Portugal leads way for women in tech: New study
Analysis from online recruitment platform, Honeypot, finds eight countries are beating the odds to offer more equitable pay for women working in IT. But female representation remains below 30%.
Top 10 countries for that offer the best opportunity for women in tech:
(Reproduced with permission from Honeypot , which has the full methodology and results)- Portugal
- United States
- Latvia
- Finland
- France
- United Kingdom
- Estonia
- Spain
- Cyprus
Study ‘exposes gender imbalance in the IT sector’
Explaining the importance of the insights, Emma Tracey, co-founder at Honeypot commented: “Gender parity in the workplace is not just an ethical or moral issue, but also an economic one. As tech recruitment specialists, we are often confronted with the gender imbalances of the industry, which are fully exposed in this study."The technology industry is likely to form the core economic platform in the future, and it's clear how desperately we need to address the issue of gender inequality in the IT field. We hope that this index helps to open the eyes of those at the top of the industry and galvanize them into making positive changes, not only for the sake of parity, but for the entire global economy.“The results reveal the countries which have the most to offer women looking to progress in the tech industry, with Portugal, the United States and Latvia highlighted as the top three nations that have taken positive steps towards gender parity in the technology field in terms of fairer wages. However, with the proportion of female tech workers remaining under 30% across the board, we hope that this study will enrich the conversation concerning equality in this industry and inspire more women to seek out opportunities in tech."Other news and features from Relocate Global:
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Top 10 countries for female career progression
Honeypot’s analysis also looked at the top ten countries for female career progression, regarded as one of the key elements of closing the gender pay gap.Using figures from the World Economic Forum, the study ranked the 41 countries on progression and promotional opportunities for women.Top 10 countries for percentage of women in senior management
(Reproduced with permission from Honeypot , which has the full methodology and results)- Latvia (44.4%)
- United States (43.5%)
- Hungary (40.5%)
- New Zealand (40.1%)
- Poland (40.1%)
- Lithuania (39.8%)
- Sweden (39.4%)
- Iceland (38.3%)
- Slovenia (37.5%)
- Bulgaria (36.7%)
Bottom 10 countries for percentage of women in senior management
- South Korea (10.7%)
- Japan (11.5%)
- Turkey (13.0%)
- Luxembourg (17.4%)
- Cyprus (22.5%)
- Croatia (23.1%)
- Chile (25.4%)
- Netherlands (25.9%)
- Greece (25.9%)
- Italy (26.5%)
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