Girls andWomen in Engineering Education

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Girls andWomenin Engineering Education

• Barbara Waugh, Ph.D., Director
• HP University Relations Africa
• WFEO FMOI
• June 2007

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• The Mandate
• Current State
• The Engineering ICT Education Pipeline
• The Education Track
• Change Strategy
• Models
• This conference
• ITF proposal
• HP EftA EA!

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• The Mandate
• Current State
• The Engineering ICT Education Pipeline
• The Education Track
• Change Strategy
• Models
• This conference
• ITF proposal
• HP EftA EA!

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• "The question we have to ponder here is
  simply this how does a society hope to
  transform itself if it 'shoots itself in the
  foot' by squandering more than half of its
  capital investment? The truth of the matter is
  that societies that recognize the real and
  untapped socioeconomic, cultural and political
  power of women thrive. Those that refuse to value
  and leverage women's talent, energies and unique
  perspectives remain developmental misfits. And I
  daresay that it is not difficult to demonstrate
  this with a growing body of evidence."
• President Kagame of Rwanda, February 07
• Gender, Nation Building and the Role of
  Parliaments

"Countries that do not fully capitalize on
one-half of their human resources are clearly
undermining their competitive potential."
Women's Empowerment Measuring the Global Gender
Gap Augusto Lopez-Claros,, and Saadia Zahidi,
WEF's Global Competitiveness Program, 2005
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Without access to information technology, an
understanding of its significance and the ability
to use it for social and economic gain, women in
the developing world will be further marginalized
from the mainstream of their communities, their
countries and the world. USAID, 2001. Gender,
Information Technology and Developing Countries
An Analytic Study. Washington, DC
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• The Mandate
• Current State
• The Engineering ICT Education Pipeline
• The Education Track
• Change Strategy
• Models
• This conference
• ITF proposal
• HP EftA EA!

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Data

• Impossible to show simple Global Gender Report
  Card for Science Technology
• Baseline Data Inconsistent
• apples oranges
• Regional Summaries Combine High Low Performers
  into Mediocre Scores
• Missing Countries
• Inconsistent criteria across reports
• Incomprehensible

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Current State
The reality is that no country in the world, no
matter how advanced, has achieved true gender
equality, as measured by comparable
decision-making power, equal opportunity for
education and advancement, and equal
participation and status in all walks of human
Endeavour. ..measuring disparities is a necessary
step towards implementing corrective policies.
Yet measurement is challenging and country
performance difficult to assess using
disaggregated and diverse data for each nation.
Women's Empowerment Measuring the Global Gender
Gap
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• The Mandate
• Current State
• The Engineering ICT Education Pipeline
• The Education Track
• Change Strategy
• Models
• This conference
• ITF proposal
• HP EftA EA!

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The Engineering ICT Education Pipelinefor
Girls Women How its filled, How it leaks
Physical Access
Perception Reality of Opportunity
Career Change
Influence Teachers, Parents,
Informal Education
Primary Secondary
Tertiary
Teachers/Faculty
Family Responsibilities
Influence Teachers, Parents, Peers, Culture
Perception Reality of Opportunity
Gov Industry NGOs
Adapted from Tracy Camp NCWIT
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• The Mandate
• Current State
• The Engineering ICT Education Pipeline
• The Education Track
• Change Strategy
• Models
• This conference
• ITF proposal
• HP EftA EA!

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Education Track AGENDA Filling Leaking

• Access
• Rural Women
• Influence
• Young Peoples Images of Engineering
• Generational Issues
• Sustainable Model for Africa
• Science Camp
• HR Training -gtparticipation

• Perception Reality
• Women Faculty
• Data Stats to Drive Change
• Professional Associations
• Transformation of Traditional University
• Innovation
• Attitudes
• Evolution of feminine
• Teaching Experiences
• Building on UNESCO report
• Career Change

• poster session

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Education Track Regions Countries

• Middle East
• Tunisia
• Europe
• Spain
• Mediterranean
• France
• Turkey
• Switzerland
• UK
• Asia
• India

• Americas
• Chile
• Brazil
• USA
• Cuba
• Africa Oceania
• Australia
• Africa
• Nigeria
• South Africa
• Mozambique

• poster session

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• The Mandate
• Current State
• The ICT Education Pipeline
• The Education Track
• Change Strategy
• Models
• This conference
• ITF proposal
• HP EftA EA!

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Conferences
Context A Sponsor
Content Gender Equity OR Science Technology
Process Workshops
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Whats Different About This Conference?
Context WFEO Multi-Stakeholder
Content Gender Equity AND Science Technology
Process Workshops Policy Push from the Top
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Change Strategy
Think Globally lt-gt Act Locally
Enlightened Self-Interest
Academia
Sabatos Triangle
Development Banks NGOs
Industry
Government
National System of Innovation
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Cinderella or Cyberella?
Educating women is key to capacity building

• Girls and Women must have access to education
• Technology can further marginalize women or
  accelerate their empowerment
• Women need to acquire and use ICT skills
• Corporations, educational institutions,
  development agencies and grassroots advocacy
  groups must work together to achieve breakthroughs

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ITF Proposal

• 10 centers
• Providing locally appropriate services based on
  proven best practices
• Acting as regional resource
• Linked together for leverage global resource
  progress
• Leveraging developing global resources incl.
  database of human resources research
• Megacommunity
• Common Metrics
• Beginning with consistent country baseline
  statistics
• Multi-stakeholder funding, ownership and
  governance

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Engineering for the AmericasA Comprehensive
Partnership

• The Organization of American States (OAS)
• The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA)
• The World Federation of Engineering Organizations
  (WFEO) Pan-American Union of Engineering
  Associations (UPADI), American Society for
  Engineering Education (ASEE)
• Inter American Development Bank (IDB)
• Societies and Associations LACCEI, ASIBEI,
  ISTEC, IEEE
• Accreditation Agencies ABET, CEAB, CASAI
• University Experts from across the Americas
• Industry

Asibei
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Engineering Africa! What is it?

• Conversations Co-creation of
• A Vision for sustainable poverty alleviation in
  global competitiveness of Africa through
  capacity building
• A Multi-stakeholder Process to develop
  Engineering Education for job creation
  sustainable economic development
• Process started in Nigeria

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Private Sector Participation

• HP
• Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas
• CISCO
• CELTEL
• MTN
• GT Bank
• Diamond Bank Plc

• INTEL
• Abuja Technology Village
• NITEL
• Truss Gas
• Pronet Intl Ltd
• Multimix Academy
• Schlumberger

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March Conference OutcomesPriority Working Groups

• Accreditation
• Entrepreneurship
• Government-University-Industry Partnerships

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Thank You