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Is it beneficial to have a Women's Network?
Former Community Member
Hello,
Most people that I come across welcome the presence of the IET Women's Network and are keen to get involved. However, I occasionally meet or hear from somebody who opposes the idea.
I think the network is a great idea, but not because I have ever felt "lonely" in my career. I worked in the defence industry for 20 years, most of the time as the only female amongst a large group of male colleagues, but I came across no discrimination at all on these grounds and made a lot of close friends within the team, who I still keep in touch with, 12 years after our factory closed. I now work in academia, which has a much higher proportion of female staff, but I don't have as many friends here as I did whilst a designer.
I think the network is a great idea, but not because I have ever felt "lonely" in my career. I worked in the defence industry for 20 years, most of the time as the only female amongst a large group of male colleagues, but I came across no discrimination at all on these grounds and made a lot of close friends within the team, who I still keep in touch with, 12 years after our factory closed. I now work in academia, which has a much higher proportion of female staff, but I don't have as many friends here as I did whilst a designer.
