Efforts to promote women in the tech sector are being made but the term has become somewhat of a buzzword and there is still a long way before gender parity is achieved in the industry.
It’s estimated that just 19 per cent of women make up the tech workforce and in Europe, only 15 per cent of start-ups are founded or co-founded by women.
But at this year’s Web Summit, Europe’s biggest tech event, there were more women than men - tipping the balance with 50.5 per cent of attendees - at the November gathering for the first time in its 10-year history.
Clearly, women’s interest in the tech sector is high but the industry appears to be falling behind others in its efforts to recruit, promote and keep women.
Euronews Next spoke to some of the sector’s female CEOs and company founders who are breaking the barriers and asked them what is going wrong and what advice they would give to budding entrepreneurs.
Continue reading: https://www.euronews.com/next/2021/11/22/to-be-a-woman-is-still-a-handicap-why-women-in-tech-is-still-just-a-buzzword
It’s estimated that just 19 per cent of women make up the tech workforce and in Europe, only 15 per cent of start-ups are founded or co-founded by women.
But at this year’s Web Summit, Europe’s biggest tech event, there were more women than men - tipping the balance with 50.5 per cent of attendees - at the November gathering for the first time in its 10-year history.
Clearly, women’s interest in the tech sector is high but the industry appears to be falling behind others in its efforts to recruit, promote and keep women.
Euronews Next spoke to some of the sector’s female CEOs and company founders who are breaking the barriers and asked them what is going wrong and what advice they would give to budding entrepreneurs.
Continue reading: https://www.euronews.com/next/2021/11/22/to-be-a-woman-is-still-a-handicap-why-women-in-tech-is-still-just-a-buzzword
