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Series 2 of The WOW Podcast with Jude Kelly launches today, supported by The WOW Foundation's Global Founding Partner Bloomberg. Hosted by Jude Kelly, this six-part series will take listeners on a journey to discover how the often hidden forces of tech, media and finance shape women’s lives.
To take your journey further, we'll be creating a reading list on each of the three subjects, including links to subjects discussed and more.
We spoke to the following experts and changemakers on episode 3: Caroline Criado-Perez, Abadesi Osunsade, Aleks Krotoski and Seyi Akiwowo.
In Episode 4, you'll hear from: Bloomberg Television’s Francine Lacqua, Katrine Marçal, Nicola Mendelsohn, Martha Lane-Fox and Anna Wiener.
Listen to Episode 3 here
Listen to Episode 4 here
Tech Reading List
The Mother of Invention: How Good Ideas Get ignored In An Economy Built For Men - Katrine Marcal
Hostile Environments and the book Gaming Masculinity - Alek Krotoski, TLS
Tech Boom:
Google, Apple and Microsoft report - Rupert Neate andDominic Rushe, The Guardian
The Big Tech boom marks a lasting change - The Financial Times
Women working in tech in UK:
Diversity and Inclusion in UK Tech Companies - Tech Nation
Women and Tech and the pandemic - Owen Hughes, Tech Republic
Female Entrepreneurship Review - Alison Rose
Investing in women Code - GOV UK
Diversity in Tech:
Amazon Pledges to Promote More Women, Black Employees - Matt Day and Spencer Soper, Bloomberg
2021’s coolest UK female founders - Akansha Srivastava, UK Tech
Balancing The Gender Scales In Tech Startups - Olivia Green berg, Startup Magazine
Women in Tech report - PWC
Quit rate and women - Tittle Press
Girls in Tech / Girls in Tech's "Half the Board" Campaign - PR Newswire
Ada Ventures
Flexible working/monitoring:
One in five employers monitoring remote workers... - Jonathan Owen, People Management
Flexible Working: The Way Of The Future - Joy Burnford, Forbes
Women workforce - Bigtech:
Women's Representation in Big Tech - Felix Richter, Statista
Women in tech statistics - David Needle, WhatIs
The Most Gender Diverse Boards - Anna Bradley-Smith, The Org
Credit Gap - Women Entrepreneurs - Moody's CSR
Venture Capital funding/gap:
The UK’s female entrepreneurs battling for a fair share of funding - The Financial Times
UK's potential £250bn female-led investment boost - Tom Houghton, Business Live
Why Is Global VC Funding For Women On The Decline? - Anna Codrea-Rado, The Stack
Women in Computer Programming:
Ada Lovelace, Nasa and WW2 first computer programmer - Erik Gregersen, Britannica
Human Computers: The Women of NASA - Brynn Holland, History
How Women Created the Computer Programming Industry - Maria Aspan, Inc.
30 Women in Robotics - Robohub
Big women in Tech:
Online abuse:
Most girls and young women have experienced abuse online - Kaamil Ahmed, The Guardian
Impact of online abuse against women - Amnesty
Social network giants pledge to tackle abuse of women online - Alex Hern, The Guardian
Online violence against women and girls - Chenai Chair, Web Foundation
Facebook and the Other Tech Giants - Enrique Dans, Forbes
Manosphere - Tanya Basu, Technology Review
Gamergate - Aja Romano, VOX
Online petition to end abuse - Aja Romano, We Forum
Exclusion from tech - The Atlantic
Flexible working:
Working from Home - Richard Partington, The Guardian
Childcare Options and World War II - East End Women Museum
Algorithms and Bias - Kim Lyons, The Verge
Women and computer science degrees/education:
Female share of computer science degrees - Mark J. Perry, AEIdeas
Female students studying Computer Science increases by 300% - BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
Tech Billionaires - Forbes
FTSE 100 board members - women get paid 40% less than men - Allie Nawrat, Unleash AI