Actions to increase women in tech business
50% of women in tech end up leaving the force by the age of 35, many of them saying that they found their workplace to be inhospitable or that it
Survey of companies shows gains for women at the top
Companies where women are well represented at the top earn up to 50% higher profits and share performance, consultancy McKinsey has said. “Despite this, gender parity in new hires and
Closing gender gap to improve world economy
Closing gender gaps can help countries recover from the global economic crisis, a report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says. However, without a significant step up in policy efforts,
Nobel economics prize for studies on gender pay gap
Claudia Goldin, American economic historian, gets this year’s Nobel prize in economics for her work on gender pay gap. She has “advanced our understanding of women’s labour market outcomes”, the
The gaming industry needs more women developers
Only about 30% of game-developers globally are women but close to 50% of gamers are women, Gena Davis Institute of Gender in Media points out in a report arguing for
Women will be empowered at workplace using AI
Women will benefit from the increased use of artificial intelligence in labour markets. “The new, automated workplace will be one that empowers and rewards women’s talents as an increasingly urgent
AI industry needs more women UN report stressing
The absence of women in the emerging artificial intelligence industry has already had an adverse impact on how well this technology supports women and responds to their needs, UN women
Women’s jobs more at risk from artificial intelligence
30% of what employees do today can be automated by 2030 – a trend accelerated by generative AI, a US study by consultancy McKinsey shows. Pew Research Center says a
Afghan women’s struggle – a web space documenting their fight
Everything changed for women and girls in Afghanistan two years ago. UN Women has launched “After August – Voices of Afghan women two years after the Taliban takeover” as a
Attacking US women’s football team not for missed penalty kick but for using free speech
This is how a missed penalty kick has become a tool for conservative republicans in the US. Ex-president Donald Trump took the lead. Shortly after the US women’s national team