{"id":5738,"date":"2024-03-10T09:42:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T14:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lg-staging.lougcloud.com\/?p=5738"},"modified":"2025-04-22T12:38:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T17:38:05","slug":"women-in-tech-day-april-4th-strives-to-reduce-industry-disparities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lg-staging.lougcloud.com\/?p=5738","title":{"rendered":"Women In Tech Day April 4th Strives To Reduce Industry Disparities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-85bp3-f856194ef33e7bc72ec0d3bf98278fce\">\n.flex_column.av-85bp3-f856194ef33e7bc72ec0d3bf98278fce{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-85bp3-f856194ef33e7bc72ec0d3bf98278fce av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><p><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-k0pon615-92ea21455f84089b14b66129c69212c2 '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><h1>Women in Tech Day April 4th Strives to Reduce Disparities<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-k0pop9td-bbcbe599b29853166e54fa81e9bef78a '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Founded by entrepreneur, mother and diversity advocate <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/annaradulovski\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Anna Radulovski<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in 2017 to encourage and support women and girls training and working within the technology industry worldwide, National Women In Tech Day is April 4th. In addition to the national holiday that raises awareness and empowers progress, Radulovski started two programs\u2013<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coding-girls.com\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Coding Girls<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">WomenTech Network<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2013to assist females working within the technology field in overcoming unique and distinct professional obstacles and to foster more equitable gender parity. According to the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Women In Tech Day site<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, WITDAY is dedicated to creating professional career paths, removing roadblocks and elevating women within the tech industry.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The initiative is timely and significant considering the well-documented and widespread disparities that exist within the technology industry. Female STEM workers are frequently less represented within senior leadership roles and work for less pay than their male counterparts.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Boasting more than 100,000 members and 9000-plus ambassadors across almost 200 countries, the Women In Tech Day movement also receives support from such organizations as the FBI, NIST, Ford, GE and Procter &amp; Gamble. Among the women recognized for their contributions within the technology field at previous WITDAY ceremonies are <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Meta senior director of production engineering Syamla Bandla<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (Global Technology Leadership Award), <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">T-Mobile senior vice president Edwige Robinson<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (Digital Transformation Leader of the Year), <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">NVIDIA compliance analyst Kristin YiJie Chen<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (IT Graduate of the Year) and <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Palo Alto Networks EVP and Chief People Officer Liane Hornsey<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (Chief People Officer of the Year).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Despite raising awareness and increasing the recognition female tech workers receive, much work remains. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.womentech.net\/women-in-tech-stats\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The WomenTech Network reports<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> less than half of working-age women are active within the global workforce. For every two men working there is essentially only one woman employed and women earn less than male counterparts due to prevalent gender-based discrimination. The average STEM salary for men is $85,000, whereas women only earn an average of $60,828. And women constitute only 28 percent of STEM workers in the US, while the STEM workforce constitutes only a quarter of the entire labor force.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Other <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">statistics tracked by the WomenTech Network confirm<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> women remain a minority within large technology companies, including Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta and Microsoft, where female employees constitute less than half or even sometimes approximately just a third of the companies\u2019 workforces. The percentages decrease even more when it comes to women holding leadership positions, where the figures typically drop to less than a third across the board.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">While female tech workers have grown from 8 percent in the 1970s to some 28 percent of all STEM roles in 2019 (and 35 percent of the US STEM workforce according to The World Bank), gaps persist. As workers climb corporate ladders, the gender discrepancies become more significant. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">According to the WomenTech Network<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, women are most highly represented within junior roles. The level decreases for mid-level posts and decreases again within senior management positions.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Some 65 percent of technology recruiters admit to maintaining hiring biases. Women are also laid off more often (at a rate of 1.6 versus men). Female employees working within the tech sector are also subjected to more gender-based microaggressions within the workplace. Although remote and hybrid work environments help correct for some of these issues, such as being asked to supply refreshments for a meeting, the development doesn\u2019t present a solution for long-term transformation.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The WomenTech Network instead presents several recommendations for improving the conditions women experience working within the technology industry. Among other steps the organization recommends are tech companies adopt acceptable minimum standards, embrace best practices hiring a greater representation of female and minority women and establish updated, more representative professional standards.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The organization notes that, \u201cto expedite the progression towards gender equality in our society, it is imperative that organizations examine and embrace more emerging and leading strategies and establish new standards within their own operations.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">One way you can celebrate National Women In Tech Day and learn more ways you and your organization can eliminate obstacles and challenges female tech workers battle is to participate in the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">WomenTech Network\u2019s annual conference<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. The Women In Tech global symposium includes numerous virtual as well as in-person events and is being held April 23rd through April 25th this year.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe companies on this year\u2019s Inc. 5000 have followed so many different paths to success,\u201d says\u00a0Inc.\u00a0editor in chief James Ledbetter. \u201cThere\u2019s no single course you can follow or investment you can take that will guarantee this kind of spectacular growth. 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