2024: There are more women leaders in IT in Russia. What contributes to the movement towards gender balance?
IT is traditionally considered a male field of activity, the share of men in it prevails by a wide margin. However, gradually the share of women in IT is growing: there are more of them in development and in leadership positions. If, for example, 10-15 years ago women in companies in the position of Chief information officer, the head responsible for digitalization could be entered into the Red Book, now this is not at all uncommon. On the eve of International Women's Day, TAdviser spoke with a number of women in senior IT positions and found out what gender shifts they see in this area. Read more here.
2020: How smart women are drawn to Big Data and AI. 9 stories from Russia
Main article: How smart women are attracted to the sphere of Big Data and artificial intelligence. 9 stories from Russia
Women leading research in big data, artificial intelligence and machine learning are still in the minority, but at the same time make a significant contribution to research activities. They participate in interesting projects, the results of which often find important practical application. TAdviser talked with several such heroines and found out what attracts them in this area, and in what projects they are involved. Read more here.
2019: In the US, women in IT are paid less than men. And what about Russia?
In 2018, a study in a number of major U.S. cities found a salary gap between men and women working for the same companies in the same IT-related jobs. On average, men received 4% more female colleagues. In Russia, such studies in relation to IT specialties, it seems, have not yet been carried out. TAdviser has reached out to recruitment experts from prominent companies to find out their assessment of the gender dimension of IT salaries in our country. Expert assessments have diverged widely. Read more here.
2018: Women's role in IT is undeservedly downplayed. Correcting the situation
It is customary to endow women with a rather "supporting" function in relation to IT, but in the history of the high-tech world there have been and remain outstanding women mathematicians, successful programmers and business leaders (more).
2017
Women occupied all key IT posts in the Central Bank of the Russian Federation
In July 2017, Alisa Melnikova, who previously headed Sberbank-Technologies for four years, was appointed Director of the Department of Financial Technologies, Projects and Process Organization of the Bank of Russia. See Information Technologies in the Central Bank of the Russian Federation for more details.
How women crowd men in the IT market in Russia and in the world
The gender balance in the organization is the key to its productivity and creativity. This thesis is guided by an increasing number of global corporations that are undergoing a difficult transformation process today. Embedded in the new digital reality, they are changing approaches not only to technology, but also to corporate culture. The new HR policy of consulting and IT giants sets the task of leveling the number of women in teams - through special encouraging programs. Russian business is just beginning to look for an approach to gender issues. However, sensitive to the global agenda, women themselves actively come to the domestic IT industry (more...)
2015: Top 10 women in the Russian IT industry
In May 2015, TAdviser compiled lists of the most prominent women in the Russian IT industry. The first of them presents women who, according to the TAdviser editorial board, left the most noticeable mark in the industry over the past year, and the second - the highest number of views on the TAdviser portal of all time (more...)
2012: The most powerful women in IT
Forbes has published another version of the annual ranking of "100 Most Influential Women in the World" for 2012. Traditionally, not only the most politically and economically influential persons fall into the rating, but also those who have great cultural influence and weight in society.
The first line of the rating in 2012 was taken by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. In addition, the rating includes 25 women CEOs who collectively manage an annual turnover of almost a trillion dollars ($984 billion). In addition, 11 millionaires with a total capital of $80 billion are presented in the rating. Also in the rating were 10 celebrities, but, as the compilers stipulate, not for a brilliant appearance, but for their philanthropic activities.
Top 10 most influential women in the world 2012
Forbes,2012
Traditionally, the ranking features a large number of women associated with the high-tech industry:
- No. 4 - Melinda Gates, wife of Microsoft founder Bill Gates, co-chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation charity, 48
- No. 18 - Meg Whitman, CEO of Hewlett-Packard, 56
- No. 21 -, "'Marissa Meyer'" CEO, Yahoo 37 years
- No. 58 - Padmasri Varrior, Technology Director, Cisco Systems, 51
- No. 70 - Sue Gardner, executive director of Wikimedia Foundation, 45
- No. 74 - Chu Seok Kong, CEO of SingTel (Singapore), 53
- No. 80 - Kiran Muzumdar-Shaw, founder and chairman of Biocon (India), 59
- No. 84 - Meri Maker, partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, 51
- No. 89 - Valey Daly, co-founder of Marvell Technology Group, 50
- No. 91 - San Yafang, chairman of Huawei Technologies, 56
2011
Top managers of Google, Oracle and HTC named the most influential women in the world
According to Forbes, there are many IT managers in the list of 100 influential women in the world: these are representatives of the management of companies,, HTC, and Google Twitter Facebook Oracle Xerox (more...)
Study: Women are reluctant to take on top IT jobs
Of California's 400 largest open companies, tech industry companies have the lowest percentage of female directors and executives, according to an annual study by the University of California and a number of organizations trying to increase the number of female business leaders (more...)
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