Be your own role model - a female rocket scientist, pioneer and science influencer explains

Women comprise just a fraction of the aerospace sector - a field research says is poised for trillion-dollar growth in the years to come. Mishaal Ashemimry is the head of the Centre for Space Futures where she works to improve space policies and unlock the next phase of the space economy. She shares her experience as a woman not just in a male-dominated sector but in a region that for much of her life didn't have a formal space agency. She explains what slows the growth of women in aerospace and what's changing for the better in this sector. She also shares the mindsets and strategies she used to get her ideas heard and to create opportunity for herself, tactics that helped her become the first female aerospace engineer in the Gulf Cooperation Council and to found her own rocket startup. About this episode: Mishaal Ashemimry: Related World Economic Forum Initiatives: Centre for Space Futures Report - Space: $1.8 Trillion Opportunity for Global Economic Growth Transcript: Related Episodes: He's building 'gas stations' in space. How it can drive the space economy - Orbit Fab Transcript: Episode: Meet the startup building the first commercial space station - Axiom Transcript: Episode: An energy company is building the world's largest airplane. Here's why - Axiom Transcript: Episode:

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Be your own role model - a female rocket scientist, pioneer and science influencer explains is an episode from Meet The Leader by World Economic Forum.

This episode is 17:10 long.

This episode was published on Feb 12, 2026.

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