To help increase the number of women in technology, and prevent those already in the industry from leaving, the UK government has launched a Women in Tech Taskforce.

A 2025 study finds that when women and men both use AI to produce identical work product, the women are viewed as less competent than the men. This reflects a broader pattern of gender bias that ...

Maintaining work-life balance has been the biggest challenge many women in the technology industry have come up against, according to a survey. Recruitment firm Lorien surveyed women in the technology ...

To read more of The Economist’s data journalism visit our Graphic detail page. EACH YEAR, to mark International Women’s Day on March 8th, The Economist publishes the glass-ceiling index. It compares ...