Role of Women in Nation Development (Book of Conference Proceedings of NIT Jamshedpur 2020) ISBN- 978-81-948050-4-5

Authors: Rekha

Abstract: Women constitute nearly half the world’s population. Despite this, it has been observed that the participation of women in the engineering field is less compared to that of males. This paper presents the various factors which are contributing to less presence of women in the engineering field. Various facts and figures have been presented to support this analysis. This paper also highlights the measures to be taken to improve this number along with the advantages which can be achieved by employing more women engineers.

Keywords: United States (US), United Kingdom (UK), The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).