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UK IT can't keep its women happy
The UK has a problem retaining women in IT, according to Patricia Hewitt, secretary of state for trade and industry and minister for women. Addressing the Women in IT Conference in London on Wednesday, Hewitt noted that women are clearly under-represented in IT employment.
The UK has a problem retaining women in IT, according to Patricia Hewitt, secretary of state for trade and industry and minister for women.
Addressing the Women in IT Conference in London on Wednesday, Hewitt noted that women are clearly under-represented in IT employment. "If you look across the workforce as a whole it is very nearly half female (46 percent), but if we look at IT, women make only a quarter of the workforce (23 percent)," she said. Read the