Women In Engineering Egypt rocks in the Egyptian society
Under the auspices of three Egyptian Ministers, the “IEEE Egypt WIE AG” second forum has taken place as one of the concurrent events during the Egyptian Engineering Day 2010 www.ieeegoldegypt.org/EED . The forum theme was ” Social Engineering: For you and your family”, where the speakers talked about the Egyptian initiatives where science and technology were used to develop the Egyptian society especially in poor areas.
By the end of the day the audience were more than 600 during the closing the session which was an open discussion with H.E Ambassador Moushira Khattab Egyptian Minister of Family and Population on enabling working women. The session was moderated by Prof.Dr.Nevin Darwish WIE Egypt Chair.
The surprise was H.E Moushira Khattab announcement that the Egyptian first lady Suzan Moubarak is willing to auspice WIE Egypt activity for a prize for women in science and technology.
Vodafone won the “Best work-life balance working environment competition”
The “Best work-life balance working environment competition” – confounded and organized by WIE Egypt under the auspices of H.E. Dr.Ahmed Darwish Egyptian Minister of Administrative Development – finals were held during the second forum. Six international and local companies working in the field of Information and Communications Technology ICT were competing to win the prize, and this year winner was Vodafone Egypt.
The winner was announced during the Egyptian Engineering Day closing ceremony where the number of audience exceeded 1500 ! and the prize was given by H.E. Moushira Khattab to the Vodafone representative Ms.Rania Salah the director of HR department in Vodafone Egypt.
A long road
The Egyptian Media covered the event; many people now are looking for WIE Egypt and the next steps to be taken. This year WIE Egypt have taken the first real step to spread the work-life balance concept among the employees in general , while focusing on women rights who are working in ICT . 2010-2011 is a long road full of work as new programs are going to start. So be tuned!
Ms.Rania Salah Vodafone Egypt representative taking WIE Egypt prize for winning “Best work-life balance working environment competition”
Vodafone representative and Engineers
Women In Engineering Second forum
H.E. Ambassador Moushira Khattab during the discussion panel, on her right side Prof.Dr.Nevin Darwish WIE Egypt chair and on the other side Prof.Dr.Hadya El Henawi Dean Ainshams faculty of Engineering and WIE Egypt advisory board member
