Team 3 Findings

Suggested organisations to look into:

Findings from other organisations (random collection)

what other organisations do (example German women in tech network):
- workshops for girls (chemistry experiments, programming, robots) to start early communicating confidence
- seminars during semester breaks, communicating early that one doesn't have to fulfil every single requirement in the job advertisement
- upskilling and career development seminars: project management, creative writing, promotion competences, negotiation, goal setting, voice training
social learning platform and professional women's network register tripling number of women enrolling in online courses since start of lockdown, mainly career coaching, business and management (might not be too relevant, but we might want to consider the relevance the pandemic is giving our project) - https://www.futurelearn.com/info/press-releases/number-of-women-enrolling-in-online-learning-courses-triples-since-start-of-first-lockdown
"Digital Skills for the Workplace" course, hosted on above social learning platform enrols almost as many women as men since start of lockdown - https://www.futurelearn.com/info/press-releases/short-online-courses-can-unblock-gender-and-other-diversity-issues-in-digital-skills-education
diversity report by Rock Health among 678 leaders and founders at US digital health startups - https://rockhealth.com/reports/diversity-in-digital-health-2020-annual-report/
- Asian men are the most likely to be venture-backed, while Black women are the least likely (start more often bootstrapping their company)
- compared with other ethnic groups, Black leaders identified ”Access to capital” and “Ability to connect with investors” more often as barriers to building their companies
gender equity report by Rock Health (survey among 218 men, women, and non-binary respondents working at healthcare startups and VCs, interviews with 15 leaders in healthcare including startup CEOs, VC partners, and leaders) - https://rockhealth.com/reports/the-state-of-gender-equity-at-healthcare-startups-and-vcs-in-2019/
- women expect barriers to leadership upfront; women with the goal of being in a leadership position don't expect their advancement to happen as often as men with the same goal (59% vs. 86%)
- little startups and VCs had programs supporting women in place (apart from flexible work arrangements), if at all: informal mentorship and women’s communities (29%)
- older version of report finds women to embrace career development opportunities such as leadership trainings, career coaching, formal mentorship/sponsorship programs, and time/funding to attend industry conferences, and visible female role models