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Gender equality: The importance of understanding what motivates your workforce
Seek

Gender equality: The importance of understanding what motivates your workforce

Women want to participate equally in leadership positions, so why does gender imbalance in top-level roles still exist?.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Fri, 9th Mar 2018

Global Stories

Gender Gap stories

Women in tech: Equality journey not over
Kaspersky

Women in tech: Equality journey not over

Over half of women in tech have seen improvements in gender equality, but there is still work to be done, according to a report by Kaspersky.

By Shannon Williams • 5 min read • Tue, 23rd Feb 2021
Women highlight benefits & challenges of working in tech
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Women highlight benefits & challenges of working in tech

Flexible working, equal pay, and mentorship are key to attracting women to careers in technology, according to a survey by cybersecurity firm Specops Software.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Fri, 17th Apr 2020
Eliminating gender bias in cybersecurity could grow industry by the billions
Cybersecurity

Eliminating gender bias in cybersecurity could grow industry by the billions

Solving gender bias in cybersecurity could add USD $43.1 billion in the US and GBP £17 billion in the UK, reports Tessian.

By Nick Forrester • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2020
Clear winners and losers in UFB race, research finds
Unified Communications

Clear winners and losers in UFB race, research finds

New research indicates that the adoption of Ultra Fast Broadband in New Zealand has led to 'winners and losers' among businesses.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Fri, 13th Dec 2019
Men feel less welcome in tech workplaces - Harvey Nash report
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Men feel less welcome in tech workplaces - Harvey Nash report

A Harvey Nash report reveals men now feel more unwelcome in tech workplaces, despite improvements for women over the past year.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 4th Dec 2019
Chorus recognised for efforts to eliminate gender pay gap
Chorus

Chorus recognised for efforts to eliminate gender pay gap

Chorus has walked away with three awards at this year's 2019 YWCA Equal Pay Awards, which recognise female leadership and equality in the workplace.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Thu, 14th Nov 2019
Gender divide still exists within tech sector - ISACA report
ISACA

Gender divide still exists within tech sector - ISACA report

Men and women in the global tech sector agree that women are under-represented, but they don't always agree on why that is the case.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Wed, 9th Oct 2019
Google discovers it's not women that it's underpaying - it's men
Google

Google discovers it's not women that it's underpaying - it's men

After conducting a pay equity analysis, the company uncovered some unexpected findings that resulted in $9.7m of pay rises for underpaid staff.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Wed, 6th Mar 2019
Adobe announces equal pay for employees across the globe
Marketing Technologies

Adobe announces equal pay for employees across the globe

Adobe announced global pay parity between women and men, delivering on a commitment the company made earlier this year.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Tue, 23rd Oct 2018
NZ's pay equity progress is so slow that we won't achieve it until 2044
Government

NZ's pay equity progress is so slow that we won't achieve it until 2044

The year 2044. Sixteen years is a long time to wait for gender pay equity, but it may take that long to achieve it.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Thu, 30th Aug 2018
10 key facts from Gartner on women in technology
Risk & Compliance

10 key facts from Gartner on women in technology

Gartner reveals grim statistics on gender diversity in boardrooms and the IT sector, highlighting a lack of women in leadership roles.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Mon, 12th Mar 2018
How the digital economy is shifting the workforce playing field for women
DataCentre infrastructure

How the digital economy is shifting the workforce playing field for women

It's no secret that there is a big gender gap in tech / engineering fields, and especially in the data center industry.

By Julia Gabel • 4 min read • Thu, 8th Mar 2018

Stories from Other Regions

Gender Gap stories

Chorus receives Gender Tick, moves toward greater pay equity
Chorus

Chorus receives Gender Tick, moves toward greater pay equity

The company has introduced policies focussed on gender and pay equity and the development of female leadership.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Fri, 20th Sep 2019
NZ Cyber Security Challenge confronts issues facing women in cybersecurity
University of Waikato

NZ Cyber Security Challenge confronts issues facing women in cybersecurity

The NZ Cyber Security Challenge confronts the industry's gender issues, with women making up just 11% of the workforce and facing significant pay disparities.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Wed, 11th Jul 2018
Startups owned by women attract less funds – but earn more money
Entrepreneur

Startups owned by women attract less funds – but earn more money

A study has revealed the average women-owned startup receives less than half the funding of their male counterparts, despite earning more revenue.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Fri, 8th Jun 2018
Exclusive: Here's what NZ's top CEOs are doing to improve gender diversity
Software Development

Exclusive: Here's what NZ's top CEOs are doing to improve gender diversity

You need to understand what's going on in your own business and do something to fix it because if you don't, all this talk –it's just PR bollocks.

By Julia Gabel • 10 min read • Thu, 8th Mar 2018