WOMEN IN BIG DATA INC
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Mission Statement
Inspire, connect, grow, and champion the success of women in Big Data in technology field
About This Cause
Our vision for Women in Big Data started with a diversity and inclusion conversation at Intel in 2015 where we shared the significant challenges faced in finding and recruiting women talents for our big data engineering workforce. The American Association of University Women (AAUW) reported in 2015 that: Only 26% of computing professionals and 12% of working engineers were women in 2013. Barely 18% of all computing degrees went to women in 2013 (down from 37% percent in 1985). The percentage of women in big data is much lower. We reached out to our big data partners in the bay area, who were experiencing a similar problem with diversity and lack of technical females in their organizations. We formed "Women in Big Data" forum with 15 members and one chapter in California. In 2020, the forum changed to a non profit organization with over 16000 members and over 30 chapters globally. Going forward, as a nonprofit, using funding from donations, government, and private foundation grants, we further and deepen our mission by: Scaling up and out to serve more people in more places. Developing and nurturing chapters in underserved areas to deliver programs such as different certification program, training, mentoring to underprivileged populations.