women in tech - safety in numbers? 'diversitree' infographic
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When Google released its diversity stats back in May, many of its Silicon Valley counterparts have been keen to come forward to demonstrate that there is safety in numbers. Our brand new infographic provides a unique insight into the data, in the form of a 'Diversitree'. We also provide a 'root cause' analysis on what is being done to address the inherent gender preference in the industry. The original image with accompanying blog post is available here: http://goo.gl/3IvJLR More insight on diversity is available in our latest Whitepaper - 'How do you solve a problem like Diversity in Tech' - which is free to download right now at: http://goo.gl/lOcRcSTRANSCRIPT
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Women in Tech – Safety in Numbers “Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the perfect present for the test of our civilisation”.- Mahatma Gandhi
The White + Male Equation Since Google released its diversity stats back in May, other Silicon Valley giants have been keen to come forward.
In our ‘diversitree’, we demonstrate that there is safety in numbers:
Encourage girls from an early age
Getting to the root cause
Acknowledging that it is everyones fault
A level playing field in terms of pay and flexibility
Provide learning opportunities
Collective movements such as Change the Ratio, part of the national Code-to-Work initiative
Skills-based tech education to female scholars to spur curiosity and interest in tech
Coding as part of the curriculum Gender-neutral toys
Moving away from positive discrimination and quotas
Equal representation across the entire structure of the corporation
Ensure clients, suppliers and employees are on side
Embracing diversity policies
Training and development programmes
Gender-neutral language in job descriptions
Communication, communication, communication
Creating resources and environments that foster both genders approaches to work
What have we learned?
If Tech leadership and development teams remain dominated by men, perceptions of technical solutions will continue to only have only voice. By making tech work for women, women will work for tech; and the world will become a better place for it.
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