Our Pioneering member, Engr. Anum Tariq Khan spoke at the STEMinists of Pakistan: Overcoming Barriers | Lahore event organized by British Council Pakistan on October 28th, 2017. Anum spoke about the enablers and barriers for Pakistani women within #STEM fields. Anum's passion for the cause has shown through all three years of her work with Women Engineers Pakistan. For WEP's "Science for Progress" initiative, she has spoken to many young high school girls about the importance of education as a whole, and about STEM in detail. She has also spoken at national level to policy makers within the Higher Education Commission (HEC) and industry, regarding current issues that women face within engineering academia and industry. Anum has led many student-industry linkage events, and has conducted various field-trips for prospective female engineers to different STEM firms. She is also a part of IEEE Women in Engineering, and constantly works for promoting and empowering women.
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This week, our ER manager, Engr. Yusra Shah represented Pakistan and Women Engineers Pakistan at the Global Women In Leadership Economic Forum (WIL Forum). Yusra met with HRH Princess Tessy Antony of Luxembourg, who gave an amazing message "Pakistan is incredibly resourceful country, and you have lots of opportunities, so don't give up! Even if from time to time it is hard, and you are being pushed down, just push back! You can do it, and I am with you!" Thank you Princess Tessy! #womeninSTEM#WomenLeaders #RoleModels — with Yusra Shah and naseba at The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai. |