The tech industry is asking how to get more women included in their ranks. But if women can’t visualize a world that includes more than just white and male employees, the narrative will stay the same.
There are only about 19% of women in entry or mid-level positions in the tech industry, with as few as 10% of women holding executive positions, according to tech company Entelo. The National Center for Women & Information Technology found that while women make up 25% of the tech workforce, Asian women account for 5% of that 25%, Black women account for 3% and Hispanic women account for 1%.
Nancy Wang, general manager at Amazon Web Services and founder and CEO of Advancing Women in Tech, a global non-profit dedicated to helping underrepresented groups accelerate their tech careers, believes it will take a village to change these numbers.
“In part, women have these roadblocks because of how society pictures women, which is why it’s so important for the tech leadership community to continue to change the face of representation,” says Wang, “It shouldn’t matter if someone is female, male or non-binary, but we have quite a ways to before we get to that reality.”
And that’s where mentorship and sponsorship can potentially make a difference to today’s tech industry — if done correctly, explains Wang. Employee Benefit News spoke with Wang further to gain insight into the challenges faced by women in tech, and how genuine connections can help promote equity in an infamously inequitable field.
Continue reading: https://www.benefitnews.com/news/general-manager-at-amazon-web-services-on-women-in-tech
There are only about 19% of women in entry or mid-level positions in the tech industry, with as few as 10% of women holding executive positions, according to tech company Entelo. The National Center for Women & Information Technology found that while women make up 25% of the tech workforce, Asian women account for 5% of that 25%, Black women account for 3% and Hispanic women account for 1%.
Nancy Wang, general manager at Amazon Web Services and founder and CEO of Advancing Women in Tech, a global non-profit dedicated to helping underrepresented groups accelerate their tech careers, believes it will take a village to change these numbers.
“In part, women have these roadblocks because of how society pictures women, which is why it’s so important for the tech leadership community to continue to change the face of representation,” says Wang, “It shouldn’t matter if someone is female, male or non-binary, but we have quite a ways to before we get to that reality.”
And that’s where mentorship and sponsorship can potentially make a difference to today’s tech industry — if done correctly, explains Wang. Employee Benefit News spoke with Wang further to gain insight into the challenges faced by women in tech, and how genuine connections can help promote equity in an infamously inequitable field.
Continue reading: https://www.benefitnews.com/news/general-manager-at-amazon-web-services-on-women-in-tech
