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| Isis Anchalee who started the campaign #iLookLikeAnEngineer |
Staff Correspondent, August 14, 2015, NewsCrunch
The campaign to battle gender stereotypes in technical professions, #iLookLikeAnEngineer, has come to India.
A US engineer Isis Anchalee, recently posted her photo suggesting that she could look the way she did and still be an engineer, with the hashtag #ILookLikeAnEngineer.
Her message was against gender stereotyping that judges women from the way they supposedly look, without giving any consideration to their credentials or accomplishment.
Isis Anchalee had appeared in a company advertisement. Many found that she was too sexy to be an engineer. She was baffled that people were finding her fully-clothed smiling face with unbrushed hair and minimal makeup controversial.
The campaign that kicked off in the US in early August has now spread to India. A Ness techie
Aditi Chirania (@aditchir) has collected photos of her women colleagues, who have shared them with the hashtag, #ILookLikeAnEngineer.
A slightly dated study published in Scientific American says that the male-female engineers ratio in India is better, almost by two times, than in the US. It also found India women engineers being more confident than their male colleagues.
But paradoxically, Indian women engineers are better represented at the entry-levels but drop out as their career progresses due to marriage and children. The senior management and the board members are usually men.
#ILookLikeAnEngineer campaign comes to India
I'm a Software developer. I build Features for Teachers. #ILookLikeAnEngineer and work for @ness_tech in Mumbai. pic.twitter.com/pW7gIg7YIP— Aditi Chirania (@aditchir) August 6, 2015— Aditi Chirania (@aditchir) August 6, 2015— Aditi Chirania (@aditchir) August 6, 2015— Aditi Chirania (@aditchir) August 6, 2015A million vacant CS jobs in upcoming years? We need YOU for the #ILookLikeAnEngineer army! http://t.co/dom4hb1wxtpic.twitter.com/4cSwW6mLf3— Dona Sarkar (@donasarkar) August 6, 2015"As a Google intern, I design how users interact with the Android Hangouts app. #ILookLikeAnEngineer" - Priya Ganesan pic.twitter.com/vQYyy5bgMs— she++ (@sheplusplus) August 15, 2015"No matter what I'm wearing or doing, #ILookLikeAnEngineer, because simply, I am an engineer." - Niharika Bedekar pic.twitter.com/J5Abin0cLR— she++ (@sheplusplus) August 13, 2015Passionate about building profitable business touching lives around the globe.... #MCEmployee#ILookLikeAnEngineerpic.twitter.com/MkTA0LqpsA— Simmy Jain (@simmyjain234) August 6, 2015— Lovya Dev (@lovyam) August 6, 2015Great initiative #ILookLikeAnEngineerhttps://t.co/8CfHIObx5q— The Remote Lab (@TheRemoteLab) August 6, 2015— Aditi Chirania (@aditchir) August 7, 2015— Aditi Chirania (@aditchir) August 7, 2015— Aditi Chirania (@aditchir) August 7, 2015— Aditi Chirania (@aditchir) August 7, 2015— Aditi Chirania (@aditchir) August 6, 2015— Aditi Chirania (@aditchir) August 6, 2015— Aditi Chirania (@aditchir) August 6, 2015— Aditi Chirania (@aditchir) August 6, 2015— Aditi Chirania (@aditchir) August 6, 2015— Aditi Chirania (@aditchir) August 6, 2015— Aditi Chirania (@aditchir) August 6, 2015