Who We Are?

Our History: The Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria APWEN was formed by a handful of women engineers led by Engr. (Mrs.) J. O. Maduka in 1982 and was formally inaugurated in 1983. It was originally meant to be a pressure group since most men hiring engineers then would rather have women in the kitchen and not on construction sites or behind the desk carrying out engineering designs.

 

Our Vision: To be the catalyst for the advancement of women in the engineering profession towards national and global technological development.

 

Our Mission: To continuously increase awareness that engineering is a career for girls also, thereby improving the numerical strength of female engineers.

 

Our Objectives: To provide a forum for promoting sorority amongst female engineers.

 

 

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Our Work

What We Do?

Since 1982, APWEN has recorded a level of achievement of her objectives by advancing professional knowledge of members through:

• Facilitation of continuing professional development workshops
• Organizing industrial visits to engineering facilities
• Career counselling sessions for female students in Primary, Secondary and Tertiary institutions to increase awareness and encourage them to study science and engineering.
• Participating as role models and mentors at programmes organized by engineering students of tertiary institutions.
• Giving scholarships and awards to outstanding female engineering students