Daystar Power, a solar energy company, has been working to close the gender gap by introducing various initiatives. Daystar has raised awareness on the business case for gender diversity and has addressed conscious and unconscious bias. Daystar actively engages with local universities and professional networking platforms to attract potential female candidates for technical roles. It implemented the “Women in Power” trainee program to attract young engineering graduates and provides them with rotating assignments that offers exposure to different areas of the company. The program also includes mentoring opportunities, where it pairs women trainees with senior technical leaders. The company has seen progress in increasing the number of women in technical positions. (Summary partially generated by AI).
