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Why are so many men in tech blind to the gender divide?
Statistics show that the gender divide in tech remains significant. According to analyst firm Gartner, women make up only 26% of IT employees, a figure that declines further in senior leadership. Certain sectors fare better than others. BCS’ diversity report 2024, Addressing the under-representation of women in technology, noted that there was a particularly high proportion of women working in…
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Gender Bias From Deep Tech Investors Costs Europe €198.8 Billion
The gaping gender gap in the European deep tech sector has cost it almost €200 billion over the past 10 years, new research has found. Women-led companies have had significantly less representation in both IPO and non-IPO exits, despite bringing in more value per exit than their male-led counterparts. Women-led companies generate value but remain underrepresented According to Europe’s first…
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Tech’s gender gap is already seeping into AI sector, report finds
Women are taking up AI skills at a far lower rate than men according to research from Coursera, raising the risk of existing gender disparities being replicated in the burgeoning field. While enrollments in generative AI courses on Coursera surged by 227% over the past year, women enrolled in these courses at half the rate of men and made up…
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The gender gap in computing education is closing, but there’s still work to be done
The number of women studying computing at degree level continues to rise steadily, though there’s still a large gender gap. According to analysis from BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, 2,940 18-year-old women living in the UK have accepted a place to study the subject this September, up 8% from the 2023-24 academic year. The gender gap is also closing,…
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Venture capital has a serious gender gap: Here’s how to fix it
That female-founded tech startups still struggle to find investment, in 2024, is a point of shame for the industry. It goes without saying that this imbalance should be confined to decades past. Tech startups need investment to become successful. Yet today there is an amazing disparity between the levels of funding received by female-led tech startups and male-led ones. Time…
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