How do we get the European workforce skilled to take part in the future digital economy? How do we ensure that no-one is shut out from these immense economic opportunities?
That’s a complicated question. But for me, we should for starters ensure that we’re not excluding 50% of the population, and that girls and women do not feel the world of ICT careers is closed off to them.
That’s why I invited an impressive and wide-ranging group of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), and other experts, to discuss what can be done to promote ICT careers to women. I don’t want to reduce the whole issue to stereotypes. But I do know that the current situation is extremely unbalanced, with girls woefully underrepresented, in both the ICT workforce and the fields of study which feed into it.
I want to get “girl power” into ICT and technology – and by “girls” I don’t just mean the young, but also the young at heart! And I want to avoid a situation where we neglect half of the population and then can’t find the ICT workers we need 10 years from now. Read the full entry
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