The  Colloquium, “Empowering Women in Engineering and Technology” to be held in Tunis, Tunisia, 6-8 June 2007, avocates  increased participation and leadership of women engineers within the WFEO and the engineering profession as a whole. UNESCO is a co-sponsor.

Discussion themes: 

• Women in the Engineering and Technology Workforce
• Women in Engineering Education
• Women as Entrepreneurs of Small and Medium Enterprises
• Women Enabling Technology in Communities

Colloquium participants are from academia, government, NGOs, and industry and include practicing and collegiate women engineers and technologists, researchers in technology careers and issues relevant to women and technology worldwide, advocates for women in engineering and technology.

Co-Hosts and sponsors include: Center for Women and Information Technology  ,  Society of Women Engineers, UNESCO, Association française de femmes ingénieurs, Engineers Australia, Gender And Science And Technology (GASAT) Association; USA State Department, HP Invent, Center For Arab Women Training and Research, Cisco, International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists,  Cepex, Ability Informatique, International Knowledge Management Institute

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UNESCO contact: t.marjoram@unesco.org

WFEO Information Office
B.P. 88, Montplaisir 1073 Tunis-Tunisia
Tel/Fax : + 216 71 282 071
www.wfeo.org
Email: wfeo@planet.tn

Center for Women and Information Technology
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle, ITE 452
Baltimore, MD  21250
410-455-2822
www.umbc.edu/cwit
cwit@umbc.edu