Working Group on Women in IT
Members
| Mr. Julian David (Chair) | U.K. | techUK |
| Ms. Vilma Misiukoniene | Lithuania | Infobalt |
| Ms. Nancy Volesky | Bermuda | BTD |
| Mr. Santiago Gutierrez | Mexico | WITSA |
Announcements
- Call summary (20150423)
- Call announcement correction (20150417)
- Call announcement (20150416)
WITSA Statement
- Draft (Dec. 3’15)
- Draft (Nov. 30’15)
Research
- Press Release- Largest Gathering of Women in Technology in Kabul (Dec.18’15)
- Australia Computer Society: The Promise of Diversity (Dec. 2015)
- techUK Manifesto for Women in Tech
- [April 14’15] European Commission on the shortage of eSkills
- [Oct. 3’13] Digital Agenda: Bringing more women into EU digital sector would bring €9 billion annual GDP boost, EU study shows
- International Girls in ICT Day @ITU
- EU Women & Girls Go Digital [Grand Coalition Pledge]
- WVEF Tech Challenge
- The Power of Parity: How Advancing Women’s Equality Can Add $12 Trillion to Global Growth [Executive Summary; Full Report; Press Release; URL] – McKinsey Global Institute, September 2015
- Work Stress: Why women have it worse than men (WEF Oct. 20, 2015)
- How women’s health promotes economic growth (WEF, Oct. 19, 2015)
- The tech industry’s gender gap is not limited to Silicon Valley: Singapore’s female tech stars battle gender gap (CNBC Oct. 20’15)
- A ‘Sputnik’ Moment for Women in technology (CNN Oct. 26’15)
- Girls Who Code reflect on why women are typically underrepresented in technology-related jobs and how to improve the numbers (McKinsey November 2015)
- Empowering the Third Billion: Women and the World of Work in 2012 (booz&co) URL
- Women remain underrepresented across organizations—especially at senior levels of leadership—a new survey by LeanIn.Org and McKinsey finds
- Denmark is a leader in gender equality. So why will it take another 500 years for Danish women to earn the same as men?
- The 10 most gender equal countries in the world. Did yours make the cut?
- WEF The Global Gender Gap Report 2015
- At the United Nations, a push for true gender equality (McKinsey Nov. 2015)
- A CEO’s guide to gender equality (McKinsey Nov. 2015)
- These male CEOs and world leaders are getting creative about gender equality (Fortune, June 18, 2015)
OTHER WORKING GROUP LINKS
- GPAC Working Group on International Trade
- GPAC Working Group on Internet Governance
- GPAC Working Group: Restrictions of the Free Flow of Information Across Nationality/Regional Borders
- GPAC Working Group on Security, Privacy and Data Protection
- GPAC Working Group on Women in IT