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  • Gender gap not crossed in IT pay

    The pay gap between male and female tech professionals has narrowed but striking differences remain, according to the latest UK government research.

  • Berners-Lee challenges 'stupid' male geek culture

    The inventor of the Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has called for an end to the "stupid" male geek culture that disregards the work of capable female engineers, and puts others off entering the profession.

  • Fedora wants to draw in women

    Open-source project Fedora has launched Fedora Women, a forum and mailing list, in an effort to encourage more female developers to participate in its community.

  • IT needs image makeover to attract more women

    The technology industry needs to promote itself as a diverse and creative workplace if it wants to attract more women to its ranks, according to speakers at the FITT (Females in Information Technology and Telecommunications) trends lunch in Sydney this week.

  • ICT unemployment double national average: ACS

    The unemployment rate in the ICT sector is vastly outstripping most other industries, according to a new report released by the Australian Computer Society.

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  • Beyond the barriers: What women want in IT

    Do women lack interest in IT, or is inadequate support and enduring stereotypes keeping them away?

  • Do women want IT?

    At a conference all about Women in IT, the speakers discussed how to encourage women (of all ages) into IT and - more importantly - how to keep them there.

  • Computer science's gender gap

    UCLA scholar Jane Margolis has spent four years tracking male and female computer science students. She says the gender gap has not gone away--but she has ideas for closing it.

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