, especially women in science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics … [Read more...] about Career Advisor – WIE Inside and WIE IndustrIEEE: Projects that encourage women in the industry

Empowering Dreams: Riko-Chan’s Stem Journey Makes Great Strides as IEEE WIE’s Manga Story Contest Grows from Strength to Strength

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To bridge gender disparity and foster gender diversity, IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE), supported by the IEEE Japan Council and IEEE New Initiative Committee, orchestrated a compelling narrative competition. The stage was set to delve into the narratives of Riko-chan, the girl next door who uses her scientific knowledge to solve everyday problems. Six WIE Manga comics based on … [Read more...] about Empowering Dreams: Riko-Chan’s Stem Journey Makes Great Strides as IEEE WIE’s Manga Story Contest Grows from Strength to Strength

Julia Griffin: Mentor Moments Matter

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In 2023, the IEEE Japan Council partnered with IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) to launch a new initiative to promote gender diversity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM): the Manga Story Contest, featuring fictional STEM-savvy high school student Riko-chan. The prompt was straightforward and open-ended: How might Riko-chan use STEM to solve a real world … [Read more...] about Julia Griffin: Mentor Moments Matter

As Good as Goldsmith: Fostering Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity is a Marathon, Not a Sprint

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Andrea Goldsmith was one of those students who was interested in everything, and like many high school graduates, she didn’t know what she was going to study in college. A gap year spent traveling made her even more interested in politics and languages, and when she began her freshman year at the University of California, Berkeley, she thought seriously about majoring in … [Read more...] about As Good as Goldsmith: Fostering Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity is a Marathon, Not a Sprint

Data Feminism

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Ph.D. candidate Daniene Byrne recently read a book that she says is a must read for people in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. It’s Data Feminism, a book by data scientists Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren Klein that presents a way of thinking about data that is informed by both intersectional feminism and a commitment to action. For more about this article … [Read more...] about Data Feminism