In 2018, the International Women’s Day theme was #PressForProgress and, as we embraced the topic, we made it the year of change at WORK180. Every day at WORK180, we work closely with employers from small independent companies to large multinationals, growing and...
Learn, Share, Achieve – Juliana Goncalves de Azevedo on how to build a career in Chemical Engineering
Like the majority of successful engineers, Alcoa’s Juliana Goncalves de Azevedo likes learning, improving things and overcoming new challenges. But unlike the majority, she’s a woman. This seems an obvious place to begin our conversation, so we ask her how it has...
Aurecon’s Flex Able Hat Trick
Aurecon has achieved the Flex Able Certification for the third year in a row. By mainstreaming flexible work arrangements Aurecon is now able to focus on building its workforce for the future and enabling its purpose ‘Bringing ideas to life’. One of the ways that...
Engineering, misunderstood
How many people actually understand what engineering is? It is no secret that the transport industry faces many challenges and one of them is changing people’s perceptions of what we are and what we do. Engineering also faces the same challenge. There has been a...
How Dr. Jessica Barker brought positivity into cybersecurity
Dr. Jessica Barker is a global leader in the human nature of cybersecurity. Named as one of the top 20 most influential women in cybersecurity in the UK, Jessica co-runs Cygenta, and also serves on several boards such as ClubCISO, SANS European Security Awareness...
ConnectSTEM: the Arup Community Group Empowering Women
It’s a hot topic. Those with skills related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics are in high demand and short supply in a world moving through the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Added to this, the participation rates of women in these fields are...
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WORK180’s International Women’s Day Summit 2023 wrap-up
Our inaugural International Women’s Day Summit was a day of open conversations and celebration. Discover who won our coveted Workplace Equity Awards.











