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Women in Line Work

By: Amy Fischbach Source: T&D World Meet six female linemen with a love for the line trade and the drive and determination to get the job done. Renee Nickles may have worked in the line trade for three decades, but she has seen few other women embrace the adventure of working as a lineman. With skilled labor…

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Q&A with Women in Renewable Energy — WiRE

Source: Innovating Canada Author: Mediaplanet, ca.editorial@mediaplanet.com Image Source: Innovating Canada What inspired you to start WiRE? Joanna Osawe: I was in the energy sector building commercial wind farms for about 10 years and everywhere I went it was always a majority of men and very few women. Whether it was on the construction sites, in board rooms, in permitting…

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Siemens Energy announces the winners of #NiñasConEnergía

Source: Siemens Energy Image Source: Siemens Energy Siemens Energy and Epic Queen have started a collaborative initiative to inspire girls in STEM. On October 8, 2021, Siemens Energy in Mexico announced the winners of #NiñasConEnergía, an initiative the company launched in collaboration with Epic Queen to inspire girls in STEM. Epic Queen is a YouTube channel committed to…

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WES offers MentorSET program to women in STEM

Source: Women’s Engineering Society (WES) Image Source: Women’s Engineering Society (WES) Cover image: Shutterstock MentorSET is a mentoring scheme run by WES for women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). Unlike many mentoring schemes, MentorSET offers cross-sector independent mentors from around the UK and is open to both men and women. Use WES’ specialist software to search for a…

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Q&A: Cargill’s Women in Power

Cargill was one of the founding members of Paradigm for Parity in 2015. Can you tell us more about your commitment to gender parity? We looked at women in leadership. It was a tough but necessary reality check. We saw that we weren’t making meaningful progress and it needed to change. We understood that improvements…

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Fighting for the Soldiers: Women in Trades

By Alan Ross Technical Director at APC Media & Curator of the Transformer Technology community            As a supporter of Women in Power Systems (WPS), I have been thinking about what the focus of our efforts should be, and recently I had a revelation. While we clearly need to advocate for inclusion…

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Thriving in Diversity: Power Technology Research

Power Technology Research (PTR) is a specialized market research consultancy focusing on areas within Power Technology and Industrial Automation. In this Women in Power Systems company profile, we look at how PTR has built equal opportunity into its company culture and how mutual support and collaboration bring benefits to employees, as well as better business results.…

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