About IEEE and Its Activities in Egypt
The well-known Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineer, or the IEEE, founded in 1884 by a group of engineers who recognized the importance of spreading knowledge and technology around the world, geographically divides the world into 10 regions.
Each country is represented by a section supervised by the region it lies in.
Technically, IEEE is divided into 40 technical societies, specialized in computer sciences, communications, electrical, and electronics engineering.
IEEE membership & subscriptions are divided into different categories according to the experience of the member. These categories start from student memberships, through GOLD (graduates of last decade), WIE (Women In Engineering), then senior memberships and then IEEE Fellow members, given to scientists and members who have dedicated their lives for serving their fields.
Worthy mentioning that the IEEE is the World’s largest technical professional society that publishes 30% of the world’s literature in electrical & electronics engineering and computer science, offers nearly 900 active industry standards, with more than 360,000 members in 174 countries.
The IEEE history in Egypt is back to 50 years ago and it lies in Region 8, which includes Europe sections, Africa, and Middle East. The IEEE Egypt Section directly supervises the IEEE Women In Engineering Affinity Group (referred by WIE later on), launched in July 2008 in the 7th IEEE Egyptian Engineering Day, EED’08, Conference and Expo.
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About WIE
IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) is the largest international professional organization dedicated to promoting women engineers and scientists. All WIE member activities are mainly based on volunteers, the same as all other IEEE member activities.
The Mission of IEEE WIE is to inspire, engage, encourage, and empower IEEE women worldwide.
IEEE WIE envisions a vibrant community of IEEE women and men innovating the world of tomorrow.
Men are welcomed and encouraged to join WIE
All WIE member activities are mainly based on volunteers, the same as all other IEEE member activities.
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About Egyptian WIE
The newly launched WIE Affinity Group in Egypt, has an Egyptian volunteering core team of students, young woman engineers, freelancers, industry professionals, women pioneer/young academic staff.
Inheriting same mission & vision of the parent WIE world wide, the WIE in Egypt puts local needs/challenges a woman engineer would address/face within the contemporary Egyptian community.
In comparison to other countries, Egypt doesn’t suffer of having females discouraged to learn mathematics, sciences or engineering. However, woman engineers in Egypt are more probable to early retention and giving up their careers for social , psychological or financial reasons.
Role successful models are usually vague or absent in educational/professional environments.
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