ABSTRACT
The statistics presented in the previous chapter show that women remain severely under-represented in the engineering professional workforce and constitute approximately one-quarter or less of engineering students in the majority of countries and regions around the world. In light of this, many people, institutions, professional organizations and government bodies have developed, implemented and supported a multitude of measures and programs designed to increase the attractiveness of engineering study to women and then to support them while they undertake it. This book presents a different approach. Its main focus is on the need to develop a gender inclusive curriculum in engineering and the provision of practical advice on how to do that, in order to achieve the goals of increased participation and success of women in engineering education. However, we also acknowledge that whilst curriculum change is a critical (and up to now neglected) component of gender inclusive engineering education, the measures described in this chapter are also critically important if we are to make progress towards the goal of increased participation and success for women in engineering.
