Women In Tech

WOMEN IN TECH Where are the women in tech? 23% of Just 17% of technology Microsoft's companies in London have no workforce are women in senior women positions UK workforce: 46 % female, only Women at Apple are only 15 % of the IT professional 20% of workforce is workforce female What's being done to bridge the gender gap? September 2014 marked the entrance of 'Coding' into UK school curriculum. As more young women are introduced to tech skills from an early age, could we see a more diverse technology workforce in the not so distant future? 2014:4,000 people took A-Level Computing. Only 100 of those were young women! There's still a lot of work to be done in order to shake gender inequality in the industry, however it would seem progress is being made.. At the end of Non-profit educational organization Girls Who Code (est.2012) has taught over 10,000 young 2013, Code.org launched the "Hour of Code" large companies will share paid internships and other opportunities with its students. campaign. After the first week, 15 women software coding skills and ensured over 20 million students 国 had written more Leeds UK : than 500 million 30 % of lines of code - Sky's new and more than recruits in half of the are female participants were girls. amsource Sources: https://www.techuk.org/focus/programmes/women-in-tech TECHNOLOGY http://www.forbes.com/sites/leoking/2015/12/18/women-in-tech-2016-predictions- alicia-syrett-jj-digeronimo-techgirlz-girlswhocode/#1b79c6504e4b http://www.amsourcetechnology.com/posts/tags-women-in-tech