Hillary Rodham Clinton called on the predominantly male technology industry to work harder to bring more women into the fold.
“We’re going backward in a field that is supposed to be all about moving forward,” the former Secretary of State told a crowd of 5,000 at the Lead On Watermark Silicon Valley Conference for Women on Tuesday. “We cannot afford to leave all that talent sitting on the sidelines.”
Clinton also praised Google’s decision to reveal the gender and racial breakdown of its workforce, prompting other tech companies to open up for the first time about the makeup of their workforces, which are mostly white and Asian men.
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