(1397) IS ENGINEERING A MALE SPECIFIC PROFESSION AND HOW THIS ISSUE IS ADDRESSED AT LUCIAN BLAGA UNIVERSITY OF SIBIU

摘要

Women represent half of the global population, while women engineers represent 17% in EuropeanUnion (EU) and 23% (in USA) of the total number of engineers. These figures clearly show that thereis an issue regarding the profession of engineer, which is traditionally seen as male specific.Corroborated with the increasing demand of engineers within both EU and USA, this issue could leadto serious problems which may affect the industrial development of the two entities.