"Diversity is something I personally value, because I think it has the potential to unlock the full business vision of our corporation."
Bob Rewey
Group Vice President of Marketing
Sales and Service (MS&S),
Ford Motor Company

 
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Women Engineering & Scientific Associations
Advocacy Groups
  • Advancing Women has the mission of creating a network for women to share career strategies, to provide employment opportunities and cutting edge resources that power women's success.
  • Business & Professional Women International focuses on the empowerment of women so that they can obtain economic independence, take control of their lives and fully participate in the society in which they live, thus improving their status and the security and well-being of their children.
  • Catalyst Women is the nonprofit research and advisory organization that works with business to advance women.
  • Enterprise Development Website has a series of links that are of interest to women who are interested in starting their own businesses.
  • Flame is a network of African sisters online committed to strengthening the capacity of women through the use of ICTs to lobby, advocate and participate in the Beijing +5 process regionally and globally.
  • Forum for Women Entrepreneurs is a non-profit trade association with a mission to foster, support and promote entrepreneurship for women in technology and the life sciences.
  • Global Fund for Women is a grantmaking foundation that supports the efforts of women to transform their societies and the world.
  • International Federation of University Women is a non-governmental organization (NGO) of over 180,000 women university graduates from sixty-nine national federations and associations throughout the world.
  • International Network of Women Engineers & Scientists In July 2002, INWES was established. The mandate of INWES is "to ensure that women around the world are provided with the opportunity to reach their full potential in the science, engineering and technology sectors". Their goals are networking, monitoring, enabling, and advocacy.
  • Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans (SACNAS) encourages Chicano/Latino and Native American students to pursue the graduate education and advanced degrees necessary for research careers and science teaching professions at all levels.
  • Women in Development Europe-WIDE works to influence European and international policies and to raise awareness on gender and development issues to empower women worldwide.
  • Women, Law and Development International promotes women's full and equal participation in nations around the world by advancing universal respect for human rights, expanding rights education and legal literacy among women, and challenging discriminatory socio-economic barriers.
  • Women's Enterprise Society of British Columbia is a non-profit organization committed to helping women entrepreneurs succeed in business.
  • Women's Institute of Management is based in Malaysia, but reaches out to the whole ASEAN region and the world.
Corporations
  • Adaptec provides storage access solutions that move, manage and protect critical data and digital content. Storage solutions are found in networks, servers, workstations and desktops and are sold to ISPs, enterprises, small/medium sized businesses and consumers.
  • Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked computer and personal connectivity solutions markets. AMD produces microprocessors, Flash memory devices, and support circuitry for communications and networking applications.
  • Aerospace Corporation is a private, nonprofit corporation. The purposes are to provide research, development, and advisory services. The corporation's primary customer is the Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) of Air Force Space Command.
  • Alcoa is the world's leading producer of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum, and alumina. Active in all major aspects of the industry — technology, mining, refining, smelting, fabricating and recycling.
  • AT&T is among the world's premier voice, video and data communications companies. Backed by the R&D capabilities of AT&T Labs, the company runs the world's largest, most sophisticated communications network, and is the largest cable operator in the U.S.
  • BAE Systems is the premier supplier of decision support and information processing systems.
  • Barrios Technology is a woman-owned small business, founded to provide engineering services to the NASA Space Shuttle Program. Barrios has expanded its business base to the state/local government sector while keeping focus on the U.S. Space Program.
  • Bell Laboratories, Inc. is an exclusive manufacturer of rodent control products, Bell Laboratories produces the highest quality rodenticides and other rodent control products available to the pest control and agricultural industries on six continents.
  • Central Intelligence Agency was created with the National Security Act, which charged the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) with coordinating the nation’s intelligence activities and correlating, evaluating and disseminating intelligence which affects national security.
  • Computer Associates addresses all aspects of eBusiness management, including infrastructure, process and information. They specialize in security, storage, application life cycle management, data management and application development, and portal and business intelligence.
  • Corning, Inc. has played an large role in the history of space exploration and aerospace innovations.
