Celebrating Women in Engineering: Shaping a Brighter Future
Every year, International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) shines a light on the incredible contributions of women to the field of engineering. At iRAP, we recognize the vital role women play in creating a safer, more sustainable future.
This year’s #INWED24 theme, Enhanced by Engineering, perfectly encapsulates our commitment to supporting women in engineering. We’re proud to offer a training grant opportunity again this year, designed to empower and equip the next generation of female engineering leaders.
Women make up just over 20% of our #RAPcommunity and we are keen to see that number grow. With these grants, we hope to support more women in their efforts to save lives on roads around the world.
‘We have been a part of the transportation system historically dependent on males, we now belong to the decision-makers, the designers, and the agents of change, let’s make the transportation system inclusive to all, women, children, the elderly, and the disabled.’ – Nuria Jasira Diaz Vale (Peru) Successful Grant recipient from 2021
The grants are open to women that have a background in road-related planning, design or engineering, and have not previously taken the Star Rating Essentials and Star Rating for Designs courses. Candidates will be selected on answers they provide to the following questions:
- Why would you like to learn more about the iRAP methodology?
- How would you use the knowledge and skills that you learn?
Applications for the Women in Engineering Training Grant Opportunities are now open! Apply on the link below.
IWED Grant Recipient's 2021
In 2021 we were incredibly proud to announce that because of the higher-than-expected interest and number of excellent applications, we had decided to extend the iRAP International Women in Engineering Day Grant Scheme to reward 31 successful recipients instead of 20. These women are from all around the word, including Nepal, Iraq, Brazil, India, Italy, Spain, Uganda, Namibia, Rwanda, Kenya, Poland, Vietnam, Romania, Jordan, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Tanzania and Bangladesh.
Some of the highlights nominated by the successful recipients on how they intend to use use their knowledge include:
- To prioritize investment in Italy
- To teach future engineers at University in Brazil
- To implement in a 6,000km network in Catalonia
- To disseminate to my work colleagues and contribute to the regulatory agencies in Brazil
- To contribute to road safety designs in India
- To advocate for safer roads in Rwanda
- To solve road safety issues and implement the correct and sustainable road safety approaches in Kenya.
- To motivate and pass on the knowledge to other women engineers in Poland.
- To implement in the concession roads in Argentina.
Below is a list of all our successful recipients.
IWED Grant Recipient's 2022
In 2022, we were are incredibly proud to announce that this year’s 30 iRAP International Women in Engineering Day Grant recipients are from 19 countries, including Thailand, Uruguay, Brazil, Mexico, India, Philippines, Kenya, Australia, Colombia, Malaysia, Ecuador, Slovak Republic, Cameroon, Romania, South Africa, Peru, Tunisia, Bangladesh and El Salvador.
Some of the highlights nominated by the successful recipients on how they intend to use their knowledge include:
- To use the iRAP methodology to assess the safety of roads, and incorporate safety measures in the design phase in Kenya.
- To evaluate roads in the city of Quito (Ecuador).
- To prioritise investments in India.
- To assess roads in Thailand and Laos.
- To make the roads of El Salvador safer and diminish the awful accidents that happen every day. With this knowledge, I would be able to assist my company more effectively in new road projects that require iRAP’s star rating system.
- To integrate the proper and appropriate road safety measures that will surely address the safety and mobility problems in the Philippines’ national road network.
- To give me the opportunity to develop more comprehensive advocacy work to create safer streets for children in particular (South Africa).
Below is a list of all our 2022 successful recipients.
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