Abdulazeez, Bashirat (2019) REVIEW OF CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY: SHAPING THE FUTURE. In: 1st National Conference of WITED, Ilaro Chapter, August 13-16, 2019, The Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro.
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In Nigeria young men are almost twice as likely to have a career in computer science and technology – related fields as women. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, women make up on average just 22% of the total number of Engineering and Technology university graduates each year (www.nigerianstat.gov.ng). The same source also affirms that women make-up roughly a fifth of the total number of people working in information and communication technology sector.However, it is not only about the numbers. It is about enriching and complementing your workforce with the diverse qualities and perspectives of women, research has shown that better and more useful tools are created when the developers of such tools fully represent the diversity of the societies we live in. This means that, to get fully functional and universally acceptable inventions, the opinion of women have to be taken into consideration.This paper shows the impact women will play in the future of technology while examining the challenges they face in their pursuit of academic and career excellence, it further presents irrefutable evidences of women who have affected the entire world with their inventions in time past and those who are making waves with their continuous innovative efforts at bringing technology to its peak at present.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Electronics and Computer Science |
| Depositing User: | Dr J. Soyemi |
| Date Deposited: | 28 May 2021 15:35 |
| Last Modified: | 28 May 2021 15:35 |
| URI: | http://eprints.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng/id/eprint/1441 |
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