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Published Date: 30 March 2007
MORE than 30 Edinburgh schools took part in a campaign to encourage females to work in IT.
Women make up only 15 per cent of the IT workforce - a figure the funding partnership between the city council and the Royal Bank of Scotland aims to raise.

The event, held at the RBS HQ in Gogar, gave girls aged ten to 14 the chance to work with technology while concentrating on topics such as fashion.

The council's John Sowerby said: "The initiative brings business and education together in a positive and rewarding way."



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  • Last Updated: 30 March 2007 9:43 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Women and work
 
1

Stu_R_20,

edinburgh 30/03/2007 14:18:32

how about something equivlent for guys for teaching, law etc. There are always initiatives set up to involve more women in sectors where they are vastly underrepresented. Can they not just accept men and women have diffrent interests when it comes to choosing their careers.

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Richard Lionheart,

30/03/2007 21:30:25

So this is equality is it?


 

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