Gender Gap stories
To help women thrive in tech, leaders must move beyond mentorship to active sponsorship, visibility and everyday acts of encouragement.
On International Women's Day, organisations are urged to expand access, invest in mentorship and redefine leadership for true equity.
Women are exhausted not by ambition, but by a system that demands 120% just to exist safely while still denying them equal power.
New UK gender pay and menopause plans hailed, but leaders warn only deeper shifts in hiring, culture and progression will close gaps.
Women are entering tech in greater numbers, but real power lies in shaping revenue, strategy and growth, not just filling headcount targets.
Bridging schools and tech careers with inclusive training and language could speed women's path into engineering and shape fairer AI.
AI is exposing the invisible emotional labour taxing women leaders, turning unmeasured mental load into hard data companies can't ignore.
Women in tech and finance say workplaces must be redesigned, with data-led accountability and digital finance access to match women's ambitions.
With women-led start-ups securing just 2.3% of 2024 VC funds, Cristina Fonseca says closing tech's gender gap is vital for growth.
As Asia Pacific races ahead on 5G, experts warn women risk being left offline unless their voices shape digital policy from the start.
As AI reshapes daily life at speed, tech must confront representation gaps to avoid scaling bias and lock women out of future power.
Canada's tech leaders say closing the gender gap in STEM is vital to ethical AI and digital growth, urging targeted support for women.
One in four women has left venture capital in five years, spurring calls for data-driven fixes to stalled careers and leaky retention.
Women must be at the heart of AI and cybersecurity, or today's systems will hard‑code tomorrow's bias, risk and digital insecurity.
Veteran tech leader Catherine Birkett reflects on 25 years as 'often the only woman in the room' and why diversity is vital, not optional.
On International Women's Day, leaders urge tech to move from visibility for women to real executive power, policy support and pay parity.
Closing the gender gap in tech demands early action, visible role models and inclusive AI-era workplaces shaped with women at the centre.
Women hit by UK fraud report deeper anxiety and money woes than men, with younger women facing the harshest ongoing fallout.
Australia's growing cyber threats demand a broader, more diverse workforce, with women's cross-disciplinary skills central to resilience.
Australia's gender pay gap costs AUD $1.26b weekly as skewed perceptions, hidden data and bias stall real progress on workplace equality.
