Following our announcement of the eight selected participants for the inaugural Women in Wind program last week, we are so excited to share our eight mentors for this year.
We are thrilled to finally share the selected participants for the inaugural Women in Wind Global Leadership Program!
An article entitled “Chore wars: why do women still do more housework?” in the last edition of FT Weekend highlights the issue of working women performing unpaid labour at home – the so-called “second shift.”
Thank you to all applicants for their patience as we undertake the selection and matching process for our inaugural group of mentees.
This month, the all-female Hawthorn Club of women working in energy released a new report on global trends in the clean energy transition, in partnership with BloombergNEF.
We’ve been hard at work going through dozens of applications received for the inaugural Women in Wind program. A total of 85 women submitted applications for the 2019/2020 program.
On 16 April 2019, the ADP Research Institute released its 2019 State of the Workforce Report: Pay, Promotions and Retention. The report includes aggregated and anonymized HR and payroll data of more than 13 million workers in the US. The insights are dismaying, although not altogether surprising.
The dynamic team at Windpower Monthly TV featured the Women in Wind Global Leadership Program on their YouTube channel earlier this month, with a series of interviews conducted at the WindEurope conference in Bilbao. They spoke to the following women about how they got into the industry, why the gender disparity exists and what they think can be done about it.
Last June, RenewableUK created the Switch List – a living directory of spokeswomen from the energy sector to help industry engage better with diverse speakers for events.
The Global Women’s Network for the Energy Transition (GWNET), a partner of GWEC’s Women in Wind Global Leadership Program, launched its newly created Women in Energy Expert Platform at the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue (BETD) on 10 April 2019. The BETD brought together more than 2,000 experts and 60% women speakers.
Don’t miss your chance to be part of the inaugural year for this exciting initiative!
The Global Wind Energy Council has partnered with the Global Women’s Network for the Energy Transition (GWNET) to launch the Women in Wind Global Leadership Program. The program is designed to accelerate the careers of women in the wind industry, support their pathway to leadership positions and foster a global network of mentorship, knowledge-sharing and empowerment.
Next week our #womeninwind will kick-off their study tour in #Europe! From networking opportunities, to site visits, to meetings with govt & industry - they will learn more on how to move forward the #energytransition & #genderequality.⠀ ⠀ Women in Wind will be acting as an Action Partner for the Global Week to #Act4SDGs, held from 20-30 September 2019, joining thousands of organizations and citizens around the world in the campaign for stronger action on the UN SDGs. We hope to use the study tour as an opportunity to support SDG 5 - Gender Equality - and SDG 7 - Access to Clean and Affordable Energy.⠀ ⠀ Stay tuned to find out more!
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The first stop on next week's #womeninwind Study Tour is #Berlin! A special thanks to @gerenewableenergy , one of our supporting partners for the program & hosts during this exciting week of visits, discussions & networking with some of the key players in the global #energytransition.. Stay tuned to our stories next week to see more insights from our tour! ⠀ ⠀ #genderequality #womenempowerment #womeninSTEM #windenergy #genderequity #genderpaygap #womenleaders #girlpower
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The second stop on next week's #WomenInWind study tour is #London and @mhi_vestas, the Program's Leading Partner, factory on the Isle of Wight! Keep up with our stories next week to see the important opportunities our Women In Wind Global Leadership Program brings to promote #genderequality within the #windindustry. #womenempowerment #genderequity #genderpaygap #windpower #renewableenergy #womeninSTEM #womenleaders
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