Women occupy too few leadership positions among STEM businesses, including healthcare companies, but it’s not a pipeline problem, according to new report from the Association for Women in Science.
Although progress has been made for women in the STEM fields, more can be done to increase their presence.
Heather Metcalf PhD is the Director of Research and Analysis for the Association for Women in Science (AWIS) Accelerator and Project Lead for the STEM to Market project.
Listen to Cindy Simpson, AWIS’ former chief business development officer and long-time advocate for women, in this insightful conversation with Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson.
In the Me Too era, it seems that everyone, from feminists to Fox News hosts, is commenting on the growing power of an accusation.
The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) hosted its second annual State of Women in Engineering panel discussion at WE17.
For decades he reportedly used his position of power over young women who were eager to enter his profession, preying on them as his colleagues pretended not to notice.
AWIS CEO and Executive Director, Janet Bandows Koster, contributes to Mother Jones on the presence of sexual harassment within the strict hierarchies of academia.
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