Women continue to pace behind men in tech careers, but, worse still, they’re leaving in increasing numbers after being disproportionately impacted by layoffs and toxic work cultures.

Hoboken, N.J., June 17, 2025 – At the dawn of computing, women were the early adopters of computational technology, working with punch cards in what was then considered secretarial work. As computer ...

Computer science junior Melissa Ing says it’s easy to get discouraged as a woman in a male-dominated field. According to the United States Department of Labor, women make up 24% of workers in computer ...

A number of gender-specific obstacles hold back women in the workforce - and women's anxiety has only risen as a result. “Net worth,” “husband” and “LinkedIn”: a recent study found that these three ...

Alexandra Holloway (Ph.D. computer science, 2015) works at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. (Photo by Krys Blackwood) Darrell Long (center) shared a laugh with students and visitors at the Baskin ...

“It’s just like planning a dinner,” the renowned computer scientist Grace Hopper once quipped about computing in a 1967 issue of Cosmopolitan. “You have to plan ahead and schedule everything so it’s ...

"Micro-feminism" refers to small acts of support among women. BI asked female founders and executives about the small ways they support women at work. They range from asking supportive questions to ...

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 ...

Sheridan Ash, founder and co-CEO of Tech She Can, has become the 13th person to be named Computer Weekly’s Most Influential Woman in UK Tech. Launched in 2012, the Computer Weekly list of the 50 Most ...

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 ...