Facebook sees slight decline in female worker representation


Simo (pic) and Liu’s departures means all of the social network’s highest ranking product executives including the leaders of Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger and its hardware division are men. — AFP

Facebook Inc struggled to boost the share of women in its workforce last year, as the social media giant intensified recruitment in technical fields where gender disparities are larger.

Women at Facebook made up 36.7% of the workforce by the end of June, down three percentage points from the year prior, according to annual diversity report released Thursday, the first time the number has dropped.

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