Encouraging female students and professionals to pursue STEM education and opportunities is more important than ever. To help strengthen interest and participation in STEM fields, PepsiCo and the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) have proudly kicked off their annual PepsiCo/SWE Student Engineering Challenge. Now in its fourth year, this competitive program encourages undergraduates to compete for scholarship prizes and a…
As we continue to discuss the problem of lack of women in management in corporate America, Accenture offers a way that can be a step in the right direction to remove gender divide in the workplace. International Woman’s Day is a holiday during which people and companies around the world celebrate women’s accomplishment and reflect on the gender divide. In…
Even in today’s society, the presence of gender roles pervades everyday life: including the workplace. Allyson Case, CEO of Integro Rehab LLC, tackles the issue of gender prejudices in the world of construction and what it means to be a woman in the workplace. Allyson shares, “Over the years, one of the questions I am often asked is: ‘How do you…
Women have made great strides in the workplace, but inequality persists. The issue of equal pay is still a hot-button topic. The US Census Bureau reports that women earn 80 percent of what men are paid. Such inequality is hardly unique to the United States, however. In the following Q&A, Mary Brinton—sociology professor at Harvard University—answered a few questions about how the…
