<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2502/764480-208x117.png?5" width="208" height="117" alt="Christina Naidoo, COO Huawei South Africa" align="left"><br><span >Christina Naidoo, COO Huawei South Africa</span><p>Algorithms drive our economies, industries, and daily lives, but they rely on data that often perpetuates gender biases. Women comprise nearly 50% of the global population but <a href="https://www.aauw.org/resources/research/the-stem-gap/">only 35% of the workforce in science and engineering fields</a>. In emerging sectors like AI, cybersecurity, and quantum computing, the gap is even more pronounced. According to the World Economic Forum, <a href="https://www.stiftung-nv.de/publications/ai-gender-gap#:~:text=Our%20analysis%20of%20data%20on,the%20disparity%20is%20equally%20concerning.">only 22% of AI professionals are women</a>. This disparity is not due to a lack of talent or ambition among women, but rather a system that fails to fully include them.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/rewiring-stem-to-accelerate-girls-and-women-empowerment-921564a">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Request/SendToEmailRedirect.aspx?ct=1&ci=255254">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
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