Breaking Barriers: Women of Europe's Tech Industry

Описание: The gender gap in tech in Europe is still high: As of 2021, only 19.1% of Information and Technology Communication specialists employed in the EU are female.
Tech company diversity often doesn't fully reflect our diverse world, and a lack of diversity can result in harm and unintended consequences. Diversity matters for issues like hiring decisions, leadership opportunities, innovation, and marketing strategies.

This is why Inclusive Tech hosted the event "Breaking Barriers: Women of Europe's Tech Industry" in collaboration with Yelp.

The event was moderated by Mina Saidze (Forbes 30 Under 30 Founder of Inclusive Tech) who discussed the challenges, opportunities, and future of women in tech in Europe in conversation with the audience and featured women speakers from Yelp engineering and product:
Roxana Anabel Lafuente — Software Engineer at Yelp
Whitney Zheng — Engineering Manager at Yelp
Veronika Kostova — Product Designer at Yelp

*Note from our partner: Yelp has long focused our diversity, inclusion, and belonging efforts inside of Yelp, putting our energy into diverse hiring, equitable promotion practices, and operationalizing inclusion. We are proud of our growth but understand there is more work ahead. You can learn more about Yelp’s workforce diversity in our 2021 Diversity Report. You can read more about how we are building a thriving engineering team on our Engineering Blog. You can also check out Yelp’s career page for current open positions.