International Women’s Day 2022: Why women are manufacturing

Posted on 8 Mar 2022 by Lanna Deamer

Women make up at least half of the global workforce, but still constitute only 37% of manufacturing workers. As I write this article, I’m reflecting on my own career within the sector.

I’m a journalist who has been working within the technology/engineering/manufacturing sector for around seven years and during my career, I feel this statistic at every single event I attend. I find myself getting excited by the thought of seeing fellow females, why? Because manufacturing remains to be a male-dominated sector. This is not to say…

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