Women in Tech: Facts, Barriers, and Call to Action

Co-sponsored by: mbkazar@gmail.com

Women in Tech: Facts, Barriers, and Call to Action

Diversity benefits the society and economy. It expands the qualified
employee pool, improves the bottom line, enhances innovation, and promotes
equality. The fast-growing Computing and Engineering (C&E) sectors
have highly paid jobs, but relatively few C&E graduates. For the most
part, the percentage of computing occupations held by women has been
declining from 36% in 1991 to 25% today. Women¹s share of computing
bachelor¹s degrees is at an all-time low of 18%.

New Hampshire¹s goal of doubling the number of STEM educated graduates by
2025 cannot be achieved without focused efforts to improve participation
of women in STEM majors and careers. To respond to the challenge of
closing the gender diversity gap in tech, we need to understand key
barriers in the workplace, make the business case for diversity in tech,
and motivate colleagues and others to advocate for and act as change
agents. In this talk we¹ll synthesize compelling facts that tell the story
about the current state of affairs for women in tech, discuss some
barriers, and share promising practices for addressing them.

Speaker(s): Prof. Mihaela Sabin,

Agenda:

1. Refreshments & Pizza

2. Talk by Professor Sabin

3. Questions

Location:
Bldg: University of New Hampshire Manchester Campus
88 Commercial Street
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire