Waking from the dream: the realities today's world needs to face
summary
Companies that change hiring language, make interviews less adversarial and recruit at women’s engineering colleges see concrete gains — one firm moves from 30% to 42% female hires in India in months with no extra cost. Tech loses talent too: half of women leave within 7–10 years. Policy matters — the US lacks national paid parental leave while firms like Netflix, Facebook and Google offer strong packages. Funding gaps persist: 10% of seed funding goes to women and only ~15% of founders are female; McKinsey and Women in the Workplace flag multi‑decade shortfalls.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction to the panel
- 1:05Recruiting and retaining women in tech
- 4:16Confidence as a barrier for women
- 8:06Parental leave progress in the US
- 11:18Companies leading on gender parity
- 13:26Why diversity matters in startups
- 16:55Gender diversity in leadership
- 19:02Generational shifts in gender roles
- 22:11Actionable steps for change
- 23:40Closing remarks and Q&A
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