Education and Training
Providing pathways of support in-community, to foster a strong, locally-focused, human-centred engineering movement.11% of graduates
in science-related tertiary education in Cambodia are female
23% of Timorese women
occupy management and decision-making positions
0.80 is the Gender Parity Index
in Timor-Leste of men/women in tertiary education
EWB Australia’s Education & Training in-community focuses on a range of programs that engage local students and emerging professionals in the local engineering sector – from curriculum embedded programs and internships for engineering students in Timor-Leste, to the inspiring Women In Engineering group in Cambodia.
Our Programs
Our programs deliver capacity-building initiatives to ensure local, skilled people are empowered to design, create and sustainably manage their own engineering needs.
Recent Stories
Solutions to clean water access for schools in rural Timor-Leste 5 April, 2022 - Twelve months on from the devastating floods in Timor-Leste that impacted tens of thousands of households and left infrastructure severely damaged, EWB has been working with communities to support recovery and longer-term resilience. The ability to access clean water has been a key need, and EWB has been working on a project with the ANU… read more
Oxfam supports flood recovery response in Timor-Leste 2 December, 2021 - As part of EWB’s emergency response to the catastrophic April floods in Timor-Leste, EWB worked with Oxfam Timor-Leste, teaming up with Feto Enginhera (Women in Engineering) to coordinate clean water and sanitation initiatives to flood-affected communities of Hera. In June, the team visited the flood-affected community of Hera and residents at the local evacuation centres to examine the extent… read more