TY - GEN
T1 - A Survey on the Experiences of Women in Engineering
T2 - 2019 IEEE AFRICON, AFRICON 2019
AU - Longe, Omowunmi Mary
AU - Imoukhuede, Oladunni Bimpe
AU - Obolo, Adebukola Adebusayo
AU - Ouahada, Khmaies
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.
PY - 2019/9
Y1 - 2019/9
N2 - Engineering is a very challenging profession, but more challenging for women to participate from classrooms to workplaces. Some of these challenges include gender discrimination, male dominance, sexual harassment, employment discrimination, and leadership challenges, to mention, but a few. Notwithstanding, some young female career seekers have defied these challenges to still pursue a career in engineering. In this paper, a case study of women engineers chosen from a higher institution of learning in Nigeria was considered. Primary data were obtained and analysed from questionnaire served to female engineering students at Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria. Secondary data on students' enrolment and staff employment were also obtained from the faculty of engineering of same institution for analyses. This paper presents their experiences and challenges; and also made some recommendations towards better representation, participation and retention unto retirement of women in engineering in Nigeria.
AB - Engineering is a very challenging profession, but more challenging for women to participate from classrooms to workplaces. Some of these challenges include gender discrimination, male dominance, sexual harassment, employment discrimination, and leadership challenges, to mention, but a few. Notwithstanding, some young female career seekers have defied these challenges to still pursue a career in engineering. In this paper, a case study of women engineers chosen from a higher institution of learning in Nigeria was considered. Primary data were obtained and analysed from questionnaire served to female engineering students at Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria. Secondary data on students' enrolment and staff employment were also obtained from the faculty of engineering of same institution for analyses. This paper presents their experiences and challenges; and also made some recommendations towards better representation, participation and retention unto retirement of women in engineering in Nigeria.
KW - Engineering
KW - Female Engineers
KW - Female Undergraduate Engineering Students
KW - Women in engineering
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85088372144&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/AFRICON46755.2019.9133875
DO - 10.1109/AFRICON46755.2019.9133875
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85088372144
T3 - IEEE AFRICON Conference
BT - IEEE AFRICON 2019
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 25 September 2019 through 27 September 2019
ER -
