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General Motors has announced a new partnership with education nonprofit Girls Who Code that's intended to encourage more young women to pursue STEM subjects. The auto manufacturer will offer up a $250,000 grant to help fund after-school STEM clubs in schools, universities, and community centers.
"Becoming an engineer paved the way for my career," said GM CEO Mary Barra in a statement posted to the company's website. "It's one of the reasons I am passionate about promoting STEM education to students everywhere. Partnering with Girls Who Code is one more step in GM's commitment to inspiring and growing diverse future leaders."
[...] GM and Girls Who Code are pursuing this collaboration is [sic] response to the decreasing proportion of women in jobs related to computing, even as the field continues to grow. In 1995, 37 percent of the computing workforce was comprised of women, but today that has shrunk to 24 percent.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 11 2017, @07:52PM
Bullshit. Show me who's 'oppressing' them. Show me how they don't have equal opportunity.
They don't have equal *interest*, just as men don't tend to have equal interest in teaching or nursing (which you'll notice don't have sexist funds set up for them).
This is pure politics and while I'd love to work with more female programmers, I don't think this is going to help much. Women who are interested in programming are as good at it as men. I don't think this is going to enhance anyone's interest, and I'd add that it might also create the kind of backlash seen with quota based hiring.