The pandemic has caused women’s participation in the workforce to drop across industries, and tech is no exception. Women make up 26.7% of technologists — a 2.1% drop in representation from March 2020 and a reverse after five years of progress, according to a new report from AnitaB.org, a global non-profit focused on intersectional gender and pay parity in tech.
But throughout the pandemic, several employers have stood out in their work to help women reach parity in their technologist workforce.
AnitaB.org’s 2021 Top Companies for Women Technologists report measures data from 56 tech companies and more than 552,000 technologists between January and December 2020. Organizations are scored based on career level representation of women, as well as hiring, retention and promotion of women.
Additionally, the survey considers each employer’s policies and programs that support intersectional gender parity within their workforce, including transparency and accountability, equitable hiring, caregiving support, pay equity, leadership and advancement, inclusion, and flexible work policies.
Continue reading: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/28/anitaborg-womens-representation-in-tech-is-down-during-the-pandemic.html
But throughout the pandemic, several employers have stood out in their work to help women reach parity in their technologist workforce.
AnitaB.org’s 2021 Top Companies for Women Technologists report measures data from 56 tech companies and more than 552,000 technologists between January and December 2020. Organizations are scored based on career level representation of women, as well as hiring, retention and promotion of women.
Additionally, the survey considers each employer’s policies and programs that support intersectional gender parity within their workforce, including transparency and accountability, equitable hiring, caregiving support, pay equity, leadership and advancement, inclusion, and flexible work policies.
Continue reading: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/28/anitaborg-womens-representation-in-tech-is-down-during-the-pandemic.html
