Citation
(2006), "New BCS Women's Forum to address employment concerns", Women in Management Review, Vol. 21 No. 6. https://doi.org/10.1108/wimr.2006.05321fab.002
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2006, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
New BCS Women's Forum to address employment concerns
New BCS Women's Forum to address employment concerns
A new British Computer Society (BCS) forum aims to address the serious issues of women's negative view of working in IT. Women represent less than 20 percent of the IT workforce in the UK with a perceived lack of support, networking opportunities and career development cited as reasons for selecting alternative careers.
Wendy Hall, chair of the new Women's Forum explains:
By working with employers and connecting with other women in IT groups, the Forum aims to achieve an inclusive working environment and to offer support for women in maintaining and developing their IT careers. Other key issues for the group include promoting part-time, flexible working arrangements in the IT sector and developing products and servicesto help women returners retrain and reskill.
The forum successfully hosted their first workshop with Equalitec recently and have many more events planned for the future.
More information about the forum and forthcoming events can be found at: www.bcs.org/forums/women
For further information contact: Lynda Feeley, PR Manager and Press Officer, The British Computer Society. Tel: 01793 417711, e-mail:lynda.feeley@hq.bcs.org.uk; web site:www.bcs.org