Potential tech solutions to accelerate gender equity

4. Being feminist is not a shame…
…but being sexist is.

5. And you can’t be selective about
it…

7. We are reaching a momentum.

8. Yet, the imbalance of power
is still very present…

9. Toys still exaggerate gender
division.

10. Private space is still mostly ruled
by women.

11. And public space is designed to
answer men’s needs.
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pace of women more than the other way around.
ften than the other way around, establishing the
ce is invaded, they react aggressively; women
Source: Joe Dator

12. Our language is androcentric.

13. We live in an ocean of sexist messages.
Ads reinforce sexist stereotypes.

14. We grow up watching sexist
movies.

15. Source: American Political Science Review
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STUDIES SHOW:
MEN DOMINATE
75% OF
CONVERSATIONS
IN DECISION
MAKING GROUPS.
something to a woman in a patronizing way,
especially something that he actually knows
less about than she does. This expression
comes from the essay by Rebecca Solnit,
Men Explain Things to Me.
men often feel voluntarily or involuntarily silenced and invaded by men’s
upation of the vocal space.
Image: Kaye Blagvad
ncing women’s voices takes many shapes:
hushing young girls
rabbing the mic
peaking louder
elling at women
elittling or patronizing the women who speak
aughing at women's comments
nterrupting
abeling more vocal women as aggressive or bossy
ot believing women when they speak out
enying the reality of women's testimonials or experiences
nsulting women or threatening them on social media.
too many conferences feature talks exclusively hosted by men.
Image: Kathleen Edison
Public speaking is male
dominated.

16. So we end up with all-male panels…
Event organizers negotiate more harshly with
female speakers, asking them to lower their fees
or even to speak for free. Since women speak at
fewer events, female speakers have less visibility
and attract smaller audiences, which justi f es
Women speakers still earn less than male
speakers.
Where are the women?
Many high-prof le conferences, events, and t askforces lack gender balance, despite there
being no shortage of qualif ed women.
Source: The Panel Pledge
15% OF THE
PANELISTS IN
AUSTRALIA ARE
WOMEN
Our conferences mostly present
male experts.

17. The future is in code and women
are not writing it.
Source: The Guardian
Worldwide, women are a minority
within tech leadership
18%
in North America
13%
in South America
11%
in Asia
The tech industry has a reputation for being a
boys’ club, and recent diversity reports from
several companies illustrate how men
dominate their global workforces.
In Apple, Facebook, Google, Twitter, or Yahoo,
55%
of Twitter and Facebook users
in the US are women but only
5%
of US tech startups are
owned by women.
Less than
7%
of tech positions
in Europe are
f lled by women.
Women comprise half the workforce but less than 25% of STEM
(Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) jobs.
Silicon Valley is still a man’s world.

20. Fewer than 5% of global
companies have a female CEO.

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29. Women are poorer.

31. Female entrepreneurs struggle
to get funded.

33. Global gender gap will take 100
years to close, says 2017 edition of
Global Gender Gap report by WEF.
And the most alarming is that disparities
between men and women have widened
for the first time in more than a decade!

34. Millenials want new gender roles

35. And they are very active on
social media

36. So it is time for feminism
2.0!

57. What can you do?

60. Read!

61. As a parent: boost your children
confidence!

62. As a millenial