Women’s place in engineering: OPAL-RT rewarded for its commitment
Press Room
02 / 20 / 2016
Equality between men and women in 2016
Moreover, the company wants to strive for parity in all its divisions, where the first challenge will be increasing the proportion of women working in both R&D and Support.
A policy rewarded with a trophy
OPAL-RT’s European division was awarded the “Réussir à Sceaux” trophy for its policy towards and commitment to women in the workplace. The trophy was presented by Mr. Philippe Laurent, mayor of Sceaux and Vice-President of the Communauté d’agglomération des Hauts-de-Bièvre, at the soiree held for the city’s economic actors on January 19, 2016.
Encouraging women from an early age
OPAL-RT TECHNOLOGIES also provides financial support to the association « Les Scientifines » whose goal is to help young girls discover science. Les Scientifines (www.lesscientifines.com) is a non-profit organization that promotes science to girls aged 8 to 12 years in underprivileged neighborhoods, such as Montreal’s (Canada) Little Burgundy and St-Henri, where close to half the area’s families live below the poverty line.