Gender bias news stories - Page 2

A study has revealed the average women-owned startup receives less than half the funding of their male counterparts, despite earning more revenue.

"The tech community is very male, very pale and it's at risk of going very stale."

"When it comes to digital specifically, women make up around 30% of both our total digital employee base and our digital leadership team."

You need to understand what’s going on in your own business and do something to fix it because if you don’t, all this talk –it’s just PR bollocks.

When the girls were asked what would encourage them to pursue a career in STEM, parental encouragement was considered the most important influence.

"International studies show that the whole economy will grow as equity grows.”

“Otago Polytechnic values our responsibility in society. If we can support women into under-represented areas of study it’s better for the community."

It's interesting to see that men who say both sexes aren’t equally effective leaders are more than 3x more likely to say men make the better leaders.

Massey University professor Sarah Leberman says the lack of women in leadership positions is a vexing and persistent problem.

One of the primary barriers is the belief that enough qualified female candidates do not exist.

Female CIOs are more risk-aware than their male counterparts, although the top technology priorities amongst CIOs are the same regardless of gender.

New Zealand businesswomen need to be more assertive if they want to arrest the ‘alarming drop’ in their numbers in senior management roles.