International Women’s Day (IWD) is a global holiday celebrated annually on March 8 as a focal point in the women’s rights movement, bringing attention to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence and abuse against women. This year, International Women’s Day is “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality”.

In COREnext, we are so happy to work with amazing women on the project.
Today we are pleased to introduce you to Sabine Oeste, who works at the Barkhausen Institut for COREnext as a Project Manager.

Sabine Oeste

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INTERVIEW

  • WHAT IS YOUR MISSION WITHIN THE CORENEXT PROJECT?</strong >
    As a Project Manager, I’m responsible so everyone in the project can collaborate excellently. This also addresses topics of gender equality. Diverse teams are the most productive ones, especially when facing complex tasks. We still need more women in engineering to become more excellent results.
  • THIS YEAR, THE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY THEME IS “DIGITALL: INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY FOR GENDER EQUALITY”. UNFORTUNATELY, THE OPPORTUNITIES OF THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION ALSO PRESENT A RISK OF PERPETUATING EXISTING PATTERNS OF GENDER INEQUALITY. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?</strong >
    It must prevent that there are digital solutions from resulting in gender inequality. It is important to address these topics in designing and developing new technologies. 
  • EVEN THOUGH WE SEE MORE WOMEN PURSUING CAREERS IN LIFE SCIENCES, WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO, BASED ON UNESCO STATISTICS. HOW CAN WE INCREASE THE NUMBER OF WOMEN IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) DISCIPLINES?
    We still need more women in education in STEM disciplines. It is important to support girls and young women in their career choice and encourage them to select a job in this area. Companies can offer special events to reach girls and women. You can support women already working in this field by providing challenging job opportunities and establishing a family-friendly work culture (e.g., flexible working hours and meeting schedules). 
  • WHAT INSPIRES YOU IN YOUR WORK?
    I like the work in interdisciplinary and diverse teams with challenging tasks.