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Survey shows that 67% of European women in tech feel underpaid compared to men, half being sexist • TechCrunch


Last month, on International Equal Pay Day, the International Labor Organization (ILO) disclosure that on average, women globally are paid about 20% less than men. This pay gap is even larger for Black and Hispanic women, where Black women earn 63 percent less than white men and Hispanic or Latina women 57 percent less, 3%. Survey after survey, this blatant sexism is repeatedly evident in the tech industry, and a new survey offers another bleak look at how women are treated. .

The survey found that over the past 12 months, nearly 67% felt they were paid unfairly compared to their male counterparts. In 2019, 46.4% of respondents consider themselves to be paid fairly, while in 2022, this figure drops to 33.1%.

And half (49.5%) experienced gender discrimination in the workplace.

It also found that more than 62 percent feel pressured to choose between career and family, and 70 percent feel they need to work harder to prove themselves to others because of their gender. .

While 92% feel confident in their ability to get the job done, 70% say they feel the need, because of their gender, to work harder to prove themselves in their role , a significant increase from the same survey in 2019 when that number was 44 percent.

More than 53% feel that their workplace is making an appropriate effort to combat gender inequality, with almost no change in that sentiment in 2019. So not necessarily good news.

In 2019, only 44% of those surveyed said they felt pressured to prove their worth when compared to their male colleagues.

Regarding the sex ratio in the tech industry, this seems to be happening in reverse. Only 24% of respondents said the gender ratio in the industry is becoming more balanced in the past 12 months compared with 42% 3 years ago.

Are these the effects of the recruiting pandemic, where the diversity of recruiting teams can often be hidden? Perhaps further investigations can delve into this matter.

The survey, emailed to Web Summit for Women in Technology community, received 340 responses, so it’s not technically what would normally constitute a scientific poll. That said, the majority (70.4%) are between the ages of 25 and 44, and more than 78% of respondents are from Europe.

The survey after a report via European Women in VCthat sees all-female startups securing just 2% of total funding in 2021, down from 3% in 2020.

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