Mission Statement and Goals

Mission

Our mission is to:

• promote the importance of female involvement in engineering to business, academia, government and the wider community,

• increase career opportunities and development for women in engineering, and

• provide a professional, social, and support network for women in engineering and associated industries.

Goals:

• organise local group activities and promote IEEE WIE at technical conferences, public events and local meetings.

• encourage networking between local IEEE WIE members and with other professional women from the industry and facilitate discussions about issues which are relevant to women in the sciences today.

• address important issues for the retention and advancement of women in engineering through the development of special programs and the fostering of co operative relationships with other Victorian non-IEEE WIE organizations.

• to be the leading resource and advocate for women in engineering by providing information, trends, and best practices to all who are interested in advancing women in engineering fields.

• advocate women for leadership roles in IEEE, and promote career advancement for women in the profession.

• energise women engineers in Victoria to get involved in IEEE WIE.

• recognise women's achievements in electrical and electronics engineering through IEEE Awards nominations.

• carry out outreach activities to encourage young girls to study engineering.

• recruit, develop and nurture volunteers.
  
  
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