This page contains resources to explore the international perspective on women in engineering and links to information about diversity in engineering.
From Electrifying Women
International conviviality: recovering women in engineering from Africa and Asia in ‘The Woman Engineer’, blog by Graeme Gooday
Internationalism and the Women’s Engineering Society, blog by Graeme Gooday
“Uganda has lost its first woman engineer”: Remembering Miriam Sebaggala (née Muwanga), blog by Emily Rees
Ira Rischowski: refugee engineer, blog by Graeme Gooday
The Woman Engineer – The UK Women’s Engineering Society’s journal
There are several examples of non-British members and women of colour in The Woman Engineer, digitised here
Further reading and links
Proceedings of the First International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists, 1964
Timeline of women in engineering worldwide (generated on Histropedia.com)
Shantha Mohan, Roots and Wings: Inspiring Stories of Indian Women in Engineering, Notion Press, 2018
International Women in Engineering Day
Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers
Links to some of the international organisations supporting women in engineering and STEM (and relevant articles)
Africa
African Women in Science and Engineering
India
China
IEEE Women in Engineering Affinity Group
Middle East
Article about women in engineering in UAE
Article about women in engineering in Iran and Saudi Arabia
Asia