What has resulted from affirmative action policies over time?

More women have been hired at companies that do business with the government.

Affirmative action is a type of policy which is implemented with the aim of providing education and employment to human groups which have previously suffered from discrimination.

It has been, by qualitative and quantitative researchers, how such actions contribute to achieve very valuable social goals as bridging inequalities in employment and income level, have increased the access to education, have promoted diversity as a resource and not a barrier and has redressed aparent past wrongs or harms.