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Women Engineers in Malaysia

Traditionally the field of engineering had been male dominant, as women were perceived as not suitable to take up this mentally and physically challenging profession. Thus women’s participation in the work force was only confined to the non-technical profession such as teachers, nurses and adminis...

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Main Authors: Tapsir, Siti Hamisah, Mohd. Noor, Norliza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia 2005
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TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
L Education (General)
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spelling my.utm.41982017-08-28T02:48:12Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/4198/ Women Engineers in Malaysia Tapsir, Siti Hamisah Mohd. Noor, Norliza TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) L Education (General) Traditionally the field of engineering had been male dominant, as women were perceived as not suitable to take up this mentally and physically challenging profession. Thus women’s participation in the work force was only confined to the non-technical profession such as teachers, nurses and administrators. However, due to the equal opportunity for both genders in education in Malaysia, the participation and contributions of women in engineering field in the last few decades are invaluable. This paper discussed the progress of women in engineering from tertiary education up to professional level in Malaysia. The 21st century women engineers are known to exploit their potentials in engineering field even if it is physically demanding such as working in oil platform for petroleum engineering. The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia 2005-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/4198/1/SitiHamisahTapsir2005_women_engineers_in_Malaysia.pdf Tapsir, Siti Hamisah and Mohd. Noor, Norliza (2005) Women Engineers in Malaysia. Jurutera . pp. 14-18. ISSN 0126-9909 http://www.iem.org.my/wapi/mctxwapi.dll/getObject?SID=0&mid=IEMWEB-MAIN2&Sn=161&kw=jurutera
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
L Education (General)
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
L Education (General)
Tapsir, Siti Hamisah
Mohd. Noor, Norliza
Women Engineers in Malaysia
description Traditionally the field of engineering had been male dominant, as women were perceived as not suitable to take up this mentally and physically challenging profession. Thus women’s participation in the work force was only confined to the non-technical profession such as teachers, nurses and administrators. However, due to the equal opportunity for both genders in education in Malaysia, the participation and contributions of women in engineering field in the last few decades are invaluable. This paper discussed the progress of women in engineering from tertiary education up to professional level in Malaysia. The 21st century women engineers are known to exploit their potentials in engineering field even if it is physically demanding such as working in oil platform for petroleum engineering.
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author Tapsir, Siti Hamisah
Mohd. Noor, Norliza
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Mohd. Noor, Norliza
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title Women Engineers in Malaysia
title_short Women Engineers in Malaysia
title_full Women Engineers in Malaysia
title_fullStr Women Engineers in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Women Engineers in Malaysia
title_sort women engineers in malaysia
publisher The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia
publishDate 2005
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/4198/1/SitiHamisahTapsir2005_women_engineers_in_Malaysia.pdf
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