Abstract

The ICT sector is becoming a strategic and growing sector in our current societies and economies. However, gender inequalities persist and women’s representation in ICT is still low in Catalonia and Spain. In this article, we introduce the situation of women working in ICT and seek to identify the main barriers and opportunities for their progress. We implemented a survey that was answered by 325 women working in ICT in Catalonia. Our results show that women in ICT do not always access ICT jobs from an engineering degree, are satisfied with their jobs and enjoy better salaries than in other sectors, and that some flexi-time measures and other working conditions may play in their favor. This needs to be highlighted in order to encourage many more women to work in ICT. However, our results also suggest that too many women still suffer gender-based discrimination, work-life balance conflicts, and serious difficulties in being promoted. This also needs to be addressed if we are to improve the numbers of women in ICT.

摘要

在我们当前的社会和经济中，ICT 部门正在成为一个战略性和不断增长的部门。然而，在加泰罗尼亚和西班牙，性别不平等仍然存在，女性在信息通信技术领域的代表性仍然很低。在本文中，我们介绍了从事 ICT 工作的女性的情况，并试图确定她们进步的主要障碍和机会。我们实施了一项调查，该调查得到了加泰罗尼亚 325 名从事 ICT 工作的女性的回答。我们的研究结果表明，从事 ICT 工作的女性并不总是从工程学位获得 ICT 工作、对自己的工作感到满意并享受比其他行业更高的薪水，而且一些弹性工作时间措施和其他工作条件可能对她们有利。需要强调这一点，以鼓励更多女性从事 ICT 工作。然而，我们的研究结果还表明，仍有太多女性遭受基于性别的歧视、工作与生活平衡的冲突以及晋升的严重困难。如果我们要增加从事信息通信技术的女性人数，也需要解决这个问题。