Who we are?

About
The Society of Women Engineers (SWE), founded in 1950, is a not-for-profit educational and service organization. SWE is the driving force that establishes engineering as a highly desirable career aspiration for women. SWE empowers women to succeed and advance in those aspirations and be recognized for their life-changing contributions and achievements as engineers and leaders.

Mission

• Stimulate women to achieve full potential in careers as engineers and leaders 

• Expand the image of the engineering profession as a positive force in
  improving the quality of life 
• Demonstrate the value of diversity

Objectives
 

• Inform young women, their parents, counselors and the public in general of
  the qualifications and achievements of women engineers open to them
• Assist women engineers in readying themselves for a return to active work
  after temporary retirement
• Serve as a center of information on women in engineering
• Encourage women engineers to attain high levels of educational and
  professional achievement

Key Issues

Leadership 
             Provide opportunities for members to develop leadership and management skills to enable them to achieve their maximum potential and further their ability to attain increasingly important positions of responsibility.
Education 
             Provide programs to encourage girls and women to enter engineer and encourage members to attain high levels of achievement in their fields. 
Visibility 
            Increase visibility of SWE and its programs to members, the technical community and the general public. 
Diversity 
            Develop programs to encourage and sustain increase participation in the fields of science and engineering reflective of our diverse population. 
Resources 
            Increase the Society's resources for the purpose of supporting high quality programs and services to meet its goals.