For female leaders of tomorrow: Cultivate an interdisciplinary mindset

• Published in: 2017 IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Forum USA East pp. 1 - 6
• Main Author: Lopez-Gonzalez, Monica
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.11.2017
• Subjects: arts; Cognition; cognitive sciences; Decision making; empowerment; Engineering profession; inter disciplinarity; leadership; mentorship; pre-university and university education; Production; project-based learning; STEAM; STEM

The call for empowering women to participate fully in all sectors of society posits that women's participation is key to economic growth, political stability, and social transformation. Approaches to achieve such participation, however, are trivialized due to existing gender biases and women co...