Why Web of Women Matters:

In 2016*:

57% of all working professionals in the USA were women, yet, women made up only 26% of professionals in the technology and computing sector.

Out of that 26% of women working the tech sector, only 2% were Hispanic.

Only 20% of Chief Information Officers in the USA are women.

56% of people taking AP exams are girls, yet girls made up only 23% of the people taking the AP Computer Science exam.

Last year, 57% of people who received a Bachelor’s degree in this country were women, yet out of all the people earning a Bachelor’s in Computer Science, only 16% were women.

*Statistics compiled by the National Center for Women and Information Technology