Why gender quotas work for engineering
Engineers and architects have launched a Diversity Agenda Accord. One firm is already well down the track.
Fiona Rotherham
Thu, 20 Feb 2020
Only 16% of engineers in New Zealand are women. The figure is nearly double at the New Zealand arm of engineering firm Aurecon and has hit 35% in its Australian workforce.
Why the difference? In a word, quotas.
Louise Adams, Aurecon’s chief executive for Australia and New Zealand, prefers
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Fiona Rotherham
Thu, 20 Feb 2020
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