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Encouraging greater female participation in engineering

With women making up less than 10 per cent of engineers in Australia, the Engineering for Australia Taskforce, created to tackle low numbers of women studying engineering, has launched a new report identifying a need to remove barriers and change the perception of engineering in society and schools to encourage greater female participation in the field. Read More

First Women in STEM Ambassador

Award-winning astrophysicist Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith has been selected as Australia’s first Women in STEM Ambassador, as part of the Federal Government’s aim to encourage more girls and women to study and work in STEM-related fields.
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A 10-year plan for women in STEM

The Australian Academy of Science is working to develop a 10-year plan, on behalf of the Federal Government, to boost women in STEM and address the under-representation of females in STEM at schools, universities and in the workplace.
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