IT firms recognise the gender gap, but not all have plans to fix it

Date:
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 11:12:41 +0000

Description:
Businesses arent doing enough to support women in tech, but heres what they
could be doing to contribute.

FULL STORY

New research from ISACA has confirmed that a troubling outlook for the IT
industry remains  gender diversity remains a key challenge for the sector, 
and according to the research, not enough companies are doing enough to solve
it. 

Nine in 10 (87%) IT professionals surveyed for the report agree there is a
notable lack of gender diversity within the sector, but not even half (41%) 
of companies have programs dedicated to hiring more women in tech. 

The data comes from more than 7,700 tech professionals globally, highlighting
the scale and extent of the challenge.

We need more women in tech 

The report adds three in four (74%) businesses worldwide struggle to attract
and retain talented professionals. They recognize they need broader pools of
candidates and more robust talent pipelines to fill roles and plug skills
gaps, yet theyre still not taking sufficient steps to hire more women. 

Moreover, the lack of women in tech is making it even more inaccessible for
women  two in five (43%) women say that a lack of female role models in IT is
a critical factor. Only one in five (21%) men see this as an issue. 

Furthermore, here we are just days away from 2025 and were still talking 
about pay inequality; 42% of women agree that this contributes to
underrepresentation. 

Speaking about the inclusivity and diversity benefits associated with
encouraging and supporting more women in tech, ISACA Chief Membership Officer
Julia Kanouse commented: More needs to be done to increase the representation
of women in the IT and technology sector  and more needs to be done to 
welcome their leadership and influence. 

Setting out a series of New Years Resolutions, the surveys respondents are
urging businesses to provide mentors or role models (52%), support more
networking events for women in tech (42%) and hire more female tech 
processors (31%). 

"Having a workforce of people with different backgrounds, experiences, and
perspectives to bring to the table is not only the right thing to do  its 
also a business imperative that makes an organization more innovative and its
work that much more efficient and effective," noted ISACA's SheLeadsTech
initiative UK and Europe lead, Sarah Orton. 

"Progress has been made  but the sector has more work to do, and ISACA is
supporting this important work."

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