Bodour Al Qasimi tells tech firms to open top jobs to women and create fairer workplaces
Publishing entrepreneur and inclusivity advocate uses speech at WIRED Arab Women in Tech event to call on tech sector to accelerate efforts to level the professional playing field.
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56% of UAE government university graduates in STEM are women;
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Saudi women in ICT have risen from 7% to 28% since 2018;
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Female-led start-ups in the Middle East get only 2% of funding from VC and few girls who study STEM subjects build careers in the field.