Gender Gap In The Energy Industry

We’ve made great advances in the last century, innovating at an astonishing speed. But unfortunately, it seems as if in the last decade, the rate of innovation has slowed down considerably. Every new product is just an iteration of the last iteration, with no defining jumps in technology but only incremental changes. With the snail-paced recovery of the economy and a looming global warming crisis, America needs more engineers if it wants to stay the dominant nation that it is today and if it wants to make sure that the future of its children is safe, prosperous, and pollutant-free. None too often it is the small ideas from engineers that create sparks in the economy and keep this great nation of ours going. As distinguished professor Michael Schiffer would say, engineers have “the ability to symbolize technological prowess and modernity” (4). I plan on joining this distinguished group of innovators. I want to become a professional electrical electronics engineer, to acquire the knowledge and the skills to be able to run my own consumer electronics company one day; Becoming a professional electrical electronics engineer will allow me to work on providing clean energy for my parents’ hometown of New Takoradi.

Although the recent upward trends in the number of women in STEM fields are promising, they are not truly due to decreasing cultural stereotypes. Women receiving graduate degrees in engineering increased by 2 percent from 2000 to 2008, but this trend is not as hopeful as it may seem (Giges). This increase was mainly evident in communal fields like environmental or biomedical engineering (Giges). This is further evidence of the impact of cultural stereotypes and their influence on women’s career paths. Society’s expectation of women is that they serve as caring motherly figures and community-centered careers adhere

In a speech in February 2013 President Barak Obama said, “One of the things that I really strongly believe in is that we need to have more girls interested in math, science, and engineering. We’ve got half the population that is way underrepresented in those fields and that means that we’ve got a whole bunch of talent…not being encouraged the way they need to.” It been three years since President Obama has made that statement and the underrepresentation of women in science, technology, engineering and math as known as STEM majors is still a big problem today. The STEM workforce is crucial to Americas global competitiveness and groundbreaking capability. The people who work in the STEM field make up nearly half of the United

While this bill undoubtedly aligned with the mission and purpose of women’s colleges, there remains an unbalanced amount of representation of women in STEM programs and careers. “Globally, women remain particularly behind in participation at elite institutions and in traditional ‘male’ fields of study including science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or STEM” (Renn, 2014, p. 3). While the very existence of women’s colleges asserts their right to belong within realms of higher education, the work towards equity and inclusion must take place in all facets of life. “Even where women outnumber men in undergraduate enrollments and enjoy full access to higher education, women’s institutions act symbolically to remind society that in many other domains of public and private life, gender equality remains elusive” (Renn, 2014, p. 125).

The stated prerogative is to introduce slow yet lasting change and to integrate more women and people of color within the STEM field; however, the plan for change, and the reason for its perceived need to be slow is nowhere addressed; , suggesting that it is rather the reluctance of men to relinquish control and allow feminization of the field (Tepperman and Curtis, 2012). Reports of these initiatives claim to be struggling struggle in attracting and keeping women within the STEM field. Yet by shifting the blame on women, the inaction taken by scientific institutions to reform the patriarchal ideals dominating the scientific realm is justified (Tepperman and Curtis, 2012). In addition, the economic paradigm that western society is built around is one that necessitates inequality to function. The Neoliberal welfare is instrumental in constructing gender

Females need a solid knowledge and understanding of STEM subjects, to help prepare for the global economy of the 21st Century.

As a leading science-based regulator, what role can CFIA play to encourage the pursuit of science among young women, thereby supporting our recruitment efforts? How can we make CFIA an employer of choice for women seeking work in a science-based environment? I am excited to be the new Champion for the Women's Circle and am looking forward to working to address these questions and other issues faced by women within the Agency." – Colleen

During this day and age women in STEM is a very tough career. One question we bring to mind is does a female student having a female science teach motivate them to fill in those shoes? The answer to me is yes because women are starting to get rid of that stereotype about how they can’t feed off each other. Especially if the girl’s mom was a science teacher that would help a lot because women tend to look at their mother’s footsteps first. Also the pioneer’s women in STEM need to be brought upon more in history class. In order to get more women into the Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics field, women and young girls need these type of people to be brought upon in order to spark inspiration?.

Eileen Pollack was one of the first two women to earn a bachelor of science degree in physics from Yale in 1978, and graduated summa cum laude with honors. However, she didn’t go on to become a physicist; she is a writer for the New York Times. Like so many other women, she was turned away from STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). Bias, stereotypes, lack of encouragement, and a priority of home life contribute to the significant imbalance between women and men in STEM fields; men outnumber women in most careers and receive better treatment, which results in the loss of invaluable minds and ideas. *

Currently, tech companies all over the U.S. are facing a gender diversity imbalance. A gender imbalance in any business not only hurts the business, but the customers as well. Greater diversification within a business increases innovation, perspective, and economic growth. Around the world, cities with the most diversity are the most successful economically (Galinsky). By increasing the low percentage of women in STEM careers, companies within Nebraska will become more innovative and profitable. As companies within the state become more innovative, more jobs will be created and the entire state will grow

Science, technology, engineering, and math, STEM, the field of hope for those who were working hard to accomplish something more than a high school diploma. Women and minorities with the same degrees, same aspirations, same responsibilities only earn a percentage of what men earn according to the Institute for Women’s policy Research, the U.S. Department of Commerce and many other organizations. How would you feel if your hard work wasn't recognized? What if you turned in the same exact job that a white man did and he was rewarded more just for his gender and/or race? Today, many women and minorities still seem to feel intimidated by STEM fields simply because they have been dominated by white men of wealthy backgrounds. This is causing a huge

The attached report, requested by the Human Resources Department on September 30, discusses the issue of gender gaps in the workplace in the context of the Canadian workforce. I believe you will find this report useful when determining salaries, hiring practices, and promotion of employees.

The technology field has always been dominated by men. There are not in the STEM field, but a very important women inspires a lot of the ones that are. “She was a visionary, and an inspiration to boundary-breaking women everywhere.”1 Ada Lovelace inspires so many women in technology today especially since she was a woman from the 19th century. Ada Lovelace proved that it is possible to overcome the long history of gender barriers. She is an example or even a hero to other women, that high levels of success are undoubtedly reachable. - talk about “Ada Lovelace Day”

Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, also known as STEM, is a booming business and with its growth, huge issues of gender diversity come into play. Technological roles have been dominated by men since its existence, and the women in technology are a minority. Historically, women have been underrepresented in these fields. Because of this inequality, women are faced to overcome the male-dominated environment that is the tech world. This paper will be explaining the reasoning for stereotypes of females in STEM. Are women scarce in the technological world because of the media portrayal of women? What is the exact reason for this lack of females in this industry? My goal for this paper is to explore the reasoning behind the little number of women in the STEM fields, offer personal experience, statistics, and testimonies from intellectuals.

Texas A&M is considered to have high female numbers compared to most universities. However, less than half of those females who enter an engineering major will graduate with a degree in engineering (“Retention”). According to a study completed by Project on Women’s Engineering Retention, or POWER, and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, twenty percent of engineering graduates are female, yet only eleven percent of practicing engineers are female. There are a plethora of reasons women claim for leaving the engineering field. However, redefining the engineering field and educating those in the field can solve most of the problems women cite in the engineering field. The POWER study researched the reasons women claimed caused them to leave the engineering field and any potential improvements to help retain strong gender ratios in the workplace.