Yes, itsInternational Womens Day.
But what happens when we look behind the sickly efforts of corporations?
The back-patting social media posts?
Well, youll find a fucking huge gender pay gap.
Introducing… the Gender Pay Gap Bot
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It explains:
Employers, if you tweet about International Womens Day, Ill retweet your gender pay gap.
Thats right: it uses a bot to name and shame.
This is great, especially when you consider the state of women in the UK government.
And no, I dont understand how the House of Lords can exist in 2022 either.
One things for certain though: thats a lot of men making decisions on behalf of women.
The company hasnt always been blameless when it comes to speaker representation or remuneration.
However, TNW is currently working to ensure that half of our conference speakers are female or gender diverse.
Ivewrittenabout the lack ofgender diversityat tech conferences before.
So hey take a closer look at all the companies blasting out about their great female employees today.
Ask yourself, how manywomen are in management?
How many are board members?
Do they foster an inclusive workplace culture?
What practices do they have to deal with workplace sexual harassment, bullying, and discrimination?
Do they provide maternity and paternity leave?
Fixing the gender gap takes more than a day each year.
Story byCate Lawrence
Cate Lawrence is an Australian tech journo living in Berlin.
