The engineering sector needs more women | Letters

Young women should be inspired to work on some of the world’s most exciting innovations, says Yasmin AliOn Saturday (International Women in Engineering Day) we celebrate the many achievements of female engineers globally. This is a welcome time to reflect, yet here in the UK, just 11% of engineers are women. Engineering is behind many of the things we take for granted, such as roads, bridges, railways, electricity generation and clean water, but it is also behind AI, robotics, smartph