b'8 Member News March 2024Equality, diversity and inclusionEquality,diversity and inclusion updateIts been an exciting time for equality, diversity and inclusion at the IET. Towards the end of 2023, we held our first ever Young Woman Engineer of the Year alumnae event, bringing together this community of incredibly accomplished women engineers to share their passion and enthusiasm for their work, engage with the IET to grow the awards and get involved with current and future projects. This year we will continue to work closely with this growing network to build ongoing and new relationships and approach global engineering challenges. After publishing our Neurodiversity in Engineering andOn the topic of LGBTQ+ Technology report in November last year, we began preparinginclusion, we celebrated for a series of webinars to share our findings, recommendationsLGBTQ+ history month and guidance to key stakeholders.throughout February by highlighting some members Our first webinar took place in Marchof the community who have and offered practical advice on buildingmade a big impact in the world of STEM. From tech pioneerthe Year Awards. Once again, neuroinclusion for organisations and employers.Leanne Pittsford to World Warwe look forward to hearing You can find more information including how toII hero Alan Turing, there haveand learning about the watch the webinar on demand on the next page.been many LGBTQ+ differenceoutstanding young women makers throughout history. Youengineers across the country can head over to our socialengineering a better world We marked LGBT STEM Day in November with an all-colleaguemedia pages to find out whofor us all. If you think you or talk on Accelerating LGBTQ+ inclusion in Tech from Amywe shone a light on this year. someone you know couldLynch, co-head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at techIn March, our newly establishedbe our winner, head toconsultancy Thoughtworks. Amy shared some eye-openingEDI Board hosted its firsttheiet.org/ywe for statistics, explored the topic of LGBTQ+ allyship and providedmeeting to discuss focusinformation on how to apply. information on how we can all offer support for members,areas and objectives over theThe ceremony celebrating partners and colleagues who are part of this valued community. coming months for both theour winners and finalists will IET and the wider engineeringbe held at IET London: Savoy community. Place in early December. In recognition of InternationalIn the meantime, were on a Womens Day (IWD) onmission to gather and share Are you delivering8 March, we openedyour quick tips and advice for applications for our 2024building inclusivity through our inclusive thinking? Young Woman Engineer of Inclusive Thinking campaign. To explore our existing bank of useful hacks and acts, visit theiet.org/InclusiveThinking, or #PassItOn if you have your own helpful tip to share, scan the QR code to submit it and well do the rest!'