1. #geeksnotgender
@Prestonsocial
Defining Women in Tech
@Tech_Geek_Girl
@DigiEnable
www.DigiEnable.co.uk
www.lizhardwick.co.uk

3. • geekmug

39. 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

40. Barriers In Tech
• Working Hours
• Career break/dependants stigma
• Paygap
• % women in Tech
• “Not as good as a man” stigma

41. The Girl Geek Image

42. The Geek Girl Image

43. Female Geeks in the News
Fake Geek Girls
• "pretty girls
pretending to be
geeks for attention“,
Joe Peacock
• http://www.theatlantic.com/s
exes/

44. Female Geeks in the News
PyCon and Adria Richards

45. 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

46. GirlGeeks and other Groups

47. STEM support in Schools

48. The Women’s Room

49. Articulate

51. 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?

52. @Tech_Geek_Girl
@DigiEnable
Liz@DigiEnable.co.uk
www.DigiEnable.co.uk
www.lizhardwick.co.uk