Women in tech: shameful numbers hide our heroic change-makers

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The gender pay gap is a nationwide challenge, but money isn't enough to change the makeup of the tech sector

Last month, forward-thinking legislation required more than 10,000 companies to publish their gender pay gaps; it made for sobering reading. These were daunting numbers. The figures showed that ...

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