resolving gender imbalance
Resolving Gender Imbalance Across AI Sector in Numbers
Over the last few decades, research, activity, and funding have been devoted to improving the recruitment, retention, and advancement of women in the fields of science, engineering, and medicine. In recent years the diversity of those participating in these fields, particularly the participation of women, has improved and there are significantly more women entering careers and studying science, engineering, and medicine than ever before. However, as women increasingly enter these fields they face biases and barriers and it is not surprising that sexual harassment is one of these barriers. According to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2018, report, the count of women in science is decreasing since 1990. The report also revealed that till 2015, women made up only 18% of computer science majors in the US -- a decline from a high of 37% in 1984.