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Where are the women?
Engineering UK has launched an investigation into why the UK has the lowest number of women engineers in Europe.
The organisation, which promotes the contribution engineers, engineering and technology make to our society, says only 9 per cent of UK engineering professionals are women compared to 18 per cent in Spain, 26 per cent in Sweden and 20 per cent in Italy.
Paul Jackson, chief executive of Engineering UK, said: "The fact that the proportion of female engineering professionals in the UK is the lowest in Europe is shocking.
"It's essential we get behind these figures and understand why; what is it that our European neighbours are doing differently; what can we learn from them?"
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