Gender Inequality and the Potential for Change in Technology Fields

Gender Inequality and the Potential for Change in Technology Fields
Author: Bernhardt, Sonja,Braun, Patrice,Thomason, Jane
Publsiher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2018-11-09
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781522579762

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Over the last few decades, the refrain for many activists in technology fields around the globe has been “attraction, promotion, and retention.” Yet the secret to accomplishing this task has not been found. Despite the wide variety of theories proposed in efforts to frame and understand the issues, to date none have been accepted as a universally accurate framework, nor been applicable across varying cultures and ethnicities. Gender Inequality and the Potential for Change in Technology Fields provides innovative insights into diversity creation through potential solutions, including the attraction of more women to study technology and to enter technology careers, the navigation of suitable promotional pathways, and the retention of women in these industries. This publication examines women in IT professions, artificial intelligence, and social media. It is designed for gender theorists, government officials, policymakers, educators, individual activists and advocates, recruiters, content developers, managers, women and men in technology fields, academicians, researchers, and students.

Women in IT in the New Social Era A Critical Evidence Based Review of Gender Inequality and the Potential for Change

Women in IT in the New Social Era  A Critical Evidence Based Review of Gender Inequality and the Potential for Change
Author: Bernhardt, Sonja
Publsiher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2014-03-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781466658615

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Research and statistics support the view that current programs are failing to keep women in the ICT field. Currently, there exist very few solutions to this growing problem. Women in IT in the New Social Era: A Critical Evidence-Based Review of Gender Inequality and the Potential for Change aims to bring this topic to the forefront of discussion about what can be done to correct this lopsided gender distribution. This reference work will be an essential guide for government professionals, students, and researchers in the ICT field looking to develop a solution to equalize the retention rate of women in these related fields.

Overcoming Barriers for Women of Color in STEM Fields Emerging Research and Opportunities

Overcoming Barriers for Women of Color in STEM Fields  Emerging Research and Opportunities
Author: Leggett-Robinson, Pamela M.,Villa, Brandi Campbell
Publsiher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2020-06-26
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781799848592

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Despite a plethora of initiatives, policies, and procedures to increase their representation in STEM, women of color still remain largely underrepresented. In the face of institutional and societal bias, it is important to understand the various methods women of color use to navigate the STEM landscape as well as the role of their personal and professional identities in overcoming the systemic (intentional or unintentional) barriers placed before them. Overcoming Barriers for Women of Color in STEM Fields: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a collection of innovative research depicting the challenges of women of color professionals in STEM and identifying strategies used to overcome these barriers. The book examines the narrative of these difficulties through a reflective lens that also showcases how both the professional and personal lives of these women were changed in the process. Additionally, the text connects the process to the Butterfly Effect, a metamorphosis that brings about a dramatic change in character and perspective to those who go through it, which in the case of women of color is about rebirth, evolution, and renewal. While highlighting topics including critical race theory, institutional racism, and educational inequality, this book is ideally designed for administrators, researchers, students, and professionals working in the STEM fields.

Critical Issues Impacting Science Technology Society STS and Our Future

Critical Issues Impacting Science  Technology  Society  STS   and Our Future
Author: Lum, Heather Christina
Publsiher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2019-02-15
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9781522579502

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We are in an ever-changing and fast-paced world that is entrenched in technological innovation. But how is technology and science impacting our society? How does it affect our interactions with these products and ultimately with each other? How is society shaping the types of technologies we are advancing? Critical Issues Impacting Science, Technology, Society (STS), and Our Future compiles theory and research from the confluence of a variety of disciplines to discuss how scientific research and technological innovation is shaping society, politics, and culture, and predicts what can be expected in the future. While highlighting topics including political engagement, artificial intelligence, and wearable technology, this book is ideally designed for policymakers, government officials, business managers, computer engineers, IT specialists, scientists, and professionals and researchers in the science, technology, and humanities fields.

Human Behavior and Another Kind in Consciousness Emerging Research and Opportunities

Human Behavior and Another Kind in Consciousness  Emerging Research and Opportunities
Author: Sugiyama, Shigeki
Publsiher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 102
Release: 2019-04-12
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9781522582182

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New technological communication methods have created new kinds of interactions among us that have allowed people across the globe to become closer, but they have also created more complex global dynamics. These dynamics have expanded the workings of human behavior, making human-seeming artificial intelligence a more difficult goal to achieve. Human Behavior and Another Kind in Consciousness: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a crucial reference book that examines human consciousness and how it can translate into artificial intelligence. Covering important topics such as cloud computing, human behavior, and intelligent systems, this book is ideal for engineers, researchers, academicians, and students in the fields of computer science, artificial intelligence, operations research, and intelligent systems.

