Author Archives: gml16f

Gender equality in the tech sector is a long way from perfect. Interestingly, in the field of technology women are seen to leave the industry at a 45% higher rate than men. Much of this is due to the various injustices they face at work such as sexual harassment, exclusion, and unconscious bias. Liz Matthews,Continue reading “Women in tech – best practices for gender equality”

Recently writer, Alison Wynn, published new research in Gender & Society. She spent over a year conducting an in-depth case study of one of the largest technology companies in Silicon Valley. This company, which was not named, was implementing a gender and equality initiative – one that included unconscious bias trainings and mentorship programs. TheContinue reading “Why Tech’s Approach to Fixing Its Gender Inequality Isn’t Working”

Based on a recent survey conducted by the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap, 52% of women feel that technology is male industry, while almost a third or 32% believer gender bias is still a major obstacle in the recruitment process. These findings prove industry professionals need to make more of an effort to notContinue reading “We have to fight for a fairer tech industry for women”

Interestingly, females aren’t considering technology careers as they aren’t given enough information on what working in the sector entails as well as the fact that no one is putting it forward as an option to them. In addition, the gender gap is also due to that fact that there is a lack of female roleContinue reading “Women in Tech”

After a recent survey conducted by TIME, it is now known that the majority of Americans believe that gender inequality exists in the United States. What’s surprising is the stark disagreement about how serious this issue is and furthermore, what should be done about it. In surveying, the respondents offered opinions on various aspects ofContinue reading “Many American Men Have a Skewed View of Gender Inequality, TIME Poll Finds”

About two years ago, writer Lin Classon attended AWS reInvent, Amazon’s cloud-services conference. The biggest takeaway she gained from the event was how empty the women’s bathroom was. With over 40,000 attendees, how was it possibly that the women’s bathroom was… empty? This brought up a bigger question: If all women were missing from theContinue reading “Women would trade shorter bathroom lines to see more ladies at tech conferences”

Mechanized sexism is extremely common in the work place. Interestingly, Facebook allows the targeting of job abs by gender. This results in discrimination in online job advertisements for male dominated jobs. It is important to know that tis practice has long been illegal in print media – but Facebook’s targeting tools encourage it. This genderContinue reading “Why tech’s gender problem is nothing new”

With women representing a mere 20 percent of the current job force in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics – it is quite trivial as to why. Interestingly, women in STEM are underpaid compared to the male population. More over, it is shown that more women enroll in universities than their male counterparts,Continue reading “Gender inequality is alive and kicking in technology”

Proving success in numerous fields, there continues to be lack of women entering the field of technology. Importantly, the lack of women within this field is not due to disinterest – as many young women continue to express enthusiasm for this field. This gender disparity stems from much more. In fact, girls are often discouragedContinue reading “Why Does Gender Equality Remain Stagnant in Technology?”

Addressing the gender imbalance, is imperative. Today, more than ever we continue to see the under-representation of women in technology. Not only do we see a lack of women in technology, but we also see a shortfall of women in leadership roles. Gillian Tans, chairwoman of Booking.com mentioned that in order to redress the genderContinue reading “Why it’s Vital We Close the Tech Gender Gap”