Digital economy
Women are still less likely to work or be skilled in ICT
New data collected by the European Commission’s Women in Digital Scoreboard shows that women are less likely than men to have specialist digital skills and work in the digital technology field.
Only when we look at basic digital skills has the gender gap narrowed - from 10.5% in 2015 to 7.7% in 2019.
“Women's contribution to Europe's digital economy is crucial,” said Commission Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager.
“The Scoreboard shows that only 18% of information and communications technology specialists in the EU are women. So we still have to do more to ensure that the next Ada Lovelace is given the opportunities she rightly deserves.”
The European Commission aims to address these shortcomings through a five-year action plan presented in connection with the European Skills Agenda.
Meanwhile, the Commission has also incorporated an inclusive strategy addressing gender equality in its coronavirus recovery plan. The effect of the pandemic on the economy is thought to have widened the gender gap in areas such as employment and pay.
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