Gender diversity in technical roles

With so many positive initiatives taking place at the moment to ensure that gender inequality in the technology workforce is addressed, Peak Signal’s Paula Mathews discusses with Organisational Development consultant Jenny Mitchell why 35 years on since the start of their careers, gender diversity in technical roles is still woefully unbalanced.

Both women owe their start in engineering to an employer’s innovative initiative aimed at broadening the applicant pool and often wonder why these approaches have not been maintained. In this article, they look at what is needed to ensure current initiatives deliver the desired results over the long term, leading to a sustained and meaningful improvement in gender diversity in technical roles.