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Co-STEM 5-Year Strategic Plan

Smithsonian Science for Global Goals

Smithsonian Secretary’s Youth Advisory Council

March 15, 2019

The impending move of technology giant Amazon to the DC region is slated to bring 25,000 new STEM jobs to the DC region. With this move, the lens has focused on gender disparity in STEM fields. Despite diversity initiatives, it remains more challenging for women to land and to keep jobs in STEM fields — including professional positions at major tech companies like Amazon — than it is for their male counterparts. On March 20, the Crystal City Business Improvement District (BID), in partnership with the Arlington Chamber of Commerce and news site Axios, will host a breakfast panel to discuss gender parity in STEM fields and the global and local implications of that gap. Dr. Carol O'Donnell, Director of the Smithsonian Science Education Center, will be one of the featured panelists.