Geeks not gender

#geeksnotgender @Prestonsocial

Defining Women in Tech

@Tech_Geek_Girl @DigiEnable

www.DigiEnable.co.uk www.lizhardwick.co.uk

• geekmug

Stats

• Women are 51% of the population but only 22% of MPs; 23% of judges and 31% of local councillors.

• Only 5.3% of women in the UK are involved in SET compared with 33% of men

• Only about half (51%) of female STEM graduates actually go on to work in STEM roles, compared with over two thirds (68%) of male STEM graduates

• http://www.wes.org.uk/statistics • http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/sn02936

Barriers In Tech

• Working Hours

• Career break/dependants stigma

• Paygap

• % women in Tech

• “Not as good as a man” stigma

The Girl Geek Image

The Geek Girl Image

Female Geeks in the News Fake Geek Girls

• "pretty girls pretending to be geeks for attention“, Joe Peacock

• http://www.theatlantic.com/s

exes/

Female Geeks in the News PyCon and Adria Richards

Trying To Make A Difference

• Girl Geeks and other geek groups

• Some employers

• STEM support in schools

• Female mentoring groups – hosted and peer

• WISE, UKRC, WES, WIE, BCS Women

GirlGeeks and other Groups

STEM support in Schools

The Women’s Room

Articulate

Quota v Quality

• Should quotas be forced on geek events?

• How would you feel to be asked to talk at an event because you added to the quota?

@Tech_Geek_Girl @DigiEnable

Liz@DigiEnable.co.uk

www.DigiEnable.co.uk

www.lizhardwick.co.uk