  • Dow Chemical Company is a leading science and technology company that provides innovative chemical, plastic and agricultural products and services to many essential consumer markets.
  • DuPont is a science company, delivering science-based solutions in markets such as food and nutrition, health care, apparel, home and construction, electronics and transportation.
  • Eastman Kodak has three reportable segments: Photography; Health Imaging; and Commercial Imaging.
  • General Dynamics has leading market positions in business aviation, mission-critical information systems and technologies, shipbuilding and marine systems, and land and amphibious combat systems.
  • General Motors Corporation designs, builds and markets cars and trucks worldwide, and has been the global automotive sales leader since 1931. GM employs about 355,000 people around the world.
  • Harley-Davidson offers a line of motorcycle parts, accessories, apparel and general merchandise. Also, Harley-Davidson Financial Services offers a variety of financing and insurance options to help make the dream of owning a motorcycle and reality.
  • Hewlett Packard Company is a leading provider of products, technologies, solutions and services to consumers and business. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, personal computing and access devices, global services, and imaging and printing.
  • Honeywell offers solutions for Aerospace, Automation and Control Systems, Airport and Aircraft Safety and Security, car care, specialty materials, transportation, customer support and product training.
  • IBM Corporation strives to lead in the creation, development and manufacture of the industry's most advanced information technologies, including computer systems, software, networking systems, storage devices and microelectronics.
  • ICI Americas Inc. creates, develops and markets ingredients for foods and personal care, specialty polymers, electronic materials, fragrances and flavours, and has some of the world's top paint and decorative product brands.
  • Intel is behind everything from the fastest processor in the world to the cables that power high-speed Internet.
  • Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space offers systems integration, aeronautics, space, and technology services. Lockheed Martin's vision is to be the world's best systems integrator in aerospace, defense and technology services.
  • Loral Infrared and Imaging Systems (Loral Vought Systems) is one of the largest providers of fixed satellite services, including transponder leasing, broadband data transmission, content services and Internet connectivity. Loral is also the second largest manufacturer of commercial satellites and related technology.
  • Lucent Technologies designs and delivers networks for large communications service providers. Backed by Bell Labs research and development, Lucent relies on its strengths in mobility, optical, data and voice networking technologies as well as software and services.
  • Mentor Graphics is a technology leader in electronic design automation, providing software and hardware design solutions that enable companies to send better electronic products to market faster and more cost-effectively.
  • Mercury has knowledge of applications in medical imaging, defense electronics, wireless communications, and commercial OEM solutions to make it the partner of choice for high-performance embedded computing solutions.
  • Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for computing. The company offers a wide range of products and services designed to empower people through great software.
  • Mobil is an industry leader in almost every aspect of the energy and petrochemical business.
  • Motorola Semi Conductor is a global leader in providing integrated communications solutions and embedded electronic solutions including software-enhanced wireless telephone and messaging, two-way radio products and systems, as well as networking and Internet-access products.
  • NCR is helping thousands of companies gain strategic insight from the vast amount of information that is collected about customers, and be able to use that data to serve each customer as an individual.
  • Nortel has participated in major developments in the evolution of communications networks technology worldwide and is currently delivering networking and communications services and infrastructure for customers.
  • Pfizer Pharmaceutical is a research-based, global pharmaceutical company. The company has three business segments: health care, animal health and consumer health care.
  • Pitney Bowes Inc. is known as the leader in mail and document management solutions.
  • Polaroid offers an instant digital printing systems. For a variety of applications from digital camera photo prints to retail advertising displays, Polaroid's new technologies provide quality hard copy simply and quickly.
  • Price Waterhouse Coopers services include the following: Audit, Assurance and Business Advisory Services, Business Process Outsourcing, Corporate Finance and Recovery and Global Tax Services.
  • SBC Communications, Inc. sells long distance, DSL Internet Service and phone and data products and services through its online brand websites.
  • Schering-Plough is a worldwide, research-based pharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development, manufacturing and marketing of new therapies and treatment programs that can improve people's health and extend their lives.
