Manglin Pillay says sorry for suggesting it may not be worth it to invest in women engineers
A petition was started calling for his removal as Saice CEO but the board says that because he apologised, he will remain CEO
South African Institution of Civil Engineering (Saice) CEO Manglin Pillay has apologised for offending so many people with his "misogynistic article" about women engineers. In a short statement‚ Pillay expressed regret for writing the controversial article‚ in which he insinuated that it was not a good idea to invest in female engineers. "As the CEO of the Saice‚ I, Manglin Pillay, unreservedly apologise for antagonising and offending so many people with my article‚ published in the July 2018 edition of Civil Engineering‚" he said. "I humbly commit myself to taking counsel from fellow women engineers‚ other colleagues in the STEM fields [science‚ technology‚ engineering and maths] and professionals in diversity training." In the offending piece‚ also published on his LinkedIn page‚ Pillay questioned whether SA should invest heavily in attracting women into STEM fields. He claimed that research showed women to be "predisposed" to caring and people-orientated careers. He wrote that "m...
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