Events

INWED 2018 Launch

The Women's Engineering Society (WES) is proud to launch 

International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) for 2018!

The theme this year is 'Raising the Bar', which is our invitation to you to show the world how you are making positive change in what you do and how you do it. Whether professionally, through studying or perhaps by creating a more diverse workplace. We want to hear from individuals and organisations making both large strides and small steps to raise awareness. We hope to see lots of people and organisations demonstrating how they will be #RaisingTheBar for #INWED18 through events, activities and social media. As in previous years we are expecting a plethora of female talent to be showcased and to see a huge number of events for people to participate in worldwide.

This year is also the 'Year of Engineering' and 100 years since (some) women were given the vote - today is the 100^th anniversary of the Representation of the People Act 1918 which brought this change in the law into force! So 2018 is particularly poignant and we are excited to see how this might influence your #INWED18 celebrations either on Saturday 23 June or in the weeks leading up to, or following the day. We hope you will be taking part! 

2018 also sees a new theme for the Top 50 Women in Engineering in partnership with The Telegraph - Transferrers and Returners. More information will be provided about this in subsequent communications. If you, or someone you know fits this category and can provide inspiration to others, please do consider nominating either yourself or another person when nominations open.

What's next?

Follow the organisers on Twitter at @INWED1919 and use #INWED18 and #RaisingTheBar to share your thoughts, ideas and pictures with them.

Complete the Event Notification Form and tell the organisers more about your event so they can display it on their interactive map.

Wear your passion on your sleeve: there's an online t-shirt store that delivers INWED18 tops in varying styles and designs for both women, men and children to all celebrate in style.

Check the website for additional materials, tools and tips to help you organise and promote your events

Get in touch at: inwed@wes.org.uk.

Get involved and plan your own event!

Download the #INWED18 Resource Pack to help you to plan your own event to celebrate women engineers. It includes:

•  #INWED18 overview
•  How to get involved
•  About our Draw an Engineer competition
• About the Top 50 Women in Engineering
• How to find a female Engineer to speak at your event
• Some useful statistics
• About the INWED t-shirt store
• How to support the Women's Engineering Society
• How to tell us about your event
• Download the Resource Pack here