Co-sponsored by: mbkazar@gmail.com Women in Tech: Facts, Barriers, and Call to ActionDiversity benefits the society and economy. It expands the qualifiedemployee pool, improves the bottom line, enhances innovation, and promotesequality. The fast-growing Computing and Engineering (C&E) sectorshave highly paid jobs, but relatively few C&E graduates. For the mostpart, the percentage of computing occupations held by women has beendeclining from 36% in 1991 to 25% today. Women¹s share of computingbachelor¹s degrees is at an all-time low of 18%.New Hampshire¹s goal of doubling the number of STEM educated graduates by2025 cannot be achieved without focused efforts to improve participationof women in STEM majors and careers. To respond to the challenge ofclosing the gender diversity gap in tech, we need to understand keybarriers in the workplace, make the business case for diversity in tech,and motivate colleagues and others to advocate for and act as changeagents. In this talk we¹ll synthesize compelling facts that tell the storyabout the current state of affairs for women in tech, discuss somebarriers, and share promising practices for addressing them. Speaker(s): Prof. Mihaela Sabin, Agenda: 1. Refreshments & Pizza 2. Talk by Professor Sabin 3. Questions Location: Room: 149 Bldg: University of New Hampshire Manchester Campus 88 Commercial Street MANCHESTER, New Hampshire

Co-sponsored by: mbkazar@gmail.com Women in Tech: Facts, Barriers, and Call to ActionDiversity benefits the society and economy. It expands the qualifiedemployee pool, improves the bottom line, enhances innovation, and promotesequality. The fast-growing Computing and Engineering (C&E) sectorshave highly paid jobs, but relatively few C&E graduates. For the mostpart, the percentage of computing occupations held by women has beendeclining from 36% in 1991 to 25% today. Women¹s share of computingbachelor¹s degrees is at an all-time low of 18%.New Hampshire¹s goal of doubling the number of STEM educated graduates by2025 cannot be achieved without focused efforts to improve participationof women in STEM majors and careers. To respond to the challenge ofclosing the gender diversity gap in tech, we need to understand keybarriers in the workplace, make the business case for diversity in tech,and motivate colleagues and others to advocate for and act as changeagents. In this talk we¹ll synthesize compelling facts that tell the storyabout the current state of affairs for women in tech, discuss somebarriers, 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