New Survey Reveals Crucial Need to Empower Women to Lead Climate Change Action
July 16 2019 - 12:56PM
Business Wire
Study released as the Exelon Foundation embarks
on second-annual HeForShe STEM Innovation Leadership Academy aimed
at fostering the next generation of climate leaders
A new survey funded by the Exelon Foundation found that even
though nearly four out of five high school girls believe action
must be taken to address climate change, the majority don’t feel
equipped to take on this critical issue themselves. And despite
survey respondents’ confidence that women have the talents needed
to address climate change issues, only 50 percent foresee females
leading these efforts.
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Recognizing the need to empower girls to pursue career paths
that address climate change issues, the Exelon Foundation and
United Nations Women HeForShe are hosting their second annual STEM
Innovation Leadership Academy. STEM stands for science, technology,
engineering and math. Taking place in Baltimore (July 14-19),
Philadelphia (July 21-26) and Chicago (August 4-9), the 2019
Academy events are tailored to the increasing number of young women
who express an interest in STEM careers. In fact, 60 percent report
that they are likely to pursue a career that uses STEM, with nearly
half attributing their interest in STEM to the pathways it provides
to make a positive impact on the world.
“The global climate crisis is one of the most urgent issues of
our time. It’s very encouraging to hear that most young women
surveyed recognize the need to act, but we must arm them with the
necessary tools and reinforce the confidence they need to tackle
climate issues head-on,” said Chris Crane, Exelon President and CEO
and HeForShe Thematic Champion.
Designed to inspire and equip the next generation of climate
leaders, the STEM Innovation Leadership Academy will provide a
week-long curriculum that incorporates a series of hands-on STEM
activities centered on climate action, visits to noteworthy energy
and environmental landmarks and discussions with prominent female
STEM leaders. Each of the three events will host approximately 60
young women and culminate with an Academy-wide Energy Innovation
Challenge, encouraging participants to identify ways to increase
energy efficiency on college campuses.
The second annual STEM Innovation Leadership Academy is a
primary component of the Exelon Foundation’s commitment to the UN
Women’s HeForShe initiative, which was created to foster a movement
where men can become agents of change for gender equality. The
second annual Academy is part of Exelon’s three-year, $3 million
investment to encourage and support the involvement of young women
in STEM.
“HeForShe is committed to mobilizing people of every gender
identity and expression as advocates for gender equality,” said
Elizabeth Nyamayaro, Senior Advisor to Under Secretary-General,
Executive Director of UN Women and Global Head of the HeForShe
Movement. “We’re proud to partner with Exelon for their STEM
Innovation Leadership Academy in an effort to educate and empower
young people to become leaders in fields that can make a global
impact.”
“The Exelon STEM Innovation and Leadership Academy is a
creative, comprehensive, and effective approach to exposing young
people – especially girls – to science, technology, engineering and
mathematics in practical and exciting ways that allow them to see a
future in these fields,” said Maryland Governor Larry Hogan. “This
event goes hand in hand with my proposed expansion of Maryland’s
Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) program,
which Exelon has supported from the very beginning. I applaud you
and appreciate the ongoing partnership.”
In 2018, Exelon contributed $13.7 million to education-related
causes. In addition to the company’s investment in STEM programs
for young women and girls, Exelon’s partnership with HeForShe also
includes a commitment to improving the company’s retention of women
by 2020, with a goal of reaching parity in voluntary turnover of
men and women professionals.
To learn more about Exelon’s initiatives to promote gender
equality and support the communities where its employees live and
work, visit exeloncorp.com.
About Exelon
Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC) is a Fortune 100 energy company
with the largest number of utility customers in the U.S. Exelon
does business in 48 states, the District of Columbia and Canada and
had 2017 revenue of $33.5 billion. Exelon’s six utilities deliver
electricity and natural gas to approximately 10 million customers
in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania through its Atlantic City Electric, BGE,
ComEd, Delmarva Power, PECO and Pepco subsidiaries. Exelon is one
of the largest competitive U.S. power generators, with more than
32,700 megawatts of nuclear, gas, wind, solar and hydroelectric
generating capacity comprising one of the nation’s cleanest and
lowest-cost power generation fleets. The company’s Constellation
business unit provides energy products and services to
approximately 2 million residential, public sector and business
customers, including more than two-thirds of the Fortune 100.
Follow Exelon on Twitter @Exelon.
About HeForShe
Created by UN Women, the United Nations entity for gender
equality and the empowerment of women, the HeForShe solidarity
movement for gender equality provides a systematic approach and
targeted platform where a global audience can engage and become
change agents for the achievement of gender equality in our
lifetime. HeForShe invites people around the world to stand
together as equal partners to craft a shared vision of a gender
equal world and implement specific, locally relevant solutions for
the good of all of humanity. For more information, visit
www.HeForShe.org/en.
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