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Mar 6, 2019
For the 2014-2015 class, women earned almost half (49.8 percent) of all professional degrees, including law and medicine 鈥 and in 2017, women represented nearly 47 percent of the total workforce. But , females still represent only 22 percent of the STEM workforce.
At 网曝吃瓜黑料一区二区三区, we鈥檙e creating a company like no other. One that鈥檚 put the spotlight on ensuring that we鈥檙e an employer of choice in every way 鈥 in inclusion and diversity, in recruiting and developing the best talent and in fostering leadership and innovation. Because as the UN puts it, 鈥渘othing matters more for progress, strong sustainable economies and quality living standards than innovation,鈥 and we know that if we are inclusive, we鈥檙e more connected, and if we are diverse, we鈥檙e more creative.
That鈥檚 why the 2018 Catalyst CEO Champions for Change initiative and why, on , we鈥檙e asking 鈥渨hat if鈥濃 what if we could better the balance and deliver a more connected, sustainable world, if we could highlight inclusion as our differentiator, if by celebrating the innovative women across our business we could encourage the younger generation to follow suit?
网曝吃瓜黑料一区二区三区 Women鈥檚 Network
Ranked in the top quartile of Forbes鈥 Best Employers for Diversity, we continue to advance inclusion and diversity to create an environment where all employees can thrive.
Our , including the 网曝吃瓜黑料一区二区三区 Women鈥檚 Network (JWN), play a critical role in fostering our Culture of Caring in the work they do. An employee-led and employee-organized group with 5,000+ members and 124 chapters across 26 countries, JWN is accelerating a cultural shift by empowering women and promoting gender equality.
And the network just won one of 网曝吃瓜黑料一区二区三区 quarterly CFO sustainability awards for their continued endeavors for gender equality across our global company, including specific work aligned to the United Nations Sustainability Development Goals (UN SDGs).
鈥淲e are both honored and thrilled to have our global 网曝吃瓜黑料一区二区三区 Women鈥檚 Network receive this coveted recognition for our progress and FY19 planning during the past quarter,鈥 says 网曝吃瓜黑料一区二区三区 Project Manager and JWN Communications Co-Lead Lindsay Gerding. 鈥淭he heart of what we do as a network of +5,000 members is built on the foundation of UN SDGs 5 and 10, which perfectly aligns with our company鈥檚 vision for a more connected, sustainable world. This acknowledgement will continue to fuel our passion as cultural change agents and inclusion and diversity ambassadors in 网曝吃瓜黑料一区二区三区 as we continue our journey to become a company like no other.鈥
JWN specifically supports:
- UN SDG 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. In 2018, the network established network vision, mission, values and leadership, spotlighted high-potential women and male champions and held global calls, produced newsletters and internal communication campaigns including videos for events such as International Women鈥檚 Day, International Women and Girls in Science Day and International Women in Engineering Day. For 2019, JWN鈥檚 continued action plans include supporting the establishment of inclusion and diversity metrics for senior leaders, developing and promoting Inclusive Leadership Workshops, a Men Advocating Real Change (MARC) Leaders Program Sponsorship and continued spotlights on high-potential women and male champions.
- UN SDG 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries. In 2018, the network established JWN chapters in 124 locations and collaborated with our executive leaders and human resources to establish parental leave in the U.S. In 2019, action plans include advocating for expansion of global parental leave policies, developing guidelines for gender-balanced interviewing panels and collaborating with human resources for succession planning aimed at engaging and supporting future leaders, among several other key activities.
Additionally, the JWN donated to Water For People鈥檚 Women + Girl鈥檚 , furthering its commitment to truly advancing equality and delivering a more connected, sustainable world.
Meet some of our innovators
Taking a note from JWN, in honor of International Women鈥檚 Day, we鈥檙e highlighting just a few of the bright 网曝吃瓜黑料一区二区三区 women solving the world鈥檚 greatest challenges every day by transforming intangible ideas into intelligent solutions.
