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From optics to outcomes: What real progress for women in tech looks like
Fintech

From optics to outcomes: What real progress for women in tech looks like

Women in tech win visibility but little venture capital; real progress demands funding that follows performance, not familiar faces.

By Janthana Kaenprakhamroy • 5 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Building our own table: Lessons for women entering tech in the age of AI
Digital Transformation

Building our own table: Lessons for women entering tech in the age of AI

As AI reshapes tech, women face stalled progress, patchy support and fresh bias, yet are building their own tables to claim power.

By Chrystal Taylor • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Give to Gain: Why investing in others is the best career decision you'll make
Marketing Technologies

Give to Gain: Why investing in others is the best career decision you'll make

Investing in others is the smartest career move you can make, turning mentoring and community into real power, progress and shared success.

By Axelle Thory • 3 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Don't rule yourself out of a career in STEM
EduTech

Don't rule yourself out of a career in STEM

Women are urged not to self-select out of STEM, as diverse skills and personalities are vital to drive innovation and challenge stereotypes.

By Lauren Reid • 3 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Women push for faster gender parity in fintech & tech
Fintech

Women push for faster gender parity in fintech & tech

Senior women across fintech, private equity and cyber call for faster gender parity, urging sponsorship, structural change and bold hiring.

By Kaleah Salmon • 6 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
The courage to lead: Women, technology, and the work that remains
Artificial Intelligence

The courage to lead: Women, technology, and the work that remains

Women already belong in the rooms where technology's future is decided. As AI reshapes our industry, it's time their voices truly shape the path forward.

By Sarah Franklin • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Why fintech needs more women in the room where risk decisions are made
Crypto

Why fintech needs more women in the room where risk decisions are made

Fintech's risk frameworks are missing a vital safeguard: more women in decision rooms to challenge blind spots and prioritise resilience.

By Kristina Nikipolska • 5 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Female representation in AI is a win-win situation for businesses
Unified Communications

Female representation in AI is a win-win situation for businesses

Boosting female representation in AI is key to cutting bias, building trust and unlocking more innovative, profitable business outcomes.

By Emma Irwin • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
If women do not build it, it will be built without us
Data Analytics

If women do not build it, it will be built without us

A 24-year-old founder argues women must build the AI shaping power, or watch systems encode the blind spots that once shut them out.

By Leah Garrett • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026

Stories from Other Regions

Gender diversity stories

The skills that shaped my unusual route to tech
Virtualisation

The skills that shaped my unusual route to tech

From Michelin kitchens to SaaS boardrooms, one woman shows how resilience and empathy can forge an unconventional route into tech.

By Barbara Schulz • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Giving trust to gain impact: What I've learned as a woman in tech
Disaster Recovery

Giving trust to gain impact: What I've learned as a woman in tech

A tech leader reflects on how trust, mentorship and flexible work can unlock women's voices, reshape teams and build more inclusive products.

By Corinne Ferrie • 6 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Why gender diversity is imperative in shaping ethical AI
Fintech

Why gender diversity is imperative in shaping ethical AI

Gender-diverse teams are vital to building ethical, trustworthy AI, reducing systemic bias and ensuring technology serves all of society.

By Tamsin Crossland • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
AI at Goddiva, a woman's perspective
Data Analytics

AI at Goddiva, a woman's perspective

At Goddiva, women across design to leadership are steering AI to sharpen creativity, deepen customer insight and reshape fashion eCommerce.

By Amber Domenech • 5 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
International Women's Day: Why security operations centres need women
Security Operations Centres

International Women's Day: Why security operations centres need women

Security operations centres urgently need more women, whose empathy, calm and insight are crucial as tech-driven threats rapidly evolve.

By Vicki Beynon • 5 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
UK tech leaders call for lasting 'Give to Gain' change
Fintech

UK tech leaders call for lasting 'Give to Gain' change

UK tech leaders urge firms to turn 'Give to Gain' into year-round action to back women's careers, not a one-day International Women's Day slogan.

By Kaleah Salmon • 6 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
How to design early tech careers women want to stay in
Data governance

How to design early tech careers women want to stay in

Tech firms can attract women, but keeping them means clear expectations, real support and meaningful work from the very start.

By Mary Hartwell • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
The data centre industry is cutting-edge. Its talent model must be its next innovation
Hyperscale

The data centre industry is cutting-edge. Its talent model must be its next innovation

As data centres power AI and cloud growth, leaders warn its next big innovation must be a diverse, empathetic and inclusive talent model.

By Eva Sóley Guðbjörnsdóttir • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Balancing tech, humanity & leadership in insurance
Data Analytics

Balancing tech, humanity & leadership in insurance

From actuarial roots to claims leadership, one insurance executive calls for tech that serves empathy and urges women to build bold networks.

By Liz Latter • 3 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026