WITWA Blog
Will Social Media End Gender Bias?
An article published in Fast Company, Is LinkedIn a Gender Equalizer?, ponders whether social media will level the playing field for women in business. Women, by nature, are more social and more conversational than men. Social media is a perfect forum for those strengths.
A Call to Action for the Australian ICT Industry
Last week I attended a panel discussion organised by the ACS-Women titled, Where are all the women in technology? There’s no disputing the number of women in technology is diminishing even though we’re earning more university degrees and advanced degrees than the guys. While the whole IT sector is shrinking, it’s especially worrying to think women are no longer considering technology as a viable career path. The event didn’t cover any new ground and, in my mind, probably took a step towards reinforcing some of the problems in our industry.
WITWA Weighs In: Pseudo-science in Fast Company
Not long ago we posted a tweet with a link to an article in Fast Company titled, How Come There Aren’t More Women in Technology? Before long, we were being accused of promoting pseudo-science because the explanation offered "hormones, brain anatomy, and mirror neurons" as reasons for the lack of women in the technology industry. We were delighted to get that response as the article does not support what we know about women in general. After trading tweets on the issue, we decided we needed to provide further opinion about the article and what we really think about it.