Women+in+ICT

//**Women in ICT - Steph

**////** **HOME** Why are there more men then women in the ICT work place?**// There has been a 70% growth of ICT jobs available since 1996. but only 16% of women acc    ount for ICT roles in the workplace and this is only showing 1% of total employed women population. Statistics show that in 2001 23.6 per cent of employees in the ICT industry were women. In 2003 /2004 the percentage of female employees had fallen to 16 per cent. 

<span style="COLOR: rgb(7,6,167)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,21,255)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(210,18,15)"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">__//**WHY IS THIS?**//__ <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 200%; COLOR: rgb(1,5,136); FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,23,255)">**WOMENS ATTITUDES TO JOBS IN ICT** <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: rgb(2,3,3); FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> Lots of women find the thought of having a job in ICT boring and are unaware of the Jobs available in the ICT industry.
 * <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: rgb(2,3,3); FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="COLOR: rgb(6,4,4); FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="COLOR: rgb(77,77,77)"> 59 per cent agreed that ‘an ICT career means sitting in front of a computer all day'
 * <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: rgb(2,3,3); FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="COLOR: rgb(6,4,4); FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="COLOR: rgb(77,77,77)"> 51 per cent agreed that ‘an ICT career would be very boring'
 * <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: rgb(2,3,3); FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="COLOR: rgb(6,4,4); FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="COLOR: rgb(77,77,77)"> 68 per cent agreed that they didn’t know enough about the types of ICT jobs available'
 * <span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: rgb(2,3,3); FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">51 per cent agreed ‘the subjects at school do not inspire you to continue further ICT study’

<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <span style="COLOR: rgb(31,49,199)"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">** EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS FOR ICT **
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="COLOR: rgb(31,49,199)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(13,2,2)">39 per cent found ICT education in school ok but not for them and chose not to continue it after school.
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="COLOR: rgb(31,49,199)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(13,2,2)">59 per cent of the women who studied ICT in school enjoyed it but were unaware about where to would lead them in the future.

<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">**<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="COLOR: rgb(9,11,215)">GENDER GAP **
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Women in IT are now making 12% less on average than male counterpart