We are delighted to announce our report, 'Transformative Women: Women's inclusion in the evolving identity industry', in connection with our Transformative Women initiative at Identity Week Europe and Identity Week America.
Inclusion in any environment or workplace is a basic right. In technology industries in particular, male professionals disproportionately outweigh women. A lack of diversity in talented people working on the development of complex technologies like AI, blockchain, or digital identity can impact the product in terms of the users' experience and factors like security and privacy.
In the report we explore the power of inclusive workforces on technology, the gendered impacts of technology around bias, and reflect on women's experiences from education and the level of exposure to tech sectors, to mentorship and flexibility with juggling society’s pressures, childcare and taking career breaks. Technology should be built for everyone by everyone to ensure the product delivers on benchmarks of inclusion for example, privacy, security, usability and interoperability.
Inclusion can be measured in terms of how many people own formal identification to enable their lives, as well as if it protects their privacy. Citing a study from Osservatori Digital Innovation, Politecnico di Milano, we examine the diffusion of digital ID systems between men and women across the EU ecosystem, with men statistically quicker to adopt technologies and specifically, the legal persons identity in Italy.
Out of 850 million people who lack a form of ID across the globe, women in low-income countries are 8% less likely to own an ID than men.
Download the report here.
