Stats NZ introduces gender inclusive questions to national household survey
The data will provide important insights for communities who have not yet seen themselves reflected in our data, says Stats NZ general manager Jason Attewell
The data will provide important insights for communities who have not yet seen themselves reflected in our data, says Stats NZ general manager Jason Attewell
“Signing our Statement of Support on International Women’s Day makes it all the more significant,” says healthAlliance CEO Myles Ward
A recent report identifying widespread government use of algorithms in New Zealand identifies the need for more transparency, accountability and consistency. But does it downplay privacy, bias and ethical risks? Frith Tweedie of EY writes about the challenges ahead.
Gender is a "a big, big thing" to get wrong
I recently ran a couple of sessions to help skilled migrants find jobs in Wellington. The experience highlighted key challenges the ICT sector needs to tackle as it prepares the workforce for unceasing change
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The system taught itself that male candidates were preferable
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The CIO of Isentia on why companies should do more to close the gender gap in ICT
Bruce Irvine and Katherine Sandford are mentor and mentee respectively of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand programme aimed at securing diverse representation on boards.
ISACA survey findings reinforce there is much work left to be done to break gender barriers.
“This is a global phenomenon, and there are many we, as ICT leaders, need to address in order to encourage and keep women in our industry,” says Jo Stewart-Rattray, international board director at ISACA.
Only 37 per cent of organisations in New Zealand have this policy in place, according to Hays.
Boards should be setting their own diversity policies, appropriate targets and declare this in their annual reports, says IoD CEO Simon Arcus