Sponsors could be key to solving tech’s lack of gender diversity
While it may be relatively easy for women to enter the industry, they often stall in lower-level positions, leaving women feeling stagnated in their careers. Companies can, however, improve their gender-diversity efforts and accelerate the number of women entering, advancing and succeeding in the tech industry by implementing sponsorship programs.
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Source: techcrunch.com
This webpage is dedicated to being a repository of information for research articles, blogs and useful references for those interested in learning about the challenges facing women and minorities in science.
ACCESS THE RESOURCES curated by Dr. Sarah Rugheimer
This in-depth resource guide from Maryville University was created for girls, young women, teachers and educators who are looking to share information that encourages women to study STEM and pursue careers in the STEM field.
The guide provides detailed insights and resources on the following topics:
- The growing need for women in STEM
- Tips and advice for schools and organizations to motivate women involved in STEM
- Challenges women face in STEM careers
- Strategies to overcome workplace obstacles in STEM
- Tips on how to create a successful STEM Career
- Examples of women who are leaders the STEM Field
- STEM Leadership Development
- Learning and professional growth for women in STEM
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Listen to stories about fascinating women working and learning in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields; and learn about programs and practices throughout the U.S. designed to broaden the participation of women in STEM.
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40 Important STEM Resources For Women is a cross-post from onlineuniversities.com.
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The 1000 STEM Women Project hopes to curate a video library where female scientists can record 90 second descriptions of what type of scientist they are and what they work on!
These videos will be permanently available for ANY K12 (or college) classroom to utilize as a resource for their students to learn about the various types of science disciplines out there. The project hopes to provide an easily accessible resource for students to see some AMAZING female STEM role models.
Click here to watch or contribute a video.
Two factors have stalled women’s advancement in science: implicit bias and lack of family friendly policies. Mary Ann Mason, UC Berkeley and Joan C. Williams, UC Hastings, have engaged in more than 20 years of original research to determine when and why women drop out of the pipeline. Mason and Williams have partnered with AWIS to develop their research into tools to help universities retain women scientists.
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Mary Ann Mason, UC Berkeley, and Joan C. Williams, UC Hastings, have engaged in more than 20 years of original research to determine when and why women drop out of the pipeline and to develop tools to help universities retain women scientists.
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We’re raising our girls to be perfect, and we’re raising our boys to be brave, says Reshma Saujani, the founder of Girls Who Code. Saujani has taken up the charge to socialize young girls to take risks and learn to program — two skills they need to move society forward. To truly innovate, we cannot leave behind half of our population, she says. “I need each of you to tell every young woman you know to be comfortable with imperfection.”
This talk was presented at an official TED conference.