2020 was our best year yet for hiring women in tech, and we know that equity doesn’t end with hiring. That’s why we’re focused on ensuring fairness throughout the employee lifecycle to help women and gender-expansive people thrive.

• We’ve ensured pay equity for all women employees globally since 2017, and have shared our approach for others to use.

• We’ve created targeted career development and promotion programs for women Googlers at every hiring level, from entry-level to director.

• We’ve created internal policies to alleviate stressors that tend to disproportionately impact women. For example, we expanded our Carer’s Leave from 4 to 14 weeks of paid time away with reimbursement for up to 20 days of caregiver costs.

• To address issues of inappropriate conduct in the workplace, we overhauled our internal processes and added new care programs for people who report concerns.

• We’re cultivating community through conferences like Transcend, our first Women of Color Summit, and through our employee resource groups (ERGs) like Women@Google and Trans at Google.

• We’ve engaged over 4,000 Google managers and leaders in #ItsUpToMe, an internal allyship campaign to hold them accountable as they craft and reach our diversity, equity, and inclusion goals.

We’re working to support spaces of belonging and uplift those who’ve been marginalized due to gender, across all our products. Here are a few of our latest features:

• Local businesses can identify as being women-owned, LGBTQ-friendly, transgender safespace, and can note if they have gender-neutral restrooms.

• Google Maps highlights cultural landmarks that honor the trans community, like the Black Trans Lives Matter Mural in San Francisco.

• The inclusive language feature on smart canvas is designed to flag and suggest alternatives to gendered language, helping you be more aware of language and how it may affect others.

We’re using technology to develop new ways to protect the safety of those marginalized due to their gender. Here are some of our recent efforts:

• In partnership with Northwestern Medicine, we’re working to develop AI solutions for faster breast cancer screening.

• We’ve added a self-assessment tool to U.S. search results for the phrase “postpartum depression.” The tool provides information to evaluate the level of symptoms, along with links to additional resources.

• We launched a YouTube content series on factual health and well-being information for young women.

• Jigsaw, a team within Google that explores threats to open societies, is working to develop global scalable solutions to online violence against women. Their Perspective API uses machine learning to help mitigate toxicity and abuse on online platforms.