Chicas en Tecnología organized a day of collective work together with leading companies in the STEM sector. to advance in the creation of opportunities for girls starting out in technology. Paula Coto, executive director of CET, presented data on the gender gap in the sector and the challenges and opportunities it faces. “We generate educational experiences so that teenage girls can develop in technology and have tools to open their path. Currently, the industry does not find professionals to continue growing. We have the possibility to expand that, not only in numbers, but to reduce gaps and invisible diversities.”, Paula said at the start of the event.
Professional development of young women was the theme that brought together representatives of technical areas, Human Resources and strategic planning in a morning of generating agreements and exchanging experiences so that the work teams that create digital solutions are increasingly diverse and inclusive. The different participating companies worked in an interdisciplinary way to co-create and think of incentive, support and development proposals for young women. Miriam Frías, Chief People & Culture Officer at Shifta, shared part of the organization's journey: “Our goal is to work on real inclusion that generates change. There were women we could not involve because our profile had many biases, it was very masculine. We learned that this profile had to evolve, take on other skills and diversify. That was a big challenge for the company. We developed the different types of talent and we continue to work on the process”.”.
Girls in Technology focuses part of its initiatives on building bridges with the technology labor ecosystem. The objective is to generate real conditions of insertion for young women graduates of its programs who seek to continue their journey in STEM disciplines. This year, the organization launched new specific training proposals in programming and soft skills and builds, together with the private sector, an environment that favors the permanence and development of women professionals in STEM under conditions of equity and access to rights.
The event was attended by representatives of: Mercado Libre, NCR, Mulesoft, JP Morgan, S&P Global, Microsoft, Intel, Lenovo, BGH, Ualá, Shifta, Edison-la.
More women, more development
Knowledge-Based Services (KBS), such as software development, promote the incorporation of new technologies, are high value-added activities and create impact in all productive sectors of the country. According to data from the Ministry of Production and Labor, SBC companies create employment 30% faster than the average of the economy, it is one of the most dynamic and constantly growing sectors and increases its exports at a higher rate than the rest of the economic activities. Integrating the talent, perspective and potential of young women into these sectors allows us to develop innovation, generate new solutions, improve processes and add profiles to an industry in continuous expansion.
