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Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>Up to 20,000 black women are \u201cmissing\u201d from the tech industry in the UK, according to a joint report by campaigners and a representative body. The report says the proportion of black women in IT is two-and-a-half times smaller than that of the UK workforce as a whole.<\/p>\n

Campaigning group Coding Black Females said tech \u201cdesperately needed\u201d more people from a range of backgrounds. Industry bodies acknowledge that \u201cmore must be done\u201d to support diversity.<\/p>\n

Analysing data from the Office of National Statistics, the authors of the Coding Black Females (CBF) and BCS report found that black women made up 1.8% of the UK workforce but only 0.7% of those working in technology.<\/p>\n

An extra 20,000 black women would need to be recruited in addition to the 12,000 already working in IT to fill the gap. Women are also under-represented in senior leadership roles, it said. In 2021, just 17% of IT directors were female, according to the report.<\/p>\n

The report says while ethnic-minority representation in general is higher among IT specialists than in the wider workforce, that is largely due to the high proportion of tech professionals of Indian ethnicity.<\/p>\n

\u2018The only one in the room\u2019 The authors also sought to shed light on the experience of black women in the industry through surveys and in-depth interviews.<\/p>\n

Siba Munsanje, a software engineer at Deloitte, told researchers: \u201cYou have to get used to knowing that you are the only one in the room on the team, in the project, at the conference\u201d.<\/p>\n

Nicola Martin, head of quality engineering at Adarga, a UK-based artificial-intelligence software firm, said: \u201cNow stats are being published related to diversity in tech, we can see there is still a lot of work to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe tech industry needs to encourage more diversity to ensure that people want to stay in the industry.<\/p>\n

\u201d The report asked 350 black women to tell them about their experiences.<\/p>\n

Respondents felt that more could be done to encourage black female applicants \u2013 including work in relevant communities to raise awareness of opportunities.<\/p>\n

Some women said the interview process and workplace culture would put off applicants. One respondent quoted in the report said the \u201ctech bro\u201d culture was exhausting.<\/p>\n

Charlene Hunter, chief executive of CBF, told the BBC women\u2019s experiences showed there were still barriers to getting a job in tech. \u201cYou hear often stories of people applying for roles and not really being given any actual feedback.<\/p>\n

You know you meet all of the criteria, but something doesn\u2019t quite feel right. \u201d But the discrepancy was not just about numbers employed but also their opportunities to build careers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need senior leaders to match the large numbers of black women currently appearing in tech and engineering adverts, with genuine opportunities to progress into rewarding jobs,\u201d Ms Hunter said.<\/p>\n

She drew particular attention to the development of artificial intelligence \u2013 there is a concern that AI systems can display bias against different ethnicities and genders. Greater diversity in senior positions would help ensure that thinking about bias was \u201cincluded in every part of your design process\u201d.<\/p>\n

Rashik Parmar, chief executive of the BCS, the professional body for computing, said: \u201cWe will only be able to build the systems that serve everyone if the diversity of humanity is represented in the project teams that design and build these systems.
\nNimmi Patel, from trade association Tech UK, said while steps were being taken to support diversity and inclusion within the tech workforce, \u201cclearly more must be done\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth industry and government should work together to inspire, educate, and attract diverse talent to ensure black women \u2013 and women in general \u2013 enter and progress through the industry,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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