Challenging Knowledge, Sex and Power

This book addresses the intractable problem of achieving gender equity at work, framed by two questions: Why are there so few women in engineering? And why is this so difficult to change?

Julie E. Mills is Professor of Engineering Education and Head of Civil Engineering at the University of South Australia. Suzanne Franzway is Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at the University of South Australia. Judith Gill is Adjunct Associate Professor of Education at the University of South Australia. Rhonda Sharp is Adjunct Professor of Economics in the Hawke Research Institute at the University of South Australia.

1. Why So Few Women Engineers? 2. Collaborative Research and Analytic Strategies 3. Working as a Woman Engineer 4. The Politics of Knowledge and Ignorance in Workplace Cultures 5. Women Challenging Engineering through Associations and Networks 6. Campaigns to Challenge Gender and Power in Engineering 7. Conclusions