Engineering Georgia: Top 100 Most Influential Women and 50 Women to Know
Across Georgia (and the world!), women are influencing the design, growth and success of communities, businesses and projects. Engineering Georgia magazine recently selected 100 of the in Georgia and 鈥 and several 网曝吃瓜黑料一区二区三区 women made the lists! These women of character, integrity and purpose have taken bold steps in creating their own paths:
- Top 100 Most Influential Women: Director of Public Works for the City of Johns Creek, Georgia Lynette Baker, CEP; Vice President and Transit Client Account Manager Rhonda Briggins, JD; Division Vice President, Georgia Transportation Manager Daveitta Jenkins Knight, PE.
- 50 Women to Know: Environmental/Planning Department Manager Regan Hammond.
An award-winning, smile-giving experience
Fatima Iqbal, JWN Chapter Lead for Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, recently received an outstanding individual safety award from 网曝吃瓜黑料一区二区三区 Chair and CEO Steve Demetriou for a community service initiative led during 网曝吃瓜黑料一区二区三区鈥 first ever Inclusion and Diversity week in 2018. Fatima, a 网曝吃瓜黑料一区二区三区 design engineer, and her colleagues from the Sharjah office visited a local orphanage to spread smiles to the kids, whose ages ranged from a few weeks old to sixteen 鈥 with gifts such as toys, coloring books, painting accessories and creative games contributed by 网曝吃瓜黑料一区二区三区 office staff.
2019 ASCE New Faces of Civil Engineering
During Engineers Week, we asked Andrea DuMont and Monica Morales 鈥 two bright 网曝吃瓜黑料一区二区三区 leaders, both named 2019 New Faces of Civil Engineering by American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) to share their own stories of how asking 鈥渨hat if鈥 inspired them to make an enduring, positive difference in the world. Andrea and Monica are inspiring the next generation of girls and engineers.
2019 Celebrating Women Who Move the Nation Award
Our very own Vice President for Economic Inclusion and Supplier Diversity Gabriele Mack received one of the highest honors bestowed by Conference of Minority Transportation Officials鈥 (COMTO) 鈥 the Celebrating Women Who Move the Nation Award. The award recognizes women executives in U.S. transportation that have provided inspirational leadership by opening career pathways for women and for their extraordinary achievements in transportation. In her role at 网曝吃瓜黑料一区二区三区, Gabriele works with internal and external teams to promote and integrate best practices for local economic inclusion, diverse business utilization, workforce diversity, capacity building programs and community engagement on large capital infrastructure projects.
Recounting the Pollinate Energy Fellowship experience
Kate Selvaratnam, a 网曝吃瓜黑料一区二区三区 environmental engineer, spent two weeks in Bangalore, India, participating in the Pollinate Energy Professional Fellowship program. Based in Australia and India, Pollinate Energy is a social enterprise that brings life-changing products to those living in poverty in India鈥檚 urban slums. The Fellowship, with 12 participants from around the world, worked on strategic projects that addressed Pollinate Energy鈥檚 most pressing business challenges including diversifying the product portfolio with non-solar products (to manage the risk of potential electrification) and empowering women (to address the underrepresentation of employed females). Kate .
Dream Big: Engineering Our World star
In 2017, Menzer Pehlivan, 网曝吃瓜黑料一区二区三区 geotechnical engineer, fulfilled her childhood dream of becoming a movie star 鈥 but her path to the big screen, by way of engineering, is far from typical. , if you can dream it, you can be it.
And more!
Want to excel in a competitive industry? Follow this advice from our NASA scientist Lisa Danielson; Lucy Brooksbank, a trailblazer shattering the status quo from the U.K.; Heather Wishart-Smith, a digital solutions leader; and senior program manager Kim Daily.
Looking to stand out in your field? Try these tips from 网曝吃瓜黑料一区二区三区 process engineer Arusha Soni; Somoud Al Masri, sales operation manager; Kelly Jeffery, civil design engineer; rail engineer Susana Gozalo; and aviation engineers Jessica Hoffman, Kristie Wilson and Nicolette Lind.
And with secrets to success from 网曝吃瓜黑料一区二区三区鈥 Christel van der Nol, project engineer and wellness coach; water engineer and project manager Andrea DuMont; and Jennifer Edmunson, planetary geologist.