Opinion stories
Australia's tech industry is thriving but struggling with gender equity. Women make up just 29% of the workforce, according to a report.
STEM industry lacking female representation in Australia, as women contribute to just 36% of STEM enrolments, says new report.
Making our digital world more gender-balanced requires both including more women in tech roles, as well as creating an environment for them.
While women make up 51% of the population and half of the workforce, they account for just 16% of the Quantity Surveying profession.
Despite the celebrated response to the pandemic by female leaders, women still trail men when it comes to securing decision-making and C-suite positions.
From artists to songwriters, producers, executives and beyond - women continue to be chronically underrepresented at all levels across the industry.
Women only make up 36% of enrolments in university STEM courses and just 16% of enrolments in vocational STEM courses.
Organisations today must strive to constantly recalibrate their processes to promote a diverse, inclusive, and progressive workplace culture.
As businesses look to achieve greater output efficiency following years of stagnation, they often need not look further than their people.
Despite the immense growth the region has seen in recent years, a majority of consumers continue to be unbanked or underbanked.
Demand for developers continues to outstrip supply, and this mismatch poses a major threat to Australian companies looking to compete on the world stage.
A key factor in growing the number of women founders is attracting and retaining more women in the sector in the first place.
If you haven't already learnt about the benefits of having more women in the workplace, it's time to educate yourself and your peers.
The campaign to encourage girls into STEM subjects is an admirable one, but there's more to gender equity than education alone.
At the very basic level, ensuring equity is very simply the right thing to do. Today, it has also become a table-stake for attracting and retaining top talent.
Study reveals that women are underrepresented in leadership roles and not promoted at the same rate as men. Diversity and equity still a challenge.
The entrepreneurs that I met before starting my own journey saw the world differently, and I wanted to see the world from their lens.
Being a subset of STEM, the information systems and technology space has also been male-dominated and riddled with gender biases and stereotypes.
I've been a manager for more than 15 years, and during that time, I've learned not only from others' mistakes and best practices but from my own.
The past decade alone has seen big changes to female representation in the workplace, but there's still a long way to go.
