Fostering Inclusivity and Equality

Fostering Inclusivity and Equality: Leveraging Tech Communities to Encourage Women in Tech

1. © 2023, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. © 2023, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. Fostering Inclusivity and Equality: Leveraging Tech Communities to Encourage Women in Tech 1
2. © 2023, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. © 2023, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. 2 Developer Advocate @ Okta Pradheepa Pullanieswaran Twitter : @pradheepa LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pradheepa/
3. © 2023, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. Agenda - Gender Gap - Where are we now? - What can YOU do? 3
4. © 2023, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. © 2023, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. Gender Gap 4
5. © 2023, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. Claudia Goldin - Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences 2023 Why? • Women’s earnings and labour market participation through the centuries (200 year old data). • Her research reveals the causes of change, as well as the main sources of the remaining gender gap. 5
6. © 2023, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. 6 The importance of expectations
7. © 2023, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. 7 Married Women in Work - (U-Shaped Curve)
8. © 2023, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. 8 Parenthood Effect
9. © 2023, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. Gender Gap for Women in Tech Under-representation 9 Pay Disparity Leadership Roles Attrition Rates Education Gap Bias and Stereotyping Lack of Role Models Tech Startups and Entrepreneurship Global Variations
10. © 2023, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. © 2023, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. Where are we now? 10
11. © 2023, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. Success Stories 11 Powerful female role models. The proportion of firms with three or more women in their C-suite increased from 29% in 2015 to 44% in 2021 (McKinsey). The top five tech firms (Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft) have a workforce of 34.4% female.
12. © 2023, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. © 2023, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. What can YOU do? 12
13. © 2023, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. Educate 13 • Coding Club • Hackathons • Scholarships and Grants, Certification Vouchers • Resources • Mentorship
14. © 2023, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. Encourage 14 • Provide safe environment to share their experiences, seek advice, and offer support • Discuss the most common challenges and how to address
15. © 2023, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. Empower 15 • Provide the forum to speak at meetups, host workshops • Ask them to share their story • Celebrate success
16. © 2023, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. "Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies." -Andy, The Shawshank Redemption 16
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