Carrie Hartnell, private sector programme manager at Intellect, comments: “The continuing drop in the number of women in the IT industry, though an international phenomenon, continues to have serious and far reaching implications for the UK economy and can no longer be regarded as just a diversity issue.
“There are good initiatives but these have clearly not been pervasive enough or resulted in the necessary improvements. As an industry we must begin by tackling the cultural barriers, which have prevented the effective recruitment and retention of women. If this is achieved the presence of women in the high-end sectors of the economy will benefit both the industry and the UK.”
Another article on the decline of women in IT. I find it odd that it never occurred to me that there may be a meaningful gender divide, i.e. that there was more to the issue than just a lack of diversity. The decline is intriguing. It has certainly piqued my interest into gender in the workplace.
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