'Our middle schools are our first battlegrounds.'
Bringing up gender again—really? That may be the response one gets in the year 2019, after all, we are heading into 20 years of the 21st century. We are in the age of “The Cognitive Revolution, ” our technology grows by leaps and bounds and yet, we still see a gender tilt in our technology corridors. Why do we slide back to the middle ages when it comes to our women and minorities?
Today, while women make up 59% of the total workforce, their number is only 30% across major tech companies. This includes both tech and non-tech jobs, like marketing and human resources. As we go up the leadership chain that number dwindles even further with only five women CEOs among the top Fortune 500 companies. I have been in the corporate world for over 18 years now and have spent a lot of time working to increase the numbers of women in technology and the sciences.
Gender parity across the fields of science and technology has been a long-standing battle. It needs to be fought at multiple fronts simultaneously to ultimately achieve our goal. As we shape the workforce of the future, let us ensure that we build organizations that inspire, preserve and grow our women and minorities.
Geetika Tandon is a senior director with Booz Allen Hamilton leading their IT modernization practice within the financial, energy and economic development sector. She is also the author of “
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