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IEEE Computer

Society
Women in Computing:
Challenges
Jill I. Gostinand
Opportunities
IEEE CS MGAB Vice Chair,
Geographic Activities
jgostin@ieee.org
Why are we talking
about
A recent study showedthis?
that by 2025, the
number of women in the computing
workforce will decline to 22%; in 1995 that
number was 37%!
Women in STEM careers continue to
struggle to get into leadership positions
Women leave high-tech companies at 2x
the rate of their male colleagues
And every woman has a story

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Outline
The challenge of growing our
numbers
The challenge of being a woman
in a male-dominated work
environment
The chance to turn challenges
into opportunities
The road ahead
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Source: National Science Foundation, American Bar Association, American Association of Medical
Colleges
Credit: Quoctrung Bui/NPR
The Challenge of Growing our
Numbers
Why do girls choose STEM fields?
Parent influence, parent in the
field
Inspirational teacher / mentor
Liking challenges / problem
solving
Wanting to be different (big fish
in small pond)
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The Challenge of Growing
Why doour Numbers
women choose a STEM
career?
A path with many options
Good employment opportunities
Strong salaries, flexible work options
Enjoyable, Making an Impact
Work/life balance options, good work
environment

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The Challenge of Growing Our
How do we Numbers
encourage women to go
into the profession
Better awareness of what we do
Improve career advice wide range of
options, impact, ability to change your
focus
Change the way girls/women think
(perfection is not required) its not just
for boys/men!
MENTOR
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The Challenge of Growing
Why do Our Numbers
women leave?
work conditions feeling
misunderstood, unappreciated
work-life integration (the family
penalty)
lost interest in the work
organizational climate

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The Challenge of Growing
How toOur
keepNumbers
women:
encourage diversity on all teams
Include women in key leadership
positions
implement unconscious bias training
and processes
provide mentoring opportunities
offer professional development training
& events
provide tools and resources to help
address womens issues, such as flex
time, telecommuting, 9

maternity/paternity leave, vacation time


The Challenge of Growing Our
Numbers:

Some of the numbers!


In 1984, 37 percent of computer science graduates were women.
Today, women represent 12 percent of all computer science graduates.

Women make up half the US workforce, but only 25 percent of jobs in


technical or computing fields.

58% of women working in computing who went to college did not major
in computing as undergraduates.

Portrayals of men as computer scientists and engineers in family films


outnumber portrayals of women by 14.25 to 1

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The Challenge of Growing Our
Numbers:
More
WhiteHouse.gov Numbers
estimates that there could be 2.4 million
unfilled STEM jobs in the U.S. by 2018.
In India, 37% of computing and business process
management workers were women in 2015
Within the high growth area of analytics, the U.S. has a
shortage of professionals, while China and India have a
surplus.

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The Challenge of Being a
Woman in a Male Dominated
Environment
Every woman has a story about a challenge she has faced
Vocal women are viewed as overly aggressive
Less vocal women are viewed as timid, or even out of their league
Women use language that men view as weak
Women socialize differently than men and are often excluded from
the after work get-togethers

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The Challenge of Being a
Woman in a Male Dominated
Women often have Environment
more of the daily-task responsibilities at
home, and therefore arent as readily available for travel /
working late / etc.
26% of female board members in the U.S. have tech
experience, versus 17% of men.
Women tend to underestimate their abilities and their
performance, while men tend to overestimate both but
performance levels are equivalent!

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The Chance to Turn Challenges into
Opportunities
Tell your story, and the lessons you learned from it
Change your point of view its not a challenge, its a
temporary obstacle
The more you speak up, the easier it will become. Be vocal.
But also listen, and respond.
Dont be ignored if you are, speak up again say that you want
to discuss your suggestion
Use your ability to be vocal to advocate for yourself and others

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The Chance to Turn Challenges into
Opportunities
If you are someone that very rarely speaks up make it
memorable. Be a woman of few words but they are words
of high impact.
Be assertive with your words. Confidence convinces.
Be the one to suggest social events that way you can
organize some to fit your schedule and commitments

Listen l Think l Speak l


Listen
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The Road Ahead:
Why Work in Computing / STEM?
Change the World go read the stories!
Work/Life Balance options
Tech companies are more likely to have maternity and paternity
leave
Good salaries, and many jobs available
Skillsets are widely applicable, offering many career options and
flexibility

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The Road Ahead:
Im already in a STEM career
Serve as a mentor
Share your experiences and your story, enhancing the
computing profession
Encourage and engage others through participation in your
professional society
Actively work to help minimize unconscious bias (there are
preventative measures!)

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What Lies Ahead:
EVENTS
IEEE WIE ILC, May 23-24, San Jose, CA Lead Beyond
IEEE WIE 2017 Summits in multiple locations around the world!
Grace Hopper Celebration, Oct 4-6, Orlando, FL
Many local events, use Google and your network to find
opportunities

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IEEE Computer Society
Women In Computing

Questions? Ideas?

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Thanks for
attending!
Women in Computing:
Jill I. Gostin
Challenges
jgostin@ieee.organd
Opportunities
27 April 2017
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-challenges-and-potential-solutions/The-amount-of-women-graduating-with-comp
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https://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/project/gendergap/www/papers/sigcse97/sigcse97
.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_computing
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http://
fortune.com/2015/04/20/the-pervasive-bias-against-female-computer-science-ma
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/
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http://
www.npr.org/sections/money/2014/10/28/359419934/who-studies-what-men-wom
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Korn, Melissa, Science, Engineering Studies Are Still a Hard Sell to Women,
wsj.com, April 11, 2017
Accenture, Girls Who Code, Cracking the Gender Code, Get 3X More Women in

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