{"id":31431,"date":"2022-01-30T14:38:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-30T11:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saudishopper.com.sa\/en\/?p=31431"},"modified":"2026-03-28T00:14:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T21:14:57","slug":"a-new-gender-balance-women-in-tech-face-lockdown-barriers-to-career-progression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saudishopper.com.sa\/en\/a-new-gender-balance-women-in-tech-face-lockdown-barriers-to-career-progression\/","title":{"rendered":"A new gender balance: women in tech face lockdown barriers to career progression"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Half of women working in technology believe the effects of COVID-19 have delayed their career progression, despite a similar percentage believing that much needed gender equality is more likely to be achieved through remote working structures. While lockdown life was earmarked as a possible accelerator towards equal gender opportunity in IT positions, lingering social biases have hindered this potential breakthrough period.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lockdown life was generally predicted to bring about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.womenintech.co.uk\/can-remote-working-help-close-the-gender-gap-in-tech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a positive industry shift in the fight for gender equality<\/a>. By levelling the playing fields from a social and family planning perspective, traditional stereotypes around availability and longevity when it comes to women\u2019s careers would be removed. The impact of COVID meant that companies were accelerated or even forced into this new norm overnight, and to an extent, this prediction has yielded positive steps forward in terms of the overall industry mindset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kaspersky\u2019s new Women in Tech report,&nbsp;<em>Where are we now? Understanding the evolution of women in technology,&nbsp;<\/em>found that almost a third of women working in the tech industry do indeed prefer working at home to working in the office. A similar number report they work most efficiently when working from home, and as many as 33% revealed they have more autonomy when not working in an office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, more concerning statistics from this report highlight how the potential of remote working for women in tech isn\u2019t quite being matched by social progression in this \u2018working from home\u2019 dynamic. Almost half of women working in technology have struggled to juggle work and family life since March 2020 \u2013 a figure that is at its most prominent in Latin America, but is a consistent worldwide trend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Delving deeper, and the reasons for this imbalance become clearer. When female respondents were asked about the day-to-day functions that are detracting from productivity or work progression, 60% said they had done the majority of cleaning in the home compared to 47% of men, 63% had been in charge of home schooling compared to 52% of men, and 54% of women have had to adapt their working hours more than their male partner in order to look after the family. As a result, 50% of women believe that the effects of COVID-19 have actually delayed, rather than enhanced, their overall career progression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201c<\/em><em>The effect of the pandemic broadly differed for women. Some appreciated the greater flexibility and lack of commute from working at home, whilst others shared that they were on the verge of burnout. It\u2019s paramount that companies ensure their managers are aligned with their strategy to support employees with caregiving responsibilities.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cThe other significant trend that the pandemic has accelerated is the co-existence of remote and hybrid employees within the same organization. This can be a challenge for women working remotely as they may experience less access to top management working from offices. This may decrease their chances to be considered for the kind of stretch assignments that lead to promotions. Employers need to be conscious of those disadvantages and plan accordingly to minimize them<\/em>,\u201d comments Dr Patricia Gestoso, Head of Scientific Customer Support at BIOVIA, 2020 Women in Software Changemakers winner, and prominent member of professional women\u2019s network,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adaslist.co\/\">Ada\u2019s List<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While these examples of social disparity aren\u2019t tech specific, they do point towards a barrier that is preventing women from capitalising on the past year\u2019s shift to remote working. As many as 41% of women in tech (compared to 34% of men) believe an equal working environment would be best for career progression, and 46% think that remote working is an optimum way to achieve that equality. The tech sector must now leverage its own encouraging momentum in the hope that social stereotypes enable this chain of events in the months and years to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Merici Vinton, Co-Founder and CEO at Ada\u2019s List adds:&nbsp;<em>&#8220;Companies need to signal, both through culture and policy, that they will give working parents of both genders the flexibility they need during COVID (and beyond). Companies need to understand that representation does matter and having women in leadership, majority-women teams and women in interviews demonstrates that there&#8217;s space for women in their company. Finally, we see lots of successful companies partner with external women&#8217;s organisations who can challenge you, push you forward, and also provide external inspiration for your employees.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cIf the tech realm takes the lead and ensures a more flexible and balanced environment for women, then it will become the norm more quickly, which is more likely to trigger a change in social dynamics too. As always, it won\u2019t change overnight, but there are signs that women are feeling more empowered to rightly demand this way of working. Moving forward, we as an industry must build on this momentum, extract the positives from the past year\u2019s transition to flexible working, and be a catalyst for wider social change as a result,\u201d<\/em>concludes Evgeniya Naumova, Vice President of the Global Sales Network at Kaspersky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More details are available in the full&nbsp;<em>Where are we now? Understanding the evolution of women in technology&nbsp;<\/em>report and can be downloaded from the Kaspersky website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Half of women working in technology believe the effects of COVID-19 have delayed their career progression, despite a similar percentage believing that much needed gender equality is more likely to be achieved through remote working structures. 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