WOMEN IN STEM

Women In STEM Encounter More Gender Inequality Than In Any Other Workforce Population

Overview

Partners

Vision: Success occurs when we have an increase in women and women of color in senior-level, C-Suite, and comparable positions in technology. Companies will have embedded these programs and goals into their overall growth, development, and succession planning strategies. Technology is an essential industry of focus in the modern business workplace.

Outlook: Women in the technology industry encounter more gender inequality than in any other workforce population. As of March 2022, only 24% of computing jobs are held by women. The percentage of women STEM graduates is about 19%. Women are leaving the tech industry at a 45% higher rate than men are. 11% of the engineering workforce is made up of women. In addition, Built In reports that 48% of women in STEM jobs report discrimination in the recruitment and hiring process and 50% of women said they have experienced gender discrimination at work. Black and Hispanic women, who majored in computer science or engineering, are less likely to be hired into a tech role than their white counterparts.

Improving women’s representation in technology is essential to our nation’s infrastructure. WBC seeks to:

  • Decrease the women quit rate in the technology sector by 50% by 2030
  • Ensure that women constitute 35% of all leadership positions by 2025, 15% of which are women of color
  • Increase the representation of women in C-Suite technology positions (CIO, CTO, CISO, CDO) by 3% by 2025, 4% of which are women of color