Women in Tech: Pushing for inclusivity and diversity

[Brianna White]

• Women in tech are still underrepresented, underpaid, and often discriminated
• The lack of women in the industry can be attributed to many reasons, including scarcity of female role models and toxic workplace culture
• Despite women’s qualifications, companies and investors will often choose to invest in male founders

Since the dawn of time, an old saying has been around – “behind every great man, there’s a great woman.” This phrase could not be truer than in the tech industry.
As we all know, there are many diverse types of tech jobs: networkers, cybersecurity specialists, programmers, website developers and managers, IT technicians and hardware engineers. But one thing is for sure – women are underrepresented in these careers. 
This is not a new problem – women have been, and are still, underpaid and often discriminated against in the tech industry.
Women are still underrepresented, underpaid, and often discriminated
A 2020 study by the AnitaB.org Institute found that women make up 28.8% of the tech workforce compared to 26.2% in 2019, which means that out of every four people working in IT, only one is female.
The statistics are mind-blowing: women hold about 14% of software engineering and a quarter (25%) of computer-science-related jobs. Moreover, studies show that female software engineers have only increased by 2% in 21 years. And these sparse numbers are not by accident. 
Continue reading: https://techhq.com/2022/02/women-in-tech-pushing-for-inclusivity-and-diversity/