Tag Archives: Equality
YouTube will ‘amplify’ Black creators with a $100 million fund
Intel meets some of its key diversity goals
Intel's diversity push still looks to be largely on track, and it's now hitting some of its most important milestones. The chip maker's newly published 2016 Diversity & Inclusion report reveals that Intel has met all of its pay and promotion equ...
Audi Super Bowl 2017 Commercial “Daughter” is About Gender Equality
The 60-second Audi Super Bowl 2017 commercial called “Daughter” is about an important topic. Known for cinematic and memorable storytelling, Audi this year delivers a message of pay equality in the...
Pinterest lowers its goal for female engineer hires
Pinterest aimed to make itself a role model for diversity in tech in 2016, but the year didn't quite work out that way... and the company is setting its sights lower as a result. The social site reports that it increased the number of women in its w...
Apple Brings Gender Equality in iOS 10 Emoji Pack
Technology giant Apple on Tuesday launched a new iOS emoji pack that show women playing more sports and performing jobs that, prior to the launch, were male-oriented.The icons will be available on...
Facebook and Microsoft confirm they have no gender pay gap
Tech companies may employ a smaller percentage of women than other US industries, but at least they pay them as well as men. Microsoft and Facebook marked "Equal Pay Day" (today) by confirming they had hit that milestone. "I'm proud to share that at...
Amazon says it pays men and women equally
Over the last week, Amazon has been resisting pressure from investors and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to show gender pay statistics. However, it has now relented and revealed that women are effectively paid the same (99.9 percent)...
Panasonic pushes same-sex equality in Japan
Panasonic has revealed that it will recognize its employees' same-sex relationships from the start of April. The announcement was timed to coincide with the news that the third Japanese prefecture will do the same. You may be wondering why Panasonic'...
Twitter slammed for hiring Apple’s (white) head of diversity
Twitter is one of the Silicon Valley companies most criticized for a lack of diversity, and its latest hire isn't helping that image. The company recently announced that Jeffrey Siminoff will replace Janet Van Huysse as vice president of diversity an...