Program Summary

The Iraqi Women in Engineering and Applied Sciences (IWASE) Program seeks to enable Iraqi women faculty and students in engineering and applied sciences to play key roles in rebuilding an economy and society shattered by war. By enabling women to study and learn at American institutions of higher learning in the United States and the Middle East, it strengthens their professional skills and empowers them to take leading roles in reconstructing, stabilizing, and providing for the long-term development of Iraq. IWASE is funded by the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.

Main Goals

·         Implement a five-year Engineering and Applied Sciences Program to enable Iraqi women, committed to the rebuilding of their country, to enroll in American Universities and the Middle East:

o    Iraqi women faculty in engineering and applied sciences will spend one year as visiting scholars in universities and colleges in the US to upgrade their knowledge and teaching skills, or undertake research

o  Iraqi women students will enroll in undergraduate engineering and applied sciences programs at American universities in the Middle East

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Program Results

• Three women faculty in engineering at universities in Iraq were selected to be visiting faculty at Stanford University and the University of California at Berkeley and San Diego during the 2009–10 academic year.

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Highlights