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06-30-2018, 10:36 AM
Making tech truly diverse calls for new tactics and renewed commitment
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This column is part of a series called "Voices of Women in Tech (https://mashable.com/category/voices-of-women-in-tech/)," created in collaboration with AnitaB.org (http://anitab.org/), a global enterprise that supports women in technical fields, as well as the organizations that employ them and the academic institutions training the next generation.
So much time, effort, and expense go into fixing tech’s diversity problem — why have we seen so little progress?
SEE ALSO: Hey, tech CEOs: Fighting racism isn't just right, it's also good business (https://mashable.com/2018/02/02/tech-ceos-racism-social-justice/)
The proof of our failure is in the data. The 2017 Top Companies for Women Technologists (https://anitab.org/news/press-release/top-companies-increase-women-in-tech/) report, which measured more than 547,000 technologists across 63 organizations, showed a mere 1.2 percent year-over-year increase in the number of women in technical roles. Women’s representation in midlevel, senior, and executive roles saw considerably smaller increases of .2 percent, .6 percent, and 1 percent respectively.* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/06/29/how-to-solve-tech-diversity-issues-in-the-workplace/)
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This column is part of a series called "Voices of Women in Tech (https://mashable.com/category/voices-of-women-in-tech/)," created in collaboration with AnitaB.org (http://anitab.org/), a global enterprise that supports women in technical fields, as well as the organizations that employ them and the academic institutions training the next generation.
So much time, effort, and expense go into fixing tech’s diversity problem — why have we seen so little progress?
SEE ALSO: Hey, tech CEOs: Fighting racism isn't just right, it's also good business (https://mashable.com/2018/02/02/tech-ceos-racism-social-justice/)
The proof of our failure is in the data. The 2017 Top Companies for Women Technologists (https://anitab.org/news/press-release/top-companies-increase-women-in-tech/) report, which measured more than 547,000 technologists across 63 organizations, showed a mere 1.2 percent year-over-year increase in the number of women in technical roles. Women’s representation in midlevel, senior, and executive roles saw considerably smaller increases of .2 percent, .6 percent, and 1 percent respectively.* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/06/29/how-to-solve-tech-diversity-issues-in-the-workplace/)
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