EWB International Women's Day Webinar

Stories of human-centred engineering leadership

This global UN International Women’s Day (IWD), Engineers Without Borders (EWB) CEO Eleanor Loudon will host a human-centred leadership discussion with our panel of female EWB groundbreakers.

Tuesday 9 March 2021, 1pm – 2pm
Zoom

The panel will examine EWB’s role as an enabler of gender equality through the way that we work with communities, train young engineers and in our workplace. This approach is grounded in empathy, utilises open communication and prioritises building relationships.

In a year that has been a critical tipping point globally for environmental, social, economic, and racial equality, we have been presented with an opportunity to create a new normal.

We believe that engineering is a critical enabler of this positive change. Yet critical to this is the inclusion and amplification of women’s unique experiences, perspectives and skills – all of which are required in order for all to thrive.

Join us with your lunch on Tuesday 9 March 2021 from 1pm to 2pm as we explore the 2021 theme ‘Women in Leadership’ and celebrate the tremendous efforts by our EWB women in shaping a more equal future.

The theme of the event is ‘Women in Leadership’ and celebrate the tremendous efforts by the Engineers Without Borders (EWB) women in shaping a more equal future." This webinar is happening in honour of the global United Nations (UN) International Women’s Day.

Registrations for the event have been closed.

Meet the panel

Eva Cheng

Deputy Director of Women in Engineering and Information Technology, and Senior Lecturer in the School of Electrical and Data Engineering. Previous to joining UTS in September 2017, she was a Lecturer in the School of Engineering at RMIT University.

Eva actively collaborates on social justice and community engagement in STEM diversity and humanitarian engineering, including working with Tech Girls are Superheroes (which aims to engage 10,000 girls in STEM entrepreneurship by 2020), Girl Geek Academy, Laika Academy and Engineers Without Borders Australia. She is also engaged in cross-cultural and inclusive teaching and research and developing global mobility experiential learning programs for students.

Chelsea Hayward

Chelsea is a Water Engineer, passionate about sustainable development and community focused. She is the Australian representative for her company’s global giving and volunteering program and an active volunteer with Engineers Without Borders Australia (EWB).

As EWB’s National School Outreach Coordinator, Chelsea is committed to inspiring the next generation of diverse STEM professionals, working with both school and university students to highlight the positive impacts engineers can create for society.

Chelsea is also a tutor for the EWB Challenge at UTS and a Global Shaper, exploring opportunities to create local impact.

Alison Stoakley

EWB Senior Manager - Education is inspired by the opportunity to work across sectors to create pathways for technical professionals to continuously learn, explore, and contribute to the world.

After an undergraduate degree in civil and environmental engineering in the United States of America, Alison moved to Melbourne to complete a Master of Environment at the University of Melbourne. She has worked in sustainability consulting, education, and sustainability advocacy across both continents.

Stephanie Hamel

EWB Vanuatu Country Manager and an environmental engineer and has been working since 2006 either for NGOs in Uganda, Timor-Leste, the Solomon Islands and now Vanuatu, or in consulting and local council in Australia.

Through her studies and experiences, Stephanie learnt that to be working efficiently in the water sector, one has to tap into a wide range of skills and behaviours in order to respond to the ‘wicked problems’ of today’s world. She is therefore constantly looking for opportunities to grow her own technical, social and leadership skills, as well as those of colleagues and partners, in order to ultimately create healthier and more resilient living places.

Eleanor Loudon

“I am passionate about ensuring that through our work as development practitioners we bring contribute and balance to the dialogue on issues that impact us all, that we work with unusual suspects to push thinking, and focus on solutions for people on the margins. Together we can tackle the complexity of our changing world.”

Eleanor has more than 25 years’ experience in community development in Australia and overseas, with Australian Volunteers International, EarthWatch Institute and United Way Australia, and as National Director Sri Lanka, for ChildFund International. She is currently the CEO of Engineers Without Borders Australia.