#technical fields
In efforts to increase the female workforce representation in technical roles, General Electric (GE) has launched the 50:50 representation initiative aiming at hiring 20,000 women in technical jobs by the year 2020. GE launched the initiative “Balance the Equation” earlier in March, in celebration of International Women’s Day, to encourage females to land jobs in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) fields. “Women are still under-represented in the technology sector with 13-24 percent represented in IT and engineering positions globally, and…
