As
International Women's Day approaches, European Commission Vice-President Neelie
Kroes called all women – and men – in the digital sector to join her campaign
to promote careers for women in tech by making a short video about life in the
digital sector and sharing it on the "Every Girl Digital" Facebook
page.
Facts
about women in the digital economy:
– Only 9
in 100 European app developers are female.
– Only
19% of ICT managers are women (45% women in other service sectors)
– Only
19% of ICT entrepreneurs are women (54% women in other service sectors) Less
than 30% of the ICT workforce is female
– Number
of female computing graduate is dropping (3% of female graduates compared to
10% of male graduates)