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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
Objectives
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.
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.

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