Crossing the Chasm: Best Practices in Reducing the Gender Gap in HPC
- 2. Today’s Agenda Why focus on girls in STEM Activity & Unconscious bias IBM STEM 4 Girls Initiative
- 3. "Never let anyone define who you are. You define who you are!“ Ginni Rometty, CEO, IBM
- 4. What’s in a number? 18% April 11, 2017 22% 182,000 4x 4% 50% 10%
- 5. Source:StatisticsCanada Graphic:AmandaShendruck Source: World Economic Forum “Global Gender Gap Report 2015” Source: CTV News Article “Canadian universities working to attract more young girls to science” I 01 March 2015 ONLY 18.3% Source: Huffpost Living “Canada's Gender Pay Gap: Why Canadian Women Still Earn Less Than Men” I 08 March 2016 Source:HuffingtonPost “TheStatsonWomeninTechareActuallyGettingWorseI 27March2015 US Data (Canada’s trending the same) Current State
- 6. Why?
- 7. Really???
- 9. Activity
- 10. “The words of my doctor from earlier that morning were still ringing in my ears when I found myself slamming the brakes of my car to avoid a nasty collision. An incompetent driver was cutting across two lanes at a roundabout just in front of me. Still perspiring somewhat I carried on to drop off my screaming child with the nanny. It was a hectic morning.”*
- 11. Google image search “thinks” 75% of doctors are male but in reality in the UK (as an example) just over half of GPs in the UK *Source: “Think you believe in gender equality? Your brain might disagree” Magdalena Zawisza, Anglia Ruskin University doctor Who are they?
- 12. ……refers to a bias that we are unaware of, and which happens outside of our control. It is a bias that happens automatically and is triggered by our brain making quick judgments and assessments of people and situations, influenced by our background, cultural environment and personal experiences. Unconscious bias…
- 13. GLOBALIZATION - INCLUSION 1971 199620052012 1984 First Woman CEO appointed: Virginia Rometty Non-discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Orientation Publicly Stated Domestic Partner Benefits U.S. Equal Opportunity Policy – “gender identity and expression” were added; Global Equal Opportunity Policy – “orientation, gender identity and expression” were added Accessible Workplace Connections U.S. and Global Equal Opportunity Policy – “genetics” was added 20022010 From EQUITY to CIVIL RIGHTS - REPRESENTATION 1899 1914 1943 1946 First Women Employees Hired First Black Employees Hired Women Hired as Systems Service Professionals, “Same Kind of Work for Equal Pay” T.J.Watson Sr. First Corp. To Support U.N.C.F. First Black Professionals Hired First Disabled Employee Hired Significant Training Programs, Hiring Ruth Leach IBM’s first female VP 1935 1940 1944 1953 2015 Work/Life transition support – breast milk delivery, increased parental leave (US), web based elder care program (US, BRA, SlN, ISA, Dubai) ENGAGEMENT and ACCESS Celebratingourrichhistoryofengagement IBM's first operational application of speech recognition 2016 Signed HRC Amicus Brief. Provided same gender medical benefits in Philippines, Japan, Colombia, Chile, India, Greece, South Africa, Italy Offer sex reassignment surgery in Canada.
- 14. Grades 1 - 5 Grades 6 - 8 Grades 9 - 12 Post Secondary Gender biases starting and girls beginning to disengage in STEM Girls engaging in STEM Girls actively self selecting out of STEM as STEM elective & still perceived “for boys” Only 9–20% girls in STEM streams facing male dominated world Recruitment plus Retention & Advancement of women at IBM Canada INSPIRE & EXCITE MENTOR & INFLUENCE ROLE MODELS AWARENESS & ENGAGEMENT Current Pipeline Issue
- 15. Result….IBM STEM 4 Girls The IBM STEM 4 Girls initiative empowers girls with STEM knowledge to unleash their unlimited potential and open more doors for their future. Mission Statement: Look & Feel: Word mark & Hashtag: Empowering statement: Girls in STEM grow up to be women who shape the future.
- 16. Grade 6 – 8 girls Grade 9 – 12 girls IBM Content & Programming Collaboration Result….IBM STEM 4 Girls National Coordinated Strategic Scalable Repeatable Targeted Mustbe… IBMer involvement Keys to success… Strategic partnerships Influencing change Communications/PR
- 17. Since March 1, 2016 3,000 participants 400 IBM volunteers 3,500+ IBM volunteer hours 10 cities Collaborations: Multi-day camps Movie Screenings Teen Clubs STEM Days numerous universities and school boards Panels & Keynotes Educator Training
- 18. Social Media
- 21. IBM STEM 4 Girls in the news
- 22. IBM STEM 4 Girls has gone global
- 23. Final Thoughts Be conscious of your unconscious bias Figure out how you can engage girls in STEM Develop and encourage participation in special programs Support learning opportunities in the community Serve as a mentor Change the dialogue Girls want to know how they can make a difference in the world