Naadiya Moosajee

Naadiya Moosajee (born in 1984) is a South African engineer, social entrepreneur and co-founder of Women in Engineering (WomEng), a non-profit organization that aims to develop engineering talent among girls in multiple African countries. She is also the Co-Founder, WomEng, a social enterprise developing girls in STEM and women in engineering in multiple countries and which in 2017, launched the #1MillionGirlsInSTEM programme.Co-Founder, WomEng, a social enterprise developing girls in STEM and women in engineering in multiple countries and which in 2017, launched the #1MillionGirlsInSTEM programme.

Quotes

• I think the barrier to doing incredible things has been lowered by technology, which has started to reduce inequality.
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• It’s really hard to wake up every day and fight patriarchy, which is why I am so exhausted. I honestly want to see women make loads of money so we can all just invest in other women and shift the power dynamics in business as well as in our homes and families.
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• Engineers design our world and our society, and if we don’t have women at the design table, we exclude 50% of the population.
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• “We are thrilled to open WomHub and provide a space where women can grow their businesses and hopefully make more money,” our mission is to empower women to pursue their passions and achieve success on their own terms.” [4]

• “ For women who are breastfeeding, we’ve got a wellness area where women can do yoga, meditation and prayer. We’ve also got what we call the junior engineer hub. It’s basically a co-play space for kids that when you are working, your kids can co-play in the space and also learn about STEM and tech,” [5]

• “I think this is so important because none of this means anything unless we can move the capital into the hands of women so that they can grow their businesses. And so, this is why my business partner and I have been so focused on raising the venture capital fund so that we can start to not only create the spaces for a woman, literally and figuratively, but give them the capital that they need to thrive,” [6]

• Women have been largely excluded from an industry that literally designs and supports the building of cities, countries and the virtual world. When women are excluded, we have a world that was not built for us and we see gender bias persist in everything from infrastructure to virtual safety. The way we combat this is through bringing more women to the design table.[7]

• I’m blessed to have a network of incredible women entrepreneurs and team members who inspire me every day to get up and fight. [8]

• With WomHub, I’m particularly excited about our work supporting female founders, especially given the lack of capital that goes into female-founded businesses as well as a general lack of support. [9]

• I think the barrier to doing incredible things has been lowered by technology, which has started to reduce inequality. Before, you needed an Ivy League education, where now you can learn cool things online from those institutions, tinker with technology and develop cool things, connect to others and have your voice heard, and that excites me for young women in STEM. [10]

• “Don’t take life too seriously. You don’t need to figure things out right away. Figure things out along the way…“ [11]