The STEM career pipeline is designed for men, not women, and there is no gender lens on career advice and progression opportunities at school or within the tech industry.
Being a gender change agent in technology is exhausting and traumatising and the backlash is REAL.
FIX THE BACKLASH, NOT THE GIRLS.
tHE STATS TELL THE STORY
Girl Geeks’ big message to the Australian Government is that they are sick of talking about it.
They want action. They want investment to turn things around.
36%
Women only make up 36% of enrolments in university STEM courses, and just 16% of enrolments in vocational STEM courses.[ii]
23%
Just 23% of senior management and 8% of CEOs in STEM-qualified industries are women.[v]
27%
Women only make up 27% of the workforce across all STEM industries, a 1 percentage point drop from 2020.[iii]
18%
On average, women still earn 18% less than men across all STEM industries (that’s a gap of $26,784![vi]
12%
Only 12% of tech engineers are women, 19% of game developers are women.[iv]
3%
And a tiny 3% of Australia’s venture capital goes to women-led companies and even less to women of colour.[vii]