Women’s Engineering Society

A charity and professional network of women engineers.
Our mission is to support women in engineering to fulfil their potential, and support the engineering industry to be inclusive.

PPE Survey Results 2024

Women are being ignored when it comes to providing safe and effective PPE, resulting in dangerous working practices for women and a lack of equality within the workplace. WES intends to work to change these practices.

We call on all women who wear PPE to get involved at www.wes.org.uk/PPE

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