Women working in ICT: situation and possibilities of progress in Catalonia and Spain

The ICT sector is becoming a strategic and growing sector in our current societies and economies. However, gender inequalities persist and women¿s representation in ICT is still low in Catalonia and Spain. In this article, we introduce the situation of women working in ICT and seek to identify the m...

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Autores: Vergés Bosch, Núria, Freude, Leon, Almeda Samaranch, Elisabet, González Ramos, Ana M.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Repositorio:Repositorio Digital de la UPF
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/60723
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/60723
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09718524.2021.1969783
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Gender
ICT
Inclusion
Exclusion
Work-life balance
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Sumario:The ICT sector is becoming a strategic and growing sector in our current societies and economies. However, gender inequalities persist and women¿s representation in ICT is still low in Catalonia and Spain. In this article, we introduce the situation of women working in ICT and seek to identify the main barriers and opportunities for their progress. We implemented a survey that was answered by 325 women working in ICT in Catalonia. Our results show that women in ICT do not always access ICT jobs from an engineering degree, are satisfied with their jobs and enjoy better salaries than in other sectors, and that some flexi-time measures and other working conditions may play in their favor. This needs to be highlighted in order to encourage many more women to work in ICT. However, our results also suggest that too many women still suffer gender-based discrimination, work-life balance conflicts, and serious difficulties in being promoted. This also needs to be addressed if we are to improve the numbers of women in ICT.