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This 8m, international women's day, we vindicate the role of working women in our society with the testimonies of the women in our team. Elisabet , electrical engineer, and marina , industrial engineer specialized in energy, work in the technical office department. Neus , energy engineer, works as a solar advisor in the commercial department. Blanca , social and cultural anthropologist with training in “assembly and maintenance of solar installations”, works as an installer. Janina , journalist specialized in marketing, is head of the marketing department. And finally, maría , a psychologist specialized in talent management, is the head of the hr department. In spain, according to eurostat data from 2019, we have achieved that 49.3% of the total number of people dedicated to science and engineering are women. A figure above the european percentage, which is only 41.1%, and well above the world average, where women dedicated to these sectors represent less than 30%, according to unesco data.
Despite the positive data, “the engineering and installations sector is usually quite masculinized , although in the sector the representation by gender is quite on par,” says elisabet . In the Phone Number List same way, marina also agrees with the fact that in engineering “we are few women, but we are increasingly present . ” this is where we have the great challenge, not so much in the number of women who work as engineers or installers, but in the visibility they have in these sectors. Blanca , installer of photovoltaic systems, states : “I don't feel that we are very represented in the sector, since we are few. In my case, I am the only woman on the installation team, although I hope that we will be increasingly valued more and better.” in general, women in the energy sector do not feel represented.
Specifically, in the renewable energy sector in spain, women only make up 32% of the workforce, according to 2019 data from the international renewable energy agency (irena). However, it seems that the female presence is growing. Neus , solar advisor, believes that: “at the representation level there is a long way to go and improve, but it should be noted that there are currently many senior positions in important companies led by female representation.” the percentage of women in the workforce is one of the great challenges for renewable energy companies and the industrial sector. “historically, the sector has been very male-oriented, although fortunately, more and more women are taking the step and deciding to break this stigma,” says maría , hr manager.