'You can't be what you can't see': making tech careers a reality for women Sheridan Ash is interviewed by the Guardian online. She talks openly about her personal struggles to get to the top and how the women in tech programme is making technology a more attractive, inclusive working environment.
The data world needs more women By Cathy Wilks, Data assurance senior manager. A recent survey predicted that by the end of 2016, fewer than 25% of technology jobs in developed countries will be held by women, slightly down on the proportion for 2015.
Why aren't there more women in tech and entrepreneurship? By Amali de Alwis, CEO at Code First: Girls. We’ve got 1.5 million people working in tech in London at the moment, and we need another million in the UK by 2020 – it’s a big ask, and is part of what drives me in my role as CEO of Code First: Girls.
Technology: A Global Language By Emma Wakefield. I joined the Women in Technology initiative shortly after joining PwC last year. Diversity is something that I feel very strongly about – at University I studied a languages degree where as a female, I was unsurprisingly in the majority and the consulting graduate scheme has a very even split between males and females.
Two voices - One conversation By Rachel Weir. It shouldn’t be a question of men verses women. We aren’t trying to outdo the men. We are simply trying to level the playing field.
'If not me, who? If not now, when?' By Laura McAneney. I attended a HeForShe event hosted by PwC and Broadminded. Ian Powell, our former Chairman, as well as various other industry leads made up the discussion panel, and over 200 men and women turned up for the event which aimed to showcase the importance of gender equality in the workplace.
Women in Work Index PwC's Women in Work Index shows substantial gains from closing the gender pay gap: achieving pay parity in the OECD could increase total female earnings by US$2 trillion.
Women returners: The £1 billion potential of women returners Our new research shows that realising the full potential of professional women returners can generate economic gains of £1.7 billion to the UK
Back to Business Back to Business is a 16 week paid senior internship programme, aiming to encourage senior professional women to restart their career after an extended break.