Analysis of the Gender Gap in the Digital Sector

Analysis of the Gender Gap in the Digital Sector

The current state of women in the digital world is far from balanced, and depending on the country and company, across Europe there is only 1 woman employed in ICT to 5 or 7 men. In Malta, however, there have been as yet insufficiently detailed statistics and qualitative data collated from the Maltese Digital Sector on the actual rates of women employment, on perceptions, challenges and initiatives in this sense.
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What best describes the sector you operate in?*
How many employees work in your organisation? *

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Organisation
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In your organisation, what percentage of employees in below roles/functions are female?
All staff
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Executive Management (C-Level)
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Middle management (including project leaders)
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Core Technical staff (including software developers, engineers, and technicians)
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Sales, marketing and customer support
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Administration
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What gender is your organisation’s CEO?*

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What gender is your organisation’s CTO (or equivalent)?*

MaleFemaleOtherPrefer not to say

How many full-time ICT employees (or equivalent), work in your organisation? ICT employees include all staff in your IT department and/or staff that work exclusively on software development or ICT systems.*
What percentage of ICT employees are females?
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What is the gender of the most senior ICT employee?*

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The eSkills Malta Foundation has published Guidelines to Increase and Retain Women in ICT.

These guidelines are aimed at all stakeholders who may have concerns about the low percentage of women in the ICT sector. The relevant stakeholders can be small, medium and large enterprises together with NGOs, gender equity advocacy coalitions, the media, educators, career advisors, the government and decision makers. The introductory part of these guidelines provides a short summary of facts and statistics that describe some issues that women face in the ICT Sector and then suggests possible reasons why women are underrepresented in this area.

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Please select one:*

I am not aware of the guidelinesI am aware of the guidelinesI am aware of the guidelines and have read themThe guidelines have been considered by my organisation
In your view, what is keeping female talent away from ICT careers?
Did you take, or are you planning to take, any specific initiatives to attract more female candidates to apply for your ICT job openings?*

YesNo
Please briefly outline the initiatives you take / are planning to take
Did you take, or are you planning to take, any specific initiatives to help female employees working in ICT to remain in your organisation and progress in their career?*

YesNo
Please briefly outline the initiatives you take / are planning to take
How can the Government support an increase in female participation in the ICT job market?
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	Strongly disagree	Disagree	Neither Disagree / Agree	Agree	Strongly Agree
We need more female employees in our organisation
Gender imbalance is a problem in our organisation
Recruiting female employees for ICT jobs is harder than recruiting males
Male employees tend to progress faster in an ICT career
Female employee turnover tends to be higher than that of male counterparts
It is harder to retain female employees in the medium to long term

	Strongly disagree	Disagree	Neither Disagree / Agree	Agree	Strongly Agree
It is harder to recruit female talent for ICT jobs than males
We need more female employees amongst our ICT employees
Having gender imbalance amongst our ICT employees can cause problems
Male ICT employees tend to progress faster in an ICT career
Female ICT employee turnover tends to be higher than that of male counterparts
It is harder to retain female ICT employees in the medium to long term