"Increasing the employment and advancement of women in infrastructure organizations is a win-win proposition."
The report Stepping Up Women’s STEM Careers in Infrastructure: An Overview of Promising Approaches describes a variety of ways to level the pathway for women entering into and progressing in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) employment within the infrastructure sectors—energy and extractives; water; transport; and digital development.
This Bite+ provides summary bites of some of the findings from an extensive literature review, a global stocktaking exercise, key informant interviews, and five case studies in order to provide World Bank Group project teams with insights that they can use to support women’s STEM careers in infrastructure at each stage of their careers.
Background and Purpose: What are the advantages of promoting women's STEM employment in infrastructure? What are the barriers?
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Leveling the Pathway for Women in Infrastructure Sectors: This requires changes at all levels of engagement—in national policies, within the educational system, at the sector and industry levels, and within workplaces.
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How can Projects Close Employment Gaps in the Infrastructure Sectors?: Describing several interventions and promising approaches, organized around the stages of the career pathway. Project teams have an opportunity to design actions, analysis, and indicators around women’s employment, for example through a focus on leadership and/or on child care.
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Taking Action with Clients - Recommended Steps: Studies from a broad range of primarily private sector companies have consistently shown that organizations that launch initiatives to attract, recruit, retain, and advance women outperform those with a more homogenous workforce.