Kathmandu, February 21
The ‘first’ regional conference of women in the power sector has concluded in Kathmandu on Thursday.
More than 250 engineers and energy-sector professionals represented their countries at the first regional conference of the Women in Power Sector Network in South Asia (WePOWER)–a forum to promote and diversify female practitioners’ opportunities in the power and energy sector.
They included representatives from 60 participating institutions from local and international power utilities, energy sector organisations, and multilateral agencies.
The World Bank hosted the two day event with the support from the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP), Asian Development Bank (ADB), Australian AID and Australia Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).
Senior and junior professionals and engineering students from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka had attended the event, according to the World Bank.
Besides panel discussions on the viability of jobs, skills, and opportunities in the sector, the conference also had a special interactive session for secondary school girl students to encourage them to find their footing in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education.
