Rather focus on how to increase the number of women in engineering, by being involved in training and mentoring. Twitter doesn't change life
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Replying to @yours_heidi
Twitter doesn't change life, no. Its just a good place to share ideas, essays, books etc which change attitudes which change life.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @yours_heidi
In real life I;m focused on tackling two problems affecting UK women. Unprosecuted honour crime & FGM & disempowerment in universities.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @yours_heidi
Do you think aiming training & mentoring at women will make more of them want to enter engineering? Currently dominate healthcare &education
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Replying to @HPluckrose @yours_heidi
And we find that where women have most freedom of choice & opportunity, they're less likely to choose STEM. Does your experience differ?
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Interesting. I'm Malaysian, did my B Eng at local uni. Women outnumbered men in some engineering fac.s but more men went into engineering.
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Replying to @yours_heidi @HPluckrose
After graduation my female classmates mostly chose to enter academia to become lecturers. They cite flexi hours + security as reasons.
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Replying to @yours_heidi @HPluckrose
The few who went to private sector like me eventually leave because of crazy hours, boys club mentality, harassment, etc
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Replying to @yours_heidi @HPluckrose
Based on my limited observation, almost equal ratio men:women in STEM in the beginning but more women leave the field along the way.
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Replying to @yours_heidi @HPluckrose
My job as mentor = encourage young female engineers to stay, knowing they have a senior to ask for advice. Sr. male engineers inaccessible.
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Excellent. Reduce the number of women dropping out who'd really prefer to stay. :)
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