They are under-represented in the industry and sometimes made to feel unwelcome in geek-infested workspaces, but women are making their voices heard at Europe’s largest technology marketplace – the Web Summit in Lisbon.
Rana el Kaliouby, chief executive of the artificial intelligence startup Affectiva, called for gender quotas in recruitment at tech firms.
“Women are the majority of gamers, they spend the most time on social media, they make the most app purchases, but they’re not part of the design process and the (development) of these technologies. That is a problem,” she said in Lisbon.
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