  • Scios is a biopharmaceutical company developing novel drugs for the potential treatment of cardiovascular and inflammatory diseases.
  • State Street is a world leader in financial services. They are a servicer of U.S. mutual funds, pension plans, is an investment manager of U.S. pension assets and a leading pension manager globally.
  • Stone & Webster, Inc. is one of the world's foremost engineering-construction companies.
  • Texas Instruments is the world leader in digital signal processing and analog technologies. TI is a leader in real-time technologies and provide semiconductor solutions for large markets such as wireless and broadband access as well as digital cameras and audio.
  • Toyota Motor is the world's third largest automaker, producing a full range of models, from minivehicles to large trucks.
  • UNISYS focuses on systems integration, outsourcing, infrastructure, server technology, and consulting.
  • United Defense--ASD is a leader in the design, development and production of combat vehicles, artillery, naval guns, missile launchers and precision munitions used by the U.S. Department of Defense and allies worldwide.
  • United Technologies offers units to supply equipment for US space operations as well as businesses that include Pratt & Whitney aircraft engines, Carrier heating and air-conditioning systems, Otis elevators and escalators, among others.
  • Westinghouse Electric Company part of the Nuclear Utilities Business Group of British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL), has a long-standing commitment to excellence in commercial nuclear reactor technology.
  • Weyerhaeuser is an international forest products company that grows and harvests trees, produces building products and wood chips as well as pulp and paper products and distributes building materials.
  • Xerox offers high-value hardware, software, services, and solutions to help the customer do more, faster, more easily.
Engineering and Scientific Societies Worldwide Global Alliance Collaborators Governmental Agencies International Governmental Organizations Resources and Documents
  • Chilly Climate addresses the climate for women in academia. In 1993, AWIS embarked on the AWIS Project on Academic Climate to study the "climate" for women in science in academic institutions and to design solutions to commonly faced problems.
  • Engineer Girl is designed to help girls and young women turn their imagination into reality with a future in engineering. This site offers career facts, education tips, lists of great achievements, a provides an interactive module to ask questions of current engineers.
  • E-Skills UK Ltd is responsible for articulating and acting on the skills needs of employers to improve UK business competitiveness.
  • Gender Initiative IWITTS had a grant from Cisco Learning Institute (CLI) to assist in increasing the number of female role models in Cisco Networking Academy Programs in the U.S.
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is a non-profit medical research organization that employs leading biomedical scientists. Through its grants program and other activities, HHMI is helping to enhance science education at all levels and maintain the vigor of biomedical science worldwide.
  • Institute for Women in Trades, Technology and Science (IWITTS) provides training , e-strategies, publications and technical assistance nationally to the education system and employers to integrate women into technology and law enforcement centers.
  • Portia is a gateway into Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) for all women.
  • Science Next Wave is a career development resource for scientists.
  • Science Online is the web-based home of Science, the Global Weekly of Research published by the AAAS. Among its many features, Science Online provides access to product information, news offerings, and Science's Next Wave.
  • Techno Girl was developed by Streetwize Comics with funding from the Commonwealth Department of Industry, Science and Resources (Australia), to encourage young women to consider study and careers in science and technology.
  • The Daphne Jackson Trust is returning engineers and scientists to work after career breaks. The trust offers fellowships as a mean of enabling a return to the workplace.
  • The Leaky Pipeline: Gender Barriers in Science, Engineering and Technology is a presentation at the World Bank Gender and the Digital Divide Series, February 5, 2002.
  • Virtual Pavilion at the UNESCO World Conference on Science provides news reports and press releases from the UNESCO conference held June/July 1999.
  • Wired Woman is an online interactive community that encourages women to explore job opportunities in technology and to build successful computer careers.
  • Wise-Women is an online community for web designers, developers and programmers that publishes new content weekly through its online newsletter.
  • Women For Hire events enable America's leading companies across all lines of business to meet one-on-one with a coveted pool of talent in all disciplines. This is a tremendous service at a time when workplace diversity is essential and recruiting is competitive.
Women Engineering and Scientific Associations

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