Mitt Romney’s “binders full of women” gaffe at last night’s debate set off a viral firestorm of gender-themed parodies, including a Tumblr, a Facebook page with over 200,000 likes, a string of Twitter jokes, and was the 3rd most searched term on Google for the debate.
The battle for gender equality is played out on many levels, from the workplace to the playground — and, as it turns out, the world of TV viewing: a new study out from Nielsen indicates that when it comes to TV, women watch significantly more than men, but it’s also finding that the rise of connected (seventh-generation) gaming consoles like the Xbox is changing that.
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If you are a male software engineer, you’re likely to be earning around $96,000 a year. If you’re a female doing the same job you’ll be getting $69,000, signalling that gender discrimination doesn’t just persist in the ICT sector, it positively thrives.
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has named the actress Geena Davis as its 'Special Envoy for Women and Girls in ICT', to promote its new 'Tech Needs Girls' campaign.
{loadposition stuart}Her appointment follows the ITU naming her as a laureate at its World Telecommunication and Information Society Awards on May 16 in Geneva and, it says, is "the first major announcement linked to a
This software is strange to me, and I cannot 100% believe it. But, actually its an interesting software.
Written by: Peter Dinham | Published in: PeopleDiscrimination based on gender and age is a pressing issue for Australia's ICT sector with 32.1 per cent of professionals surveyed by the Australian Computer Society saying that they have encountered some form of discrimination when applying for ICT positions.
Featured | Written by: Peter Dinham | Published in: PeopleDiscrimination based on gender and age is a pressing issue for Australia's ICT sector with 32.1 per cent of professionals surveyed by the Australian Computer Society saying that they have encountered some form of discrimination when applying for ICT positions.
For some bizarre reason between now and 2 days ago, my Google voice switched from being a female voice to a male one. It also sounds quite British now (not sure, only heard 2 words)?
But I haven't changed any settings, still on English (US).
Anyone else been experiencing Google Now being quite ambiguous in the gender department? I was a bit startled :p
In the last 16 months, Sarah Stierch has emerged as one of the key people working to reduce the gender gap in Wikipedia
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