Acronyms
Women in the Workplace
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100

DEIA

What is Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility?

100

Within the construction industry nationwide, what percentage of employees are women? 

A. 0-9%

B.10-20%

C.25-35%

D.40-50%

What is B. 10-20%


(11% to be exact.  Statistic taken from  UsDOT Equity Co-Op Meeting with the Department of Labor Women's Bureau).

100

The quality of being fair and just, especially in a way that takes account of and seeks to address existing inequalities

What is Equity?

100

What perfecntage of people joined FHWA that had a disability? 

A. 0-5%

B.10-15%

C. 20-25%

D. 30-35%

What is B. 10-15%


Source: FHWA At A Glance 2023

100

This holiday, observed on the third Monday of January, honors the achievements of a notable U.S. civil rights leader.

What is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day?

200

LGBTQIA+

What is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or Questioning), Intersex, Asexual, and limitless possibility?

200

When a latina women works in construction, what are the odds she will work with another latina women? 

A) 1:20

B) 1:50

C) 1:100

D) 1:1000

What is C) 1:100? 


(Statistic taken from  UsDOT Equity Co-Op Meeting with the Department of Labor Women's Bureau).

200

The unintentional favoring of certain groups or outcomes due to implicit attitudes or stereotypes

What is Unconscious Bias?

200

What percentage of team leads were black across FHWA? 

A. 0-10%

B.10-20%

C.20-30%

D.30-40%

What is B. 10-20%?

Source: FHWA At a Glance 2023

200

This day, associated with the color purple and celebrated on March 8th, honors the achievements of women and promotes women's rights.

What is International Women's Day?

300

BIPOC

What is Black, Indigenous, and (other) People of Color?

300

What percentage of the field pool is female?

What percentage of the COEs are female?

What is 18%?
What is 0%?

Source: CFL Organizational Chart


300

A person or organization that actively supports the rights of a minority or marginalized group without being a member of it

What is an Ally?

300

How many people apart of the Gen Z generation were employed at FHWA during the 2023 year? 

What is 35?

Source: FHWA At a Glace 2023

300

This month is celebrated annually as both Mental Health Awareness Month and Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

What is May?

400

EAP

What is Employee Assistance Program?

400

How many women have seriously considered leaving the construction industry citing a lack of respect and consideration as the top reason for leaving? 

A. 10-20%

B. 30-40%

C. 60-70%

D. 80-90%

What is B. 30-40% ?

45% 


(Source: Equity Co-Op Meeting Feature Department of Labor Women's Bureau

400

The idea that multiple identities cross to create a whole identity (gender, race, sexual orientation, disability, etc.)

What is Intersectionality?

400

How many women were employed at the GS-13 Level?

332

Source: FHWA At a Glance 2023

400

This five-day celebration between October and November by Hindus, Sikhs, and Jains across the world is a festival of new beginnings and the triumph of good over evil and light over darkness, and for some also coincides with harvest and new year celebrations.

What is Diwali?

500

PFL

What is "Person-first language"? 

500

What percentage of CFL employees are women?

A. 15-25%

B. 25-35%

C. 45-55%

D. 55-65%

What is 2.25-35%?


30% of all CFL Employees (including contractors) are women.

*Based on org chart posted to roadmap Nov. 2024


500

The taking over of creative or artistic forms, themes, or practices by one cultural group from another

What is Cultural Appropriation?

500

How many people working at FHWA in 2023 had a disability?

13.2%

Source: FHWA At a Glance 2023

500

This month is designated annually as National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) when we celebrate the value and talent workers with disabilities add to America's workplaces and economy.

What is October?