We all recognise that there is a severe lack of female representation in STEM – currently, women only make up 24% of the STEM workforce.

But what if these women never even make it to employment in STEM?

Women leave science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields at much higher rates than men do. This so-called ‘leaky pipeline phenomenon’ suggests that more and more women are progressively lost at each stage of their STEM career, from education through to leadership roles.

So what can be done to tackle this ‘leaky pipeline’ once and for all? We sit down with Dr Andrea Johnson, Chairperson of Women in Technology & Science and VP at Workhuman, to discuss what support structures need to be in place, how to prepare for early careers and tackling the lack of female representation in STEM.

Dr Andrea is a senior director at Workhuman and executive board member of WITS Ireland. She is committed to advancing women in STEM through initiatives such as Teen-Turn and Reboot.

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