Women in Tech

6 ATTRACTING WOMEN INTO TECH

Andrea Palmer

According to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, the UK’s technology industry is booming and worth £400 million a day, accounting for 7.7% of the whole UK economy (Warman, 2020). The industry is growing year on year, yet BCS’s 2020 annual diversity report shows that women continue to make up just 17% of the digital workforce (BCS, 2020). Despite numerous initiatives, the number of women employed in tech has not moved significantly over the past decade. The industry needs diversity, and a report from the World Economic Forum (2020) indicates that it will take around 257 years for the world to reach gender parity if we continue at the current rate of change. So, where are the women? ...