Why deeptech companies need to do a deep-dive on gender diversity

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gender diversity, and players in the IT segment were seen as becoming more successful in this endeavour. But the gap remains and sectors such as in deeptech have to take more steps to bridge it.

A recent report by Pure Storage with Zinnov, “Towards a gender equitable world, unveiling diversity in deeptech,” analyses deeptech gender diversity from multiple angles. It shows that the global capability centres (GCCs) employ 1.66 million people and 466,000 are women — that is a 28% gender diversity representation.

In the junior levels, the diversity is higher at 37%. But as people move up the corporate hierarchy, the diversity gap becomes wider. It is 6.7% at the executive level.

Across 31 deeptech sectors, women account for 26.5% at the junior level, 24.5% at the middle level, 19.2% at senior level, 11.9% at the top level and just 5.1% at the executive level.

Part of this gap stems from the availability of talent pool in a sector that requires highly specialised skills.

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Getting people who are aware of the latest advancements is even more difficult. As many as