Clean Energy Ministerial

Resources

United States

• The National Engineers Week Foundation sponsors a Global Marathon By, For, and About Women in Engineering and Technology. One of the live webcast discussions for 2012, convened by the Clean Energy Education & Empowerment (C3E) women's initiative, framed global energy issues in a personal context and explored what individuals can do in their own homes to advance energy efficiency and renewable energy. The session took place on 8 March 2012, but its content and more than 20 other presentations are available for replay until 10 March 2013. Simply log in (registration required), click on the Programming tab, and then click OnDemand.
• Catalyst is a leading nonprofit membership organization expanding opportunities for women and business. See Catalyst's December 2011 fact sheet on women in the workplace here.
• In November 2011, The Economist published this Special Report: Women and Work. 
• In November 2011, Wall Street Journal reporter Rebecca Blumenstein sat down with actress Geena Davis, founder of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media; Debra Lee, chairman and chief executive of Viacom Inc.'s BET Networks; and Dominic Barton, global managing director of McKinsey & Co., to discuss the issue of women and economic competitiveness. Read excerpts from that interview here.
• In August 2011, the U.S. Department of Commerce released its third report detailing the roles of women in American society, "Women in STEM: A Gender Gap to Innovation."
• Educate to Innovate is an Obama administration effort to improve science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education for American children, particularly girls and underrepresented minorities.
  • Change the Equation is the private-sector led effort in the United States to support the Educate to Innovate campaign.
• In 2010 the American Association of University Women published the report "Why So Few?", which profiles research findings on the barriers to women's participation in STEM fields.
• The National Science Foundation awards "ADVANCE" grants to increase the participation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers.
• Recent McKinsey research indicates that not only are firms with at least 3 women among the top 15 executives more successful than those with no female executives, they are also more attractive places to work in terms of recruiting. See their report: Women Matter 2010. They also published "How Remarkable Women Lead," a book that presents unique ideas about successful leadership. Learn more about the book and read a sample here.

United Kingdom

• STEMNET is a United Kingdom-wide organization that encourages young people to understand the excitement and importance of STEM in their lives and introduces related career opportunities. STEMNET runs a nationwide network of more than 20,000 volunteers (STEM Ambassadors) from science, engineering, and technical companies or academia who work with schools across the United Kingdom to raise awareness of STEM careers and subjects among children.

Norway

• The ALFA Role Model Agency consists of men and women with knowledge and experience within the natural sciences and technological occupations, who make themselves available to inspire more young people to choose those kinds of education.