Gender Inequality

Gender Inequality
Author: David E. Newton
Publsiher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2019-10-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781440872877

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Gender Inequality: A Reference Handbook discusses the role women have played throughout human history and play in the modern day, including both advances that have been made in the fight for equality and problems remaining to be solved. Gender Inequality: A Reference Handbook is divided into two parts. Chapters One and Two provide a historical background to the topic and a review of current issues and problems. The remaining chapters aid readers in continuing their own research on the topic, through an extended annotated bibliography, chronology, glossary, noteworthy individuals and organizations in the field, and important data and documents. This book covers the topic of gender inequality from the earliest pages of human history to the present day. It differs from other works in the field primarily because of the variety of resources provided, such as further reading, perspective essays on the topic, a historical timeline, and useful terms in the field. It is intended for readers of high school through the community college level, along with adult readers who may be interested in the topic.

The Internet of Women Accelerating Culture Change

The Internet of Women   Accelerating Culture Change
Author: Nada Anid,Monique J. Morrow,Laurie Cantileno
Publsiher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2022-09-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781000792034

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Female scientists, technologists, engineers, and mathematicians worldwide are making historic contributions to their fields. The modern workforce is closer to gender-equal than it has ever been, and many efforts are in place to support further progress. The Internet of Women provides an exciting look at personal narratives and case studies of female leaders and cultural shifts around the globe that illustrate this promising trend. From the United Nations' emphasis on girls and technology education in the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) to the increased female labor force in Zambia, a policy change that was inspired by the MDGs (UN Millennial Development Goals), The Internet of Women captures stunning examples of progress from around the world and men working hand in hand with women advocating for cultural change. Scholars and practitioners lament the lack of women leading and working in leading organizations in the technology industry. Gender equality and female participation in the tech field is critical to both developing and developed economies; nevertheless, this gap remains a global phenomenon. The lack of female leadership is particularly extreme at the highest echelons of leading technology organizations. Few publicly traded tech companies have female CEOs - in fact, most nations have zero female leadership in the tech industry. This gap does indicate a slow pace of progress for gender equality in tech employment. Women's pay still lags nearly a decade behind, according to the World Economic Forum, meaning that women's on average pay today is the equivalent to that of similarly qualified and similarly employed men in 2006. Without significant progress, the current rate of change will not lead to parity for 118 years, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF). However there's significant work being done to shift this tide. Take for instance Michelle Lee, the first female Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), reflects on her childhood Girl Scout badge in sewing and cooking and how that memory inspired to create an IP badge that exposes young women to the process of invention. Social entrepreneur, investor, and Malala Fund co-founder Shiza Shahid shares her efforts beginning from mentoring young women in Pakistan to her current work directing more investment to women innovators around the globe. And Elizabeth Isele, a senior fellow in Social Innovation at Babson College, shares her research on women and ageism saying we need to retire the word retirement. The book is divided into six parts, each with unique areas of focus:• Millennials Leading: Exploring Challenges and Opportunities Facing the Next Generation of Women in Technology• Men and Women Empowering One Another• Bold Leadership: Women Changing the Culture of Investment and Entrepreneurship• Educating for the 21st Century• Breaking the Glass Ceiling: A Generation of Women Forging into Technology Leadership• Emerging Fields of TechnologyThe Internet of Women gathers examples about the increasingly inclusive and progressive gender culture in technology from over 30 countries. Stories range from an entrepreneur in Dubai partnering with private and public sector entities to accelerate blockchain technology to a young British woman moving to Silicon Valley to launch an artificial intelligence platform and incubator. The book is intended for corporations, academic institutions, the private sector, government agencies, gender experts, and the general public, and its key benefit is to let the reader understand a path towards implementing diversity overall globally. It also showcases the strategies, tools, and tactical execution on how create cultural change in all parts of the world.

Handbook of Research on Women in Management and the Global Labor Market

Handbook of Research on Women in Management and the Global Labor Market
Author: Pereira, Elisabeth T.,Paoloni, Paola
Publsiher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 423
Release: 2019-06-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781522591733

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Existent literature has identified the existence of some differences between men and women entrepreneurs in terms of propensity to innovation, approach to creativity, decision making, resilience, and co-creation. Without properly examining the current inequalities in social-economic structures, it is difficult to examine the results of corporate female leadership. The Handbook of Research on Women in Management and the Global Labor Market is a pivotal reference source that examines the point of convergence among entrepreneurship organizations, relationship, creativity, and culture from a gender perspective, and researches the relation between current inequalities in social-economic structures and organizations in the labor market, education and individual skills, wages, work performance, promotion, and mobility. While highlighting topics such as gender gap, woman empowerment, and gender inequality, this publication is ideally designed for managers, government officials, policymakers, academicians, practitioners, and students.