#01.
Only 10% of senior leaders are women.
Many employees think women are well represented in leadership when in reality they remain a minority. Nearly 50% of men think women are well represented in leadership in organisations. The fact? Only one in ten senior leaders is a woman. This unconscious bias makes men less committed to gender equality.
RESEARCH.
Mother Nature Needs Her Daughters: A Homeward Bound Global Review and Fact Sheet Investigating Gender Inequality in STEMM
Prepared by Fabian Dattner, Homeward Bound CEO and Co-founder;
Dr Mary-Ellen Feeney, Jacobs Group (Australia); and
Professor Tonia Gray, Centre for Educational Research, Western Sydney University.
Compiled by Homeward Bound Alumni from 2018 & 2019
Copies can be downloaded at https://doi.org/10.26183/5d22d5fbe2349
Women in the workplace. Organisation Report.
McKinsey and LeanIn.Org (2017) Women in the workplace. Organisation Report.
https:// www.mckinsey.com/global-themes/gender-equality/women-in-the-workplace-2017
(accessed August 2019).
Gender Imbalance in US Geoscience Academia
One or two women in a team changes nothing. To start making institutional effects on equality, women need to comprise at least 15–30% of a department, organisation or industry board.
MEDIA.
14 Effective Ways To Ensure More Women Land In Leadership Roles
FORBES – As companies continue to diversify their workforces, many focus on gender inclusivity, and for good reason: Research has shown that companies with women in leadership positions see higher profits and greater employee satisfaction.
A surprising number of men think women are ‘well represented’ when just 1 in 10 executives is female
WASHINGTON POST – Corporate executives like to say gender diversity is one of their top priorities. They mount publicity campaigns, tout their equal-pay measures, start-up women’s networks to help promote female leaders. But the view of those agendas — and companies’ success at achieving them — from the ground is starkly different when it comes to male and female employees.
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It’s time to give women in STEMM a bigger voice. Share these facts with everyone you know. Shout it out loud. Be heard. Rally together. Pass it to your peers, your networks and social circles.
BECAUSE TOGETHER, WE CAN CHANGE THE STATUS QUO
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What will you do to change it?
STRONGERTOGETHER
It’s time to give women in STEMM a bigger voice. Share these facts with everyone you know*.
Shout it out loud. Be heard. Rally together. Pass it to your peers, your networks and social circles.
BECAUSE TOGETHER, WE CAN CHANGE
THE STATUS QUO
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