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Gender Equality

Whats the Goal?

To achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.

The Athena SWAN charter is a framework that is used across the globe to support and transform gender equality in higher education and research. Athena SWAN awards are awarded to institutions who have made significant progress on gender equality and have pledged to furthering this progress in the future.  

The School of Engineering’s recent Athena SWAN Bronze Award recognises a commitment to gender equality and increasing the number of female undergraduate and postgraduate engineering students, technical and academic staff. Another key priority they will endeavour to uphold is to ensure that female students have an equal opportunity to succeed on Engineering programmes. DkIT will also continue to work closely with primary and secondary schools in the region to encourage and facilitate females to select programmes and careers in Engineering, including apprenticeships.  

With female engineers representing just 12% of the profession in Ireland, along with the latest data from the Higher Education Authority indicating that only 23% of engineering graduates are female, the School of Engineering in DkIT attaining this accreditation is a step in the right direction for the Institute to help address these national statistics and support female engagement within this industry. 

SDG 4

Quality Education

SDG 6

Clean Water & Sanitation

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