WOMENG

WOMENG

Advancing Women in Infrastructure Engineering

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WOMENG aims to inform, develop and enhance women’s careers, to create bridges with industry that facilitate career development opportunities for women and young girls in infrastructure engineering.

WOMENG (Advancing Women in Infrastructure Engineering) is a Victoria-based multi-sponsored project specifically designed to enhance career pathways for women in a sector where the female workforce is extremely under-represented.

WOMENG aims to target our support to two audiences in the state of Victoria: the future of infrastructure engineering through the Youth Program, and the career women currently contributing to the industry.

RMIT, AfPA, Austroads, and the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources are proud to be a part of this project and improve the STEM education cohort at all levels.

Text And Media Video

The WOMENG Documentary 2022-2023

The WOMENG Project is excited to conclude its first chapter of the Youth Program and the Mid-to-late Career Program. We have documented the highlights of our journey promoting women and girls in infrastructure engineering in this video, and we hope to meet you again soon!

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WOMENG Final Workshop | July 19th 2023

RMIT’s Final workshop invites a panel of industry members to present possible career pathways from women, with an emphasis on how they fueled their interests in infrastructure engineering at a young age and present their journey towards becoming a senior executive member of the transport engineering industry.

Project streams

WOMENG is divided into two streams: the Youth Program and the Mid-to-late Career Program.

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Youth Program

The Youth Program aims to promote infrastructure engineering as an exciting and ambitious career path for female students from year levels 9-12.
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Mid-to-late Career Program

The Mid-to-late Career Program is oriented towards career pathways for female industry leaders, industry-based events and engagement opportunities.
two female high school students in work gear talking to staff member on excursion to asphalt plant Student briefing at WOMENG Youth Program, Downer Somerton 2023
group of female high school students wearing high vis vests and hard hats on excursion at asphalt plant Site visit at WOMENG Youth Program, Downer Somerton 2023

Contact

For further information and questions on WOMENG and any queries on registration, please do not hesitate to contact Project Coordinator, Cody Tran Jackson at cody.jackson@rmit.edu.au.  

For regular updates from the WOMENG team, see the project on LinkedIn.

Project leaders

Filippo Giustozzi
Associate Professor of Civil and Infrastructure Engineering

 

Marie Enfrin
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Civil Engineering

Project partners

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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.

aboriginal flag
torres strait flag

Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.