Gender & ICTs
Female leadership: reality & social chance
Our previous post described how, in some contexts, the relation of women and technology is perceived almost as a deviation of the conventional ideas of femininity. But technology is not the only field in which[…]
Women, Evil and Technology vs Conventional Ideas of Femininity
“The mermaid, the witch, the femme fatale (…): these are all representations of evil women or women who have subverted the conventional ideas of femininity. Kept alive in oral tradition and hidden in the[…]
Premi Dona TIC 2015
A Catalunya, ha estat anunciada una nova iniciativa, el Premi Dona TIC 2015. Aquest projecte està organitzat per la Generalitat de Catalunya, a través d’idigital i per Tertúlia Digital, amb la col·laboració de l’Observatori[…]
On the lack of interest of women in ICT studies and occupations
Gest post by Milagros Sáinz, Director of the “Gender and ICT” research group of IN3-UOC, in occasion of the International Women’s Day Women embody a great share of enrollments in university studies in most western[…]
The US Government workforce is closing the gender pay gap, but reforms still needed, report says
Women working for the federal government earn less than men overall but the gap is shrinking, and most of the difference is the result of women being concentrated in lower-paying jobs with too few occupying[…]
Government workforce is closing the gender pay gap, but reforms still needed, report says
Women working for the federal government earn less than men overall but the gap is shrinking, and most of the difference is the result of women being concentrated in lower-paying jobs with too few occupying[…]
International Women’s Day: violence and obstacles yet to overcome
About a third of all women in the EU have experienced either physical or sexual violence since the age of 15, and 55% said they had been sexually harassed. These are the hard-hitting findings of[…]
About Girls, Skills and Jobs, and MOOCs
Today around 7 million people work in the ICT sector. However, out of the ICT workforce only 30% are women. Women are under–represented at all levels in the ICT sector, especially in decision-making positions. The[…]
Programa de Becas UNESCO-L´ORÉAL para mujeres en el campo de las Ciencias de la Vida
Una vez más, como en años anteriores, se pone en marcha la iniciativa conjunta entre la UNESCO y la Fundación Empresarial L’ ORÉAL con el fin de promover la presencia de la mujer en el[…]
3rd Prize to Innovative Ideas for Apps in Mobile Environments
The UAM-Telefónica Chair is carrying out its 3d edition of the Prize to Innovation in Mobile Environments. This year, the focus will be on apps. There will be 3 prizes, the first of them of 10.000[…]