制冷行业在当今全球经济中扮演着越来越重要的角色，在食品、健康、能源和环境领域做出了重大贡献，决策者需要更好地理解和考虑这些贡献。由于对制冷能力的需求不断增长，以及能源和环境领域制冷相关专业所需的独特技能，目前对工程和技术人员的需求正在增加。女性在制冷行业的代表性仍然明显不足。本文的目的是展示从国家制冷机构和协会收集的制冷领域女性的最新研究成果。建议采取的激励措施是国际研究所正式召开的第二次会议的结果- 组引文:2017年冬季会议，内华达州拉斯维加斯，会议论文

The refrigeration industry plays a major and increasing role in today's global economy, with significant contributions made in food, health, energy and environmental domains which policy makers need to better understand and take into account. The need for engineering and technical staff is currently increasing due to the growing demand for refrigerating capacities, along with the unique skills required from refrigeration-related professions in the field of energy and environment. Women are still significantly and visibly under-represented in the refrigeration industry. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the current preliminary state-of-the-art of women in the refrigeration field collected from national refrigeration institutions and associations. Suggested incentive actions are the outcomes of the second meeting of the official IIR Women in Refrigeration sub-group.