Unfinished Business: Women in the Silicon Valley Economy .
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Women of Silicon Valley
A regional collaboration about the changing role of women in the SV
economy and community
“Achieving the promise of the new economy”
Twin Revolutions Are Shaping Our Lives
Social ChangeWomen’s Workforce
Participation
Economic ChangeNew Economy
Our “Unfinished Business”
We have gone partway…..
...We have not realigned our workplaces, our communities, and ourselves fundamentally to new realities and opportunities.
Time Is Valued Job Quality
Women Want
#1 Time for Life#2 Good Co-Worker
Relations #3 Good Salary/Income#4 Challenging Work
Self-Employment Creates Flexibility, Customization
13% 15%
42%45% 44%
56%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
Work at/ nearhome
Work part-time "Very satisfied"with work life
Women employees Self-employed women
Self-Employment Creates Flexibility, Customization
13% 15%
42%45% 44%
56%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
Work at/ nearhome
Work part-time "Very satisfied"with work life
Women employees Self-employed women
IV. Technical Women
“Invention depends fundamentally on creativity. And creativity, I believe, springs from a diversity of good people talking about the possibilities.”
-Carly Fiorina, Hewlett-Packard
Girls Prepared in Math/Science…
52% 51% 49%48%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
AP Math AP Science
Male Female
…But Show Low Interest in Tech Careers
46%
23%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Want to work in technology fields
Male Female
Source: A.T. Kearney, student surveys
V. Region Has Failed At Child Care
67% of mothers with children under 18 are employed
63% of all women believe region has failed at child care
Childcare Impacts Women’s Workforce Participation
36%
19%
48%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Cite Family/Childcare Responsibilitiesas Significant Barrier to Work
Currently Have On/Near-Site Childcare
Rate On/Near-Site Childcare asExtremely or Very Important in a Job
Source: Women of Silicon Valley Survey
VI. Low-Wage Women
One-fifth of women working full-time
in Silicon Valley
earn less than $25,000 each year.
Low-Wage Jobs Are Growing, Held Disproportionately by Women
71%
29%
men women
High Wage Jobs (average pay $72,000)
39%
61%
men women
Low Wage Jobs (average pay $22,000)
• Engineering & Science Managers
• General Managers/Top Executives
• Electrical Engineers
• Computer Engineers
• Systems Analysts
• Computing Support Specialists
• General Office Clerks
• Receptionists & Information Clerks
• Salespersons, Retail
• Guards & Watch Guards
• Cashiers
• Janitors, Cleaners
Substantial Barriers to Career Advancement
52%
47%
46%
44%
30%
17%
30%
35%
25%
10%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Education Level
Housingcost/location
Family/ChildResponsibilities
Lack TechnicalSkills
Unable to SpeakEnglish
High School or Less College or More
“Significant” Barriers to Career Advancement
Social Innovation Required
Social ChangeWomen’s Workforce
Participation
Economic ChangeNew Economy
Innovation
Six Commitments to Innovation
#1 Redefine “success” as the whole life approach—work life, home life, community life
#2 Customize Work to Fit Our Lives
“The new economy offers the opportunity to shape work to fit our lives, rather than our lives to fit our work. We would be mad to miss this chance.”
Charles Handy, Author
#3 Make Women Full Partners in the Tech Revolution
Stimulate girls’ interest in technology
Create alternative pathways to tech careers
Support women tech professionals, tech entrepreneurs
Pioneer work environments where women succeed
#4 Reinvent Family Supports Aligned with New Realities
“Creating family supports, such as child and elder care, is as fundamental to the new economy infrastructure as fiber optic cable and fast computers.”
Linda Tarr Whelan, Center for Policy Alternatives
Six Commitments
#5 Raise up women in low-wage positions, ensuring that their work pays and leads somewhere
#6 Recreate civic life, for both men and women