Women remain underrepresented throughout AI value chain
Global gender parity will take another 120 years, according to the World Economic Forum’s report on the global gender gap. Women remain underrepresented throughout the AI value chain – from
Increased funding for female tech startups
A new wave of venture capital funds bets on female founders. Funding for female founders is increasingly leaning into deep-tech areas, such as semiconductors, robotics and quantum, financial data firm
Only one third of speaking roles in top films are women
Only 30.4% of all speaking roles were girls and women in action/adventure films, 28.6% in animation and 38.7% in comedies, according to a new study of 1,900 of the top-performing
Only one in ten CTOs is a woman
CTO has emerged as one of the most prominent function-specific C-suite positions as companies integrate AI, digitalisation and data-driven operations into their business models. But women’s representation in CTO positions
Sexual harassment in newsrooms
World Association of Newspapers (WAN-IFRA) says that “sexual harassment remains a persistent feature of media workplaces worldwide with one in three people surveyed experiencing some form of harassment”. The organisation
Media paying record sums to show women’s sports
The interest in women’s sports is booming with media companies offering huge sums for the right to show attractive games. The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) has signed the largest
Women underrepresented in cybersecurity
“Women remain underrepresented in cybersecurity and in the rooms where decisions are made – at precisely the moment when cyber threats are escalating”, UN Women says announcing the launching of
Coordinated online harassment to silence women in media
12% of women journalists, media workers, human rights defenders and other public communicators have experienced non-consensual sharing of personal images, including intimate or sexual content. 6% say they have been
Women hold only 22% of all AI roles
Globally, women hold just 22% of AI roles. Women are 20% less likely than men to directly engage with generative, a new report from US-based National Girls Collaborative Project. Women
76% of women online are playing games
76% of women in the global online population play games vs 83% of men, according to gaming data firm Newzoo’s Global Gamer Study. 43% of female gamers report spending money