It’s time for men to champion women in tech #WomenInSTEM
Nice piece on Techcruch from Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist.
Folks, when it comes to gender equality in the tech world, we haven’t come very far.
Fifty-three years after the Equal Pay Act and supposedly the advancement of women’s rights in the workplace, Silicon Valley still has the feel of a fraternity.
Despite lots of research that shows how tech companies excel when women lead, the playing field is still heavily tilted in favor of men. How do we turn this around? I want to suggest that as a start, we men can make a real effort to use our male privilege on behalf of our women colleagues.
Women in tech face some tough odds. A recent Equal Employment Opportunity Commission survey of some of the top US tech companies found that on average, just 18 percent hold leadership positions, and among certain tech jobs, men still make, on average, 28.3 percent more than women.
At some leading tech companies as few as 10 percent of women occupy tech positions.
For women founders, the numbers are even worse.
Only 7% of investor funding goes to women-led ventures, and according to Digitalundivided, a mere 0.2% of venture deals from 2012-2014 went to Black women founders.
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