International Women’s Day 2024
News|by Leanne Bevan|8 March 2024
Friday 8 March 2024 marks International Women’s Day (IWD) 2024. A day to celebrate the achievements of women, highlight the gender gaps and inspire change.
Theme
This year’s theme is “inspire inclusion”.
What does this mean? According to the IWD organisation to inspire inclusion means to celebrate diversity and empowerment.
Women in Tech/STEM
Here at Grey Matter, we are particularly keen to focus on the Women in Tech/STEM aspect of this awareness day. We were shocked to discover that in the recent JetBrains developer ecosystem survey, only 5% of developers are women, out of 26,000 respondents. There is so much more that needs to be done to drive more inclusion of women in the developer community.
How Grey Matter supports women’s inclusion and equality
In terms of how we inspire inclusion and equality here at Grey Matter and as part of our parent entity, Climb Global Solutions, Sue O’Leary, our Director or Team Engagement and Experience says: “I think we are receptive to all employees being able to have a voice – not just women. We enable open and honest communication where people can speak freely and be heard.
As an organisation we have partnered with women in the channel and have had several women leaders go through the programme of development.
42% of our senior leadership team is women and we have four women at director level in the UK and Ireland.”
Grey Matter is also planning a Women in Tech Roundtable event in London in June. If you’re interested in finding out more about this event, please email us.
Find out more
To find out more about International Women’s Day and how you can inspire inclusion, visit the website and social media channels, or follow the hashtags #IWD #InspireInclusion #IWD2024.