Displaying items by tag: Gender equality

As International Women's Day 2023 draws to a close, iTWire is pleased to present a round-up of commentary from tech industry leaders, speaking on how there are still many barriers to equality and accessibility to digital technologies and education is critical in 2023.

Cloud computing and virtualisation vendor VMware was today officially provided with a Employer of Choice for Gender Equality citation by the Australian Government, acknowledging its leadership in workplace diversity and inclusion.

CompTIA, the non-profit association for the technology industry, is undertaking a new awareness campaign designed to inspire tech industry leaders, educators, parents and girls to make the industry more gender inclusive.

The Women in Technology QLD (WiT) organisation and Diverse City Careers (DCC), a job site for women, have joined forces to combine their efforts on the advancement of women in technology industries.

Men working in IT in Australia outnumber their female colleague by a ratio of five to one, prompting a major recruiter to call for the industry to urgently address the ‘severe’ gender imbalance.

The National Australia Bank has promoted three women to senior technology roles as it continues what it says is one of the most “significant transformations” of any bank globally across its entire technology environment.