MOST of us will be aware of the phrase that for the holder, their perception is their reality, a statement well worth remembering no matter how much we disagree with that view if we want to find a path to consensus rather than conflict.

Sunday, June 23, is International Women in Engineering Day (INWED), a date I could have told you from memory, as unusually every year the date stays the same, and so only the day of the week it lands on changes.

It’s a date that gets good attention in our industry – although maybe not as much as it could – but it enjoys enthusiastic recognition and support. My perception is that it’s the only event of note for that day, but on checking the reality is that it shares it with a variety of events that vary from the equally worthy Public Service Day to the somewhat leftfield World Typewriter Day.

The desecration of typewriters to turn the keys into cufflinks appears to be pantomime villain for that event. Who knew.

INWED is not yet even a teenager of an event, celebrating its eleventh birthday after its formation in the UK by the Women’s Engineering Society, and becoming an internationally recognised........

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