Facebook to double women workforce globally in 5 years

Facebook aims to double the strength of women workersglobally in the next five years, along with doubling black and Hispanicemployees in the US.

In its 2019 diversity report, Facebook said it has people ofdiverse backgrounds and experiences, more people of colour, more women in bothtechnical and business roles, and more under-represented people in leadership.

   

“Most notably, we’ve achieved higher representation ofwomen in leadership by focusing on hiring and growing female leaders within thecompany. Over the last several years, the majority of new female leaders wereinternally promoted,” Maxine Williams, Global Chief Diversity Officer atFacebook said in a statement on Tuesday.

Since 2014, Facebook has increased the number of Black womenat Facebook by 25 times and the number of Black men by 10 times.

Facebook said it is the best place to work for the LGBTQ+community.

“We’re proud to have earned 100 per cent on the HumanRights Campaign (HRC) 2019 Corporate Equality Index (CEI). This is the fifthyear in a row that we have received the best score,” said the company.

Like other tech companies, the social networking giant hasalso faced criticism for its lack of diversity.

Facebook said it invested $4.2 million in the “AlignProgramme” which increases the number of women and underrepresented peoplepursuing careers in computer science by providing students who did not studycomputer science with the opportunity to earn a master’s degree in computerscience.

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