Why join Ireland’s new Women in Engineering Group?
9 Mar 2021620 Views
Georgina Molloy, chair of the new Engineers Ireland Women in Engineering Group, explains why it was set up and what it hopes to achieve.
Last week was Engineers Week and we showcased a number of women doing brilliant work across the industry, from NASA datanaut Fionnghuala O’Reilly to chemical engineer Caroline Poovelil and civil engineer Eve Cassidy.
However, like many areas of STEM, there is a gender gap in engineering that needs to be addressed. To help, Engineers Ireland has launched a new Women in Engineering Group.
The group is chaired by Georgina Molloy, who is a chartered structural and civil engineer with two decades of experience working in design consultancy in Ireland and Australia. She is one of the only chartered scaffold design engineers in Ireland and has been managing the design department at McCrory Access Solutions for more than 10 years.
Globally this figure sits at 30%, an important milestone for businesses internationally, but not the end goal.
There is still plenty of opportunity for businesses to reap the benefits of a better gender balance.
Yvonne Harris is Irish Water s Head of Customer Operations and Connection Developer Services, and a member of its Board of Directors. There is tangible evidence that organisations with diverse leadership groups perform better than those who don’t, she said.
40% of the senior management team at Irish Water is female. As a relatively new organisation, Irish Water has a great opportunity to learn from the mistakes of the past,