If you asked fifty young people in the UK to name a female entrepreneurial role model, only one would be able to answer. This statistic, which was among the findings of a new study into young peoples’ ambition by Entrepreneur First, isn’t just disappointing – it’s damaging.

‘More must be done to foster diversity in IP if we don’t want to wait 50 years to achieve gender parity in innovation’, says Joan Mill, Managing Director, EMEA at CPA Global.

We are currently riding the crest of a wave for female representation in the startup community. The past decade has seen more female-founded startups emerging, and more enjoying unprecedented success at the very highest level.

Despite constantly evolving, women are still under-represented in the tech sector – a problem even more acute in fintech, which is typically male-dominated. But as a woman with an eye on fintech markets across Europe, here’s how we can tackle the issue.

There is not enough diversity in the technology sector as a whole. At London Tech Week, Mike Butcher editor at Tech Crunch, said this year’s figures show that in the tech industry 20% is made up by females, and that has dropped from 33% in 2002.

There is a massive stigma out there that certain careers are for boys and others are for girls. But why?

Women in Technology Oslo is a volunteer driven organisation which host hands-on workshops and technical talks for women new to the world of working in technology.

To celebrate International Women's Day, Brighton workspace PLATF9RM presented its event 'Kickass Women' featuring Startups Magazine's own Editor and Founder, Daisy Stapley-Bunten.

With the recent A-Level and GCSE results being released in the UK, let's look at the statistics  of young women studying STEM subjects. 

A recruitment startup that uses technology to enable people with disabilities to work as effectively as anybody else.

Senior Associate at Autonomy Ventures in New York; board member of NYVC; advisor at Astia and Yeshiva University Women In Business; as well as the co-founder of Pivt, Lynn Greenberg discusses the opportunities in being a woman in tech.

Ben Hayes, Director of Grasp Brands, exposes the tech industry's big and costly branding problem.