At ESEF 2023 in Praia (Cape Verde), the IIR’s CaRe (Career in Refrigeration) representive Ina Colombo participated to the round table dedicated to Women and Youth in Clean Energy in West Africa on October 13, 2023. INWIC was promoted in this session.
At ICR 2023, the IIR’s CaRe (Career in Refrigeration) working group organised an INWIC (International Network of Women in Cooling) round table on Monday 21st August 2023. This discussion panel kicked off the Congress right after the opening ceremony. The round table...
The competition consisted of a conversation about tools of RAC, between two participants from different countries, recorded in video format. You can see the announcement and more information about this year’s awards here, and this year’s winning video here...
On 26 May, the AREA General Assembly in Estonia nominated the winner of the first edition of our “AREA-WRD women in cooling, video competition”. The evaluation committee was composed of: our Board of Directors our members of our Task Force Skills and Working...
The competition consists of a conversation about tools of RAC, between two participants from different countries, recorded in the form of video. Registrants are invited to submit a video to the U-3ARC Facebook page between 15 April – 31 May 2023....
AREA and World Refrigeration Day (WRD) have partnered to launch a competition on best practices for all EU women in cooling. The challenge is to provide a video showing best practices (e.g. installation, repair, charging , leak checking, recovery, etc.) using the...
Cairo, Egypt, 19 January 2023 ‒ There is a growing need for females to join the ranks of air- conditioning and refrigeration (RAC) technicians. A training workshop recently organized by the Government of Egypt and the United Nations OzonAction Compliance Assistance...
Bangkok – UN Environment Programme (UNEP) OzonAction organized a side event on “Women in Cooling – Challenges and Opportunities” on 11 July during the forty-fourth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol. This forum, the first...
Paris – The cooling sector delivers a tremendous number of benefits ranging from public health to food security to productive and comfortable workplaces and homes. It is a truly vital, dynamic, and rapidly growing field that represents a significant source of...