Goal 5. Gender Equality

The Problem

According to a report by The World Bank, women make up less than 40% of the total global workforce. Adeva IT in a 2018 report found that women held only 25% of all the jobs in the tech industry, despite women making up almost half of the total workforce. An important reason why there is a low number of women in the tech sector compared to others is that girls are not readily interested in studying Science Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Boys are more likely to go that route. 

This is backed by a Women in Tech report by PwC which discovered that among students involved in its research, more boys went for STEM subjects than girls except for biology. Therefore, it is now important more than ever to close the gender gap both in developed and developing economies.