Women in Tech
The Benefits and Lack of Women in Tech
Women are underrepresented in the tech sector. This is unfortunate because there are many benefits of gender diversity in tech. To get more women in computing and other clever areas, we need more girls studying STEM courses, so they can grow up into the female tech titans of tomorrow.
Unfortunately, female coders are few and far between, and the numbers are not getting better, as this Wikipedia article demonstrates:
Other Initiatives Supporting Women in Tech
Fortunately, in addition to NeoMatrix, there are numerous initiatives active apart from NeoMatrix trying to raise the number of women in tech and STEM. Here is a selection of them:
The causes for the lack of women in tech are numerous, but a major one is how we look at gender to begin with. The following link gives you a NeoMatrix perspective on the issue: