women in the U.S. increased steadily from 0.4 percent in 1966 to a peak of 20.9 percent in 2002, and then dropped off slightly to 18.5 percent in 2008. However, the trend identified in "The incredible shrinking pipeline" has continued; the percentage of BA/BS degrees in mathematics and computer science awarded to women peaked in 1985 at 39.5 percent, and declined steadily to 25.3 percent in 2008. The percentage of master's degrees in engineering awarded to women increased steadily from 0.6 percent in 1966 to 22.9 percent in 2008. The percentage of doctoral degrees in engineering awarded to women during the same period increased from 0.3 percent to 21.5 percent. Australia Only 9.6% of engineers in Australia are women, and the rate of women in engineering degree courses has remained around 14% since the 1990s. United Kingdom The percentage of female and technology engineering graduates rose from 7 percent in 1984 to 14.6 percent in 2018. The proportion of engineers in industry who are women is, on the other hand, still very low at around 11.8% – the lowest percentage in the EU. Initiatives to promote engineering to women Alpha Omega Epsilon Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Robogals The Society of Women Engineers Women in SET Women in Technology International Women's Engineering Society WIE – Women in Engineering Network WEPAN – Women in Engineering ProActive Network Inc. gid=5063330&trk=vsrp_groups_res_name&trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A1553971421379459059317%2CVSRPtargetId%3A5063330%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary/</ref> WISE – Women into Science, Engineering, and Construction See also Women in engineering African women in engineering History of women in engineering in the United Kingdom List of prizes, medals, and awards for women in engineering Women in computing Women in science :Category:Women in technology Women in the workforce References Further reading Bix, Amy Sue. Girls Coming to Tech!: A History of American Engineering Education for Women (MIT Press, 2014) Joyce Currie Little, "The Role of Women in the History of Computing." Proceedings, Women and Technology: Historical, Societal, and Professional Perspectives.'' IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society, New Brunswick, NJ, July 1999, 202–05. Women in engineering . Engineering