In recent years, we've seen a push to bring more women and people of color (POC) into STEM fields. But although industry-wide discrimination against women and minorities has been acknowledged, a lot of work remains to be done.
Thankfully, we’ve seen a proliferation of initiatives aiming to bring more girls and children of color into the stream. Many programs are focused on getting more kids interested in STEM subjects, offering them mentors, creating more scholarships and solving what was deemed to be a pipeline problem.
There have been changes but not enough. Even now, women make up a very small percentage of all the people getting a bachelor’s in engineering, computer and information sciences.
Moving into the workforce, we can see similar numbers in these fields. In computer and mathematical professions, women hold just 28% of all jobs. In engineering and architecture professions, the number falls to a meager 15.9%.
Look up tech CEOs on LinkedIn, and you’ll likely go through multiple pages before you come across a woman. And you’d be lucky to find a woman of color in the C-suite of a tech company. And when it comes to entrepreneurship, in 2021, just 39.9% of businesses were started by women.
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