Why Should Women Work in Manufacturing?
🔹 Only 1 in 4 manufacturing leaders are women.
🔹 While women represent 47% of the total workforce only 29% are employed in manufacturing.
🔹 Less than 15% of new students in engineering programs are women.
𝐒𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠?
🔹 Boost the visibility of female leaders
🔹 Promote a work-life balance (𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐬 & 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬)
🔹 Drive more awareness to the industry at a younger age
🔹 Create better promotion opportunities within the company.