Five years ago, AAUW issued Why So Few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics – a report that garnered attention for AAUW nationally and internationally, from The New York Times and National Public Radio (NPR) to magazines such as Time and Good Housekeeping.
On Thursday, March 26, we return to this critical issue with a new report,Solving the Equation: The Variables for Women’s Success in Engineering and Computing. Engineering and computing are fields that offer many high-paying job opportunities, yet few of them are held by women. Women make up only 12 percent of working engineers and about 26 percent of computing professionals.
All of us suffer from the lack of diversity in these fields. Research shows that diversity can contribute to creativity and productivity in the workplace. Engineering and computing are just too important for women not to be engaged. Solving the Equation will describe the current factors behind the persistent underrepresentation of women in the computing and engineering workforce and make evidence-based recommendations for change so that girls who want to invent the next Facebook or build the next Mars rover will feel empowered to do what inspires them.
AAUW is launching Solving the Equation: The Variables for Women’s Success in Engineering and Computing from Samsung’s new research facility in Silicon Valley, and you can join us by watching the live-stream of the event. A panel of experts from the industry and academia, moderated by leading gender-in-science researcher Londa Schiebinger, will discuss the report’s findings and what they mean for anyone who cares about tapping the innovative solutions that half our population offers. During the event, you can send in your questions or comments for the panel and follow along with the discussion using the hashtag #addwomen on Twitter.
We hope you’ll join the live-stream! Register today.
P.S. While you wait for Thursday’s event, you can brush up on the findings in AAUW’s original women in STEM report, Why So Few?, and keep up with our work on STEM by checking out our website.
Solving the Equation is made possible by these generous supporters: the National Science Foundation, Research on Gender in Science and Engineering award 1420214; AT&T; and the Mooneen Lecce Giving Circle.