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
Waiting for the gender parity – 131 years!
Women in the European Union still earn less than men for equal jobs. The average gender pay gap in the EU is 13%. The World Economic Forum (WEF) estimates that
Women founded startups struggling to get bigger share of VC funding
Venture capital funding overall has surged in recent years, but the numbers haven’t leapt forward for European and US female founders at the same pace. In 2022, US companies founded
Using artificial intelligence in hiring to improve diversity
Automated systems designed for hiring a more diverse workforce can find candidates who may otherwise be overlooked due to health issues, gaps in employment or because they lack a degree
The performance bias affecting women working remotely
Men and women often experience the workplace differently, whether in-person or virtually. Three kinds of bias often creep into the performance-review process, in ways that disproportionately affect women, especially when