Current Industry StatisticsWomen leave ChemE, MechE, and IE more than any other fields
- LinkedIn ‘Daily Rundown,’ 2018 |
WChE's goals is helping to improve these statistics in the hopes that women will be better supported and fairly treated in the chemical engineering industry in the future. |
An estimated 3,000 PhD-trained women opt out of the scientific workforce every year.
This accounts for a loss of over $1.5 billion.
- Technology Review, Daily Rundown, 2018
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Half of women in STEM roles have experienced gender discrimination at work.
This discrimination can include pay inequity, being "treated as if they were not competent," sexual harassment, and more.
- Pew Research Study, Daily Rundown, 2018
Female graduates received $5000 less than male graduates with the same qualifications in 2014.
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