With the number of women working across STEM based professions increasing in recent years (from 24% in 2016 to 28% in 2020) IPWEA, as a peak professional association representing the broad field of infrastructure and public works professionals, is in a prime position to support this continued rise in female participation.
The IPWEA Rita Excell Women in Asset Management scholarship aims to:
- Support women building a career in STEM fields with a focus on infrastructure asset management;
- Enable IPWEA to support and encourage increased numbers of women participating in the field of infrastructure asset management;
- Enable IPWEA to communicate the value of infrastructure asset management to the broader community; and
- Contribute to building the strength of infrastructure asset management practice.