1. Kicki Stridh WiTEC Sweden Hearing on Women in ICT European Parliament 25 April 2013, Brussels, Belgium Kicki Stridh WiTEC Sweden Hearing on Women in ICT European Parliament 25 April 2013, Brussels, Belgium Sweden: calls for initiatives

2. Kicki Stridh WiTEC Sweden Hearing on Women in ICT European Parliament 25 April 2013, Brussels, Belgium WiTEC, a presentation Some national statistics, high-lighting baseline and trends Conclusions Kicki Stridh, WiTEC Sweden Sources: official statistics

3. Kicki Stridh WiTEC Sweden Hearing on Women in ICT European Parliament 25 April 2013, Brussels, Belgium Kicki Stridh, WiTEC Sweden European Association for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology WiTEC was formed as a network in 1988 a non-profit European association since May 2001 networking and project activities related to women and SET 10 national co-ordinators 25 th anniversary in Athens, Sept 2013 www.witec-eu.net Greece Sweden Germany Estonia Austria Spain Netherlands UK Italy

4. Kicki Stridh WiTEC Sweden Hearing on Women in ICT European Parliament 25 April 2013, Brussels, Belgium Kicki Stridh, WiTEC Sweden To increase the number of girls and women studying SET subjects and to help them progress to related careers To develop women's technical and entrepreneurial skills through training initiatives and projects To create information exchanges and networking opportunities for women in SET To promote and support research into areas relating to women in SET To support initiatives to promote the Gender Mainstreaming Policy To promote regional, national and international awareness and interest in this field.

5. Kicki Stridh WiTEC Sweden Hearing on Women in ICT European Parliament 25 April 2013, Brussels, Belgium Kicki Stridh, WiTEC Sweden Horizontal segregation Fewer women than men apply to education, training and work in the ICT sector Vertical segregation Few women work in leading positions and as directors of owner-managed businesses Internal segregation Women and men in the same ICT professions have different tasks or choose different orientations A brief (and discouraging) view of the Swedish ICT-field

6. Kicki Stridh WiTEC Sweden Hearing on Women in ICT European Parliament 25 April 2013, Brussels, Belgium Source: SCB 2012 Kicki Stridh, WiTEC Sweden

7. Kicki Stridh WiTEC Sweden Hearing on Women in ICT European Parliament 25 April 2013, Brussels, Belgium Computer technology civil engineers, exams Note the decrease Kicki Stridh, WiTEC Sweden YearExams, total Women, percentage Academy

8. Kicki Stridh WiTEC Sweden Hearing on Women in ICT European Parliament 25 April 2013, Brussels, Belgium If you get your PhD – how likely are you to advance to become a professor? Kicki Stridh, WiTEC Sweden PhD women PhD men Professors, women Professors, men Technology science 435281626 (6.0 %) 335 (11.9 %) Information technology 334613 (9.1 %) 78 (16.9 %)

9. Kicki Stridh WiTEC Sweden Hearing on Women in ICT European Parliament 25 April 2013, Brussels, Belgium Kicki Stridh, WiTEC Sweden Few women in the ICT sector Even fewer are ICT-specialists Number of workplaces, employees and ICT- specialists in ICT-related service businesses 2008

10. Kicki Stridh WiTEC Sweden Hearing on Women in ICT European Parliament 25 April 2013, Brussels, Belgium Women’s share gets narrower Kicki Stridh, WiTEC Sweden Computer Specialists, age TotalWomenMenWomen, percentage

11. Kicki Stridh WiTEC Sweden Hearing on Women in ICT European Parliament 25 April 2013, Brussels, Belgium Men dominate the ICT sector in working life - fewer women are computer specialists, significantly fewer women are ICT entrepreneurs - women’s share decreases among young women ICT programs at high-school attract few young girls Fewer women apply to university, few get academic exams - all exams 25 %, computer technology civil engineers 5 % Women are under-represented in ICT academical life - few graduates and even fewer professors Women are paid less than men in the ICT sector Kicki Stridh, WiTEC Sweden Sources: official statistics

12. Kicki Stridh WiTEC Sweden Hearing on Women in ICT European Parliament 25 April 2013, Brussels, Belgium What are we going to do about this?

13. Kicki Stridh WiTEC Sweden Hearing on Women in ICT European Parliament 25 April 2013, Brussels, Belgium Hearing on Women in ICT European Parliament April 25 2013, Brussels, Belgium Thank you! Kicki Stridh WiTEC Sweden kicki@brohusetfou.se WiTEC European Association www.witec-eu.net