Catalyst's Global Report Uncovers New Layers of Inequity for Women in STEM Industries
It’s no secret that women in tech roles in STEM—the science, technology, engineering and math industries—face significant challenges. Catalyst ’s groundbreaking new global report, High Potentials in Tech-Intensive Industries: The Gender Divide in Business Roles , shows that those on the business side are impacted too, and it reveals a culture that is particularly unwelcoming to women, no matter what the job. This research is the first to study men and women in business roles in technology-intensive industries such as high tech and telecommunications, oil and gas, and automotive manufacturing. It shines a light on the male-dominated culture of STEM companies as a whole and provides specific steps organizations can take to better attract and retain talented women across both its tech and business sectors. “STEM companies face a serious talent drain as women take their skills elsewhere, but these organizations also have a remarkable opportunity to turn things aroun...