Women represent less than 20% of tech leadership positions worldwide. In the EU, the average of women graduating in STEM is 11% and numbers are dropping. As professionals, women leave the tech industry twice as much as men. WHY? Because we socialize them to. Because the work environment is still massively hostile. Because they lack mentorship and role models. And yet, the future is in code. 80% of the jobs in the next decade will require technological skills. And because technology will shape the future. With the rise of AI and robots, what will happen if we let women out of it? So let's check which initiatives exist to shift the balance in tech!

1. Why we need more women
in science and tech

2. Did you know that the first programmer
was actually a woman?

7. And yet, today…

13. Source: Apple diversity website

15. Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference

26. The conditioning starts very
young

33. Girls who code

38. And the numbers are dropping!

39. But even when they get there, they
face an hostile environment

41. 41% of women in tech leave the
industry, compared with 17% of men

43. STUDY:
Women in tech careers yearn
for female role models and
flexibility in the workplace.
xibility in the workplace.

57. Why is this a serious issue?

58. Because of the loss of
tremendous opportunities

59. The World's Leading
Technology Educator

64. But also because technology is shaping
the future

71. And the lack of female gaze in
science can be lethal

78. Even the smallest signs matter

80. Feminist Principles of the Internet
An Evolving Document
Developed at the
Gender, Sexuality, and Internet Meeting
organized by the
Association for Progressive Communications
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0
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In April 2014, the Association for Progressive Communications, APC,
organized a Global Meeting on Gender, Sexuality, and the Internet in
Malaysia, with 50 participants from six continents comprising gender &
women’s rights activists, LGBTQI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans* and
intersex) movements, internet and technology rights organizations,
and human rights advocates. The goal of the meeting was to bridge
the gap between feminist movements and internet rights movements
and look at intersections and strategic opportunities to work together
as allies and partners.
The Global Meeting used a collaborative process to ask the question:
“As feminists, what kind of internet do we want
and what will it take for us to achieve it?”
Participants discussed and debated intersections of gender, sexuality,
and the internet – not only as a tool – but as a new public space and, in
thinking through these issues, developed a set of 15 feminist principles
of the internet. These are designed to be an evolving document that
informs our work on gender and technology, as well as influences our
policy-making discussions when it comes to internet governance.
We invite you to join the discussion and debate on our evolving set of
principles by getting in touch on http://erotics.apc.org

83. What can we do about it?

87. Source: Unconscious Bias @ Work | Google Ventures

88. Transparency is the first step to
change the situation

90. Source: Unconscious Bias @ Work | Google Ventures
Challenge your own bias

91. ● Divert the conversation and revisit privately
● Appeal to participant values
● Share why it matters to you
● Ask the speaker to see from another view
Ways bystanders take action
Point it out
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Change your company culture

92. Run a Bias Busting workshop

93. Enquire an Ally Skills training

96. Show new examples

98. Source: Unconscious Bias @ Work | Google Ventures

105. Source: Apple diversity website
Find new pipelines for your HR

108. We need to teach girls to code

118. We need more female engineers

119. We need new toys

123. We need new role models

130. Pia Mancini: an example of a woman
changing the world through technology

132. We need to learn from the Middle East…
• Where 30-70% of the
enrollees in computer
science programs were
women.
• And 35% of tech
entrepreneurs are women,
a surprising statistic,
considering the global
norm of 10%.

135. We need to find mentors

136. We need women to take back the
tech

138. We need new spaces

148. We need more women in tech
events

150. We need to promote the women
in tech around us

151. As a speaker…

152. If you attend a conference
• Leverage social
media!
• Point out gender
imbalances when you
see them
• #allmalepanels

153. As a conference organizer

158. Source: Apple diversity website