promoting positive role models to bridge the technology gender gap - samantha swift
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FOTE14 presentation by Samantha Swift, Product Manager for McAfee LabsTRANSCRIPT
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Promoting positive role models to bridge the technology gender gap
Samantha Humphries-Swift, Intel Security Group
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INTRODUCTION
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Subjects were asked if they recognised the names of ten men and ten women in prominent roles
with the technology sector.
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Bill Gates, joint-founder, Microsoft
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90%of respondents had heard of Bill Gates
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Mark Zuckerberg, founder, Facebook
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78%of respondents had heard of Mark Zuckerberg
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Steve Jobs, co-founder, Apple
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70%of respondents had heard of Steve Jobs
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5%of respondents couldn’t recognise the names of any of the men
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Baroness Martha Lane-Fox, founder, Lastminute.com
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17%of respondents had heard of Baroness Lane-Fox
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Sheryl Sandberg, COO, Facebook
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8%of respondents had heard of Sheryl Sandberg
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Marissa Mayer, President & CEO, Yahoo
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5%of respondents had heard of Marissa Mayer
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72%of respondents couldn’t recognise the names of any of the women
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When asked why girls do not have adequate encouragement to pursue careers in the tech industry….
49% said social stereotypes dictate they shouldn’t follow this career path.
58% said there were not enough engaging initiatives provided by schools and the government
54% said there were too few role models
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“By making such a noise about the lack of women in technology, aren’t we just compounding the
problem?”
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“No, Sam.”
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Make a start, today!
Download & Read This:
It’s Free!!
Go to Amazon.co.uk (or your eBook store of choice)
Search for “BCS Women in IT”
Get the book, read the book, spread the word!
Where do we go from here?
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• 44% of entries for an IT related (ICT and Computing) GCSE were girls
• Girls accounted for more A-C grades in IT related GSCEs than boys
• 6.5% of entrants for Computing A-Level were female.
• 16% of the UK IT workforce are women.
• This is below the average of other (EU15) countries in Europe
• Women were more likely to hold positions in support or operational positions
Source: http://policy.bcs.org/sites/policy.bcs.org/files/Women%20in%20IT%20scorecardv2.pdf
Women in IT Scorecard - 2014
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• Recent Gartner research indicated that women occupy only 11.2% of CIO roles in EMEA.
• In North America, it’s 18.1%...
• Silicon Valley Bank found that in Europe 50% of technology companies had one or more women in the C-suite or board of directors.
• Therefore……50% didn’t have any. Not one.
• A Dow Jones report from 2012 concluded that a company’s chances for success increase with more female executives.
• Illuminate Ventures showed that organisations with more women in leadership roles achieve 35% higher ROE.
Women in Leadership roles – Europe is lagging behind
https://www.gartner.com/doc/2687324/-cio-agenda-perspective-prioritieshttp://www.svb.com/women-in-technology/http://www.dowjones.com/collateral/files/WomenPE_report_final.pdfhttp://www.illuminate.com/whitepaper/
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