Empowering Women in Information Technology

12/20/2022

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/window-elevate-women-technology-wide-open-ravichandran-she-her-/

Great Article.

"We have a unique window of opportunity, now. The dramatic flip to remote work in the corporate world over the past 18 months offers up a rare moment in time to redress opportunity for women. If we act now and take advantage of a new way of thinking about work, and adopt inclusive practices and technology, we can attack the barriers to progress on multiple levels. We can level the playing field and breathe new life into our quest for gender parity. "

How a hybrid work model could remedy the opportunity gap Women have long been unsung pioneers in technology. The term “software engineering” was coined by computer programmer, Margaret Hamilton, who is credited with leading the team that landed Apollo 11 on the moon in 1969.

11/20/2022

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/business-news/women-tech-14379759

Good read. Outlines many of the reasons that this community was started.

In the first of three features looking at the top 30 women in tech, we look at what can be done to encourage more women into one of the UK’s fastest growing industries - in partnership with Manchester-based executive search firm Laudale.

11/13/2022

My name is David Trent. I am the admin for this group. I have been in the tech industry for 35 years. I have a wife and four daughters.

I started this page for several reasons. The first reason is the most personal. I don't want my four daughters growing up in a world of inequality, where they are paid less money when they are doing the same work as men. Here we are in the 21st century, and we are still having this conversation.

Secondly, there are not enough women in IT. It has been a industry that has been dominated by men. This needs to be changed as jobs in IT offer great pay and benefits and flexibility, that helps grow and raise families.

Lastly, I believe that having more women in IT careers, will change the industry for the better because women see the world differently than men, and that change of perspective is badly needed.

Please feel free to join this page and share any information that helps to empower women in the IT industry. This is your page. I will do the admin side, but this is for you. This industry needs your voice!!!

Women remain underrepresented in the tech industry. These 19 groups are working to support women and close the diversity gap in tech.

06/01/2022

Research shows that women are twice as likely to be interrupted as men - by both men and women.