Kungiyar Injiniyoyi Mata (Society of Women Engineers, SWE) ta himmatuwa tallafin injiniyoyi mata da dalibai mata a fannin injiniya. A cikin wata taron da aka shirya a ranar Daren Yara ta Duniya, wacce aka yi a Dominican College, Mafoluku, Lagos, mamba a SWE, Catherine Ameh, ta bayyana bukatar samun goyon baya ga mata a fannin injiniya.
Ameh ta ce, “Mun gode wa yara mata su yi fice, musamman a fagen fasahar zamani inda wakilcin mata ke da ƙaranci. Ya zama muhimmi ne a girmama mata da ba su damar shiga fannin haka.” Ta kuma nuna cewa, akwai ra’ayoyin da ke hana mata shiga fannin injiniya, kamar ra’ayin cewa injiniya “abin namiji ne” ko “duniyar maza ce,” wanda zai sa yara mata suka yi tsayayya wajen shiga harkar.
Ameh ta shawarci yara mata masu burin zama injiniyoyi su yi burin su kuma su fahimci ƙwarewar su. “Ya zama muhimmi ne ku sami ra’ayi mai zurfi game da abin da kuke so ku yi. Kada ku zaɓi injiniya kawai saboda ku yi imani cewa ita ce mai kyau, akwai dalili a bayan zaɓinku. Ko ku kan zaune a fannin lantarki ko injiniyan gini, ku na bukatar fahimci ƙwarewar ku. Soyayya ga lissafi, tunani na kimantawa, da warware matsaloli sune muhimmi ne. Ba lallai ku kammala karatu ba, ku na bukatar shiga cikin harkar gaba daya kuma ku karbi tunani da nufin nasara a gaba,” in ji Ameh.
Taron da aka shirya ya hada da ayyukan hannu na kimiyya, fasaha, injiniya, da lissafi (STEM), inda dalibai suka gina gada daga kayan daban-daban. Shugabar makarantar, Ngozi Anozie, ta yabu SWE saboda gudunmawar da suka bayar wajen yin taron mai mahimmanci.
Anozie ta ce, “Wannan taron da aka shirya tare da SWE ya ba dalibai damar samun damar aiki na hannu. Mun nuna burin samar da tunani mai zurfi da ƙwarewar aiki a cikin dalibai mu.” Ta kuma nuna cewa, makarantar tana bin manufofin da ake kira “three Hs”: Head (ƙwarewar tunani), Heart (juyayi da hali), da Hand (ƙwarewar aiki).
