Women in Tech stories - Page 7

The partnership delivers course-to-career scholarships and help balance the gender scales by supporting more women into New Zealand's technology workforce.

More paid time off, working from home and financial benefits have been rated as the key priorities for women working in the tech industry.

Gigamon promotes Kristi Thiele to Vice President of Worldwide Sales Engineering to drive customer success by eliminating security blind spots.

As a female technologist from way back, here are pieces of advice that I wish I had known when I first entered the field and my guidance to the next generation.

The theme for IWD is DigitAll: Innovation and technology for gender equality, highlighting the importance of technology in achieving gender equality.

Cybersecurity is one of the fastest-growing industries in the world, with the rapid rollout of technology heightening the demand for IT security services.

To promote gender equality in cybersecurity, it is essential to embrace both innovation and technology, as they have the power to transform the industry.

From true crime enthusiasts to cybersecurity: How some women’s aptitude for problem-solving could make them ideal for cybersecurity roles. .

Combining the powerful force of technology with the personal and emotional threads of fashion is currently underrepresented and underappreciated in Australia.

Diversity is crucial in data analytics for better decision-making. Alteryx promotes diversity through education and mentorship programs.

Being a subset of STEM, the information systems and technology space has also been male-dominated and riddled with gender biases and stereotypes.

Women only make up 36% of enrolments in university STEM courses and just 16% of enrolments in vocational STEM courses.

Making our digital world more gender-balanced requires both including more women in tech roles, as well as creating an environment for them.

In championing women in ICT, we must create equitable conditions for female ICT students and professionals to flourish at every stage of their career.

When women support and empower each other, we can both increase gender diversity in tech and create real change in the community and our workplaces.

Going into this case study, we expected that we would gain an understanding of systemic factors that help bring more women into tech.

IWD presents an opportunity to highlight how we can better prevent ongoing inequality and injustices that exist for women and non-binary people within tech.

We're so clearly already living in a digital-first world, so how do we start to solve the issue of the lack of gender balance in tech?.

We know that Australia's skills and labour challenge is not a regional problem, it's global. So, where are all these people going to come from?.

How do we challenge tech companies to review practices to become more inclusive and to empower women to bring out their best potential?.