Code for equality
Mismatched gender ratio in technology can be corrected to achieve gender equality amidst business digitisation.

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In today’s increasingly technology-driven world, companies have no choice but to embrace digital transformation. Telstra’s Asian Digital Transformation Index, part of a research series investigating global digital transformation, explores the factors for success in this digitally disrupted world and highlights the regions and industries that are best creating an environment for change.
Among APAC markets, Hong Kong enterprises are found to actively engage in developing, recruiting and retaining talents amidst this business digitisation trend. Hong Kong ranks third in the human capital category of the Index, with 53% of surveyed companies indicating it is relatively easy to find employees with the requisite digital skills.
The business digitisation trend and its demand for talents also mean coding will become one of the most important skills of the future. However, the stereotype that girls don’t code and the gender gap in tech leadership need to be addressed for society to become truly inclusive while taking full advantage of our human capital.
First Code Academy is an education technology startup founded by a woman and a man. Their experience and insights shed light on gender stereotypes and the mismatched ratio in technology, something they work to shatter by teaching children how to code.

