International Associations, UN Partner to Provide More Opportunities for Women in Cooling Sector
PARIS — The cooling sector delivers a number of benefits, ranging from public health to food security to productive and comfortable workplaces and homes. It is vital, dynamic, and rapidly growing field that represents a significant source of employment worldwide. However, this sector has the potential to contribute even more by increasing the number of women in its ranks at all levels and types of jobs, which include diverse professions ranging from CEOs to professors, and from engineers to servicing technicians.
To help accelerate this process, a new initiative called the International Network for Women in Cooling (INWIC) has been launched to advance the engagement of women, promote career opportunities, and increase their overall participation in the sector, which includes refrigeration, air-conditioning, and heat pumps (RACHP). INWIC is led by the World Refrigeration Day (WRD) Secretariat and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) OzonAction in cooperation with a group of founding partners, all of whom are active in this area —
AIRAH (Australia), AREA (Europe), ASHRAE (Global), CAR (China), FAIAR (Latin America), IIR (Global), IOR (UK), ISHRAE (India), JSRAE (Japan), U-3ARC (Africa), and Women in HVACR (North America).