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A survey by JobsForHer states
Artificial Intelligence provides an opportunity to counter the gender biases that have been permeating history for long. Artificial Intelligence is going to be the next big revolution that would transform the world. Like any other revolution that has reformed the perspective of the world, AI would be a sweeping force that will enable new possibilities in the frontier. But just like any other revolution, the possibility of the contribution by women in this tech world would either be forgotten or will not be acknowledged is definite.
If we have to look through history
we will realize how the contribution of women is viewed in shaping the world. Ada Lovelace, Grace Hopper, Hedy Lammar Maria Bocnkerva, Sarah Fulton, Sybil Ludington, Deborah Samson are some of the notable names that have reformed the world in various domains but are either forgotten or are lost in the male-dominated world.
Nonetheless, an uncanny similarity
can be observed between the past, and the present. In the top AI- dominated companies, men are sitting at the helm of the leadership. Apple, Amazon, Tencent, Microsoft, Google and Alibaba have been reaping profit over the years but not a single profit can be attributed under the leadership of a woman.
A PwC survey states that 78% of the students surveyed in UK universities cannot name women in Tech.
A survey by JobsForHer states that for the entry-level position, job opportunity for women is only 30%, 10% in the managerial level and reduces to only 1% at the leadership level. This means that as the prospect of leadership increases, the opportunity for women decreases.
A PwC report states that only 23% of people working in STEM roles in the UK are female, while only 5% of leadership positions in technology are held by women.
A report named “Overcoming the challenges of being a woman in Tech” by UX Collective states that in 2015, only 16.6% of women representation was offered by Microsoft, 10% by Twitter, and only 17% by Google.
