Discourse 2024 - Women In Digital

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The first of its kind, the Women in Digital Discourse aims to connect real life experiences and insights with open data sources to provide a true and current overview of Australia’s current workforce and workplace for women working in digital.

The conversation around gender equity in the workplace has never been more critical.

Delving deep into the current state of the workforce, the Women in Digital Discourse offers a comprehensive analysis of the challenges and opportunities women face in the tech and digital sectors.

Providing a data-driven exploration of key areas such as workplace culture, pay equity, and the persistent barriers that continue to hinder progress, and backed by insights from industry experts and firsthand accounts, the Women in Digital Discourse aims to shed light on the realities of gender dynamics in the digital space.

Note: The data presented in this Discourse was collected from our community in Australia through comprehensive surveys. These surveys included a mix of qualitative and quantitative questions, enabling us to gather both measurable data and detailed feedback, providing a well-rounded understanding of the insights and experiences of the tech industry.

The Women in Digital Discourse set out to connect real-life experiences and insights by generating our own data to provide a true and current overview of the sector’s current workforce and workplace. To do this, we surveyed more than 300 people, mainly women, on a wide range of workplace issues, including salary, flexibility, parental leave and children, career progression and male allyship.

Encouragingly, the Discourse confirmed that our sector predominately offers great workplace flexibility, which helps women maintain productivity while juggling life’s demands. However, the results still tell us that there is more work to do. The unfortunate reality, as our Discourse shows, is women continue to confront a myriad of barriers in the workplace, from unequal pay to lack of encouragement to apply for senior roles.

What is the current lay of the land in the typical modern digital and technology workplace? While the description of ‘typical’ workplace is a hard one to 1 define these days, the Discourse has provided a few strong points for consideration.

It’s no secret that in the modern workplace, flexibility is important to employees. However, helping employees achieve the right work-life balance, while maintaining productivity, can prove challenging.

Equal pay for equal work and the motherhood penalty both continue to be problematic for women in the sector.

As a woman, progressing your career in a male-dominated field can be tough.

Across the board, it seems workplaces are being more accommodating for women who choose to have children, particularly when it comes to parental leave provisions.

While women receive great backing from their fellow female employees, results showed that male counterparts are also a source of positive reinforcement.