Posts Tagged ‘gender equity’
ESG Efforts toward Gender Equity Help Boost Representation for Women in STEM
Enduring obstacles have exacerbated many of the already long-standing gender gaps affecting women in STEM education and training, technology workplaces, and venture funding. Despite programming’s origin as a woman-dominated field, the share of bachelor’s degrees women earned in computer science declined from 27% in 1998 to 20% in 2018. In the workforce, women’s representation in computing and…
Read MoreTakeaways from Equileap’s 2021 Report: Gender Equity Progress and Challenges
COVID-19 brought unequal impacts to women and intensified already widening inequities. The pandemic drove acute job losses in lower-paying service roles, which are largely staffed by women. Women in all industries and levels also disproportionately downshifted their careers to take on increased caregiving burdens as schools and daycares closed. Against this backdrop, Equileap, a leader in…
Read MoreInnovations in Venture Capital Gender Lens Investing
Amid the economic disruptions of the pandemic and subsequent downturn, the uneven impact of COVID-19 on women has been clear. This includes increased burdens in the unpaid care economy, disproportionate job losses, and the prevalence of women in low-paying essential roles. A women-focused recovery requires creative solutions—as well as gender lens venture investors to support them. Springbank…
Read MoreApplying a Gender Lens to Affordable Housing
In the midst of a widespread US housing shortage, affordable housing is constrained in cities of all sizes—an issue made worse by the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. While men are more likely to experience homelessness, inadequately housed women face unique challenges that highlight other gendered inequities. Yet to incorporate a gender lens into US housing investments in a…
Read MoreThe Effect of COVID-19 on Women: Measuring the Damage and Charting Paths to Recovery
As the pandemic and subsequent economic downturn unfolded, a rush of studies highlighted the unique effect of COVID-19 on women in the global economy. Researchers have called on governments, multilateral institutions, and private employers to place women and girls front and center in recovery efforts.
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