EU to make women play technology: When geeks are cool

European Commission Science and Technology Commissioner Nili Cross (Tencent Technology map) Tencent Technology, March 7, compiled by the European Commission Science and Technology Commissioner Nili Cross (Neelie Kroes) in Thursday, the lack of women in the High-tech industry to the European Union caused by the loss of billions of euros, so the EU will launch an initiative, To attract women to join the technology industry, to alleviate the problem of insufficient technical force. Data from the European Commission showed that only 9 women were among the 100 European application developers, and women accounted for less than 30% per cent of the European Information and Communication Technology (ICT) workforce. Cross said that if the technological industry's lack of technology continues, it will weaken Europe's overall competitiveness, and solve the problem can help ease the EU's employment problems. According to the European Commission's Thursday data, the European ICT industry has a total of more than 400,000 vacant jobs in February this year and is expected to increase to covers in 2015 and to as in 2020. Among the students who studied science and technology in the university, the number of males remained stable and the number of females declined. As one of the activities of this year's Women's Day, the EU will attract more women into the technology sector, which is an economic impetus. Nili Cross said. If women can work in digital jobs as often as men, European GDP can grow by 9 billion euros a year (about $12 billion trillion). She cited the latest figures released by the European Commission as saying. In the High-tech sector, the proportion of women is particularly low, with only 19.2%, compared with 45.2% for women in other sectors. The European Commission's study also found that companies that train women managers are 35% more than the returns on equity they get from companies without such policies, and shareholder returns are 34% higher. The European Commission will publicize the typical characters, introduce the most inspiring women in the field through online video, and encourage young women to learn science and technology careers through the initiative. "ICT is no longer a small area of geeks, it's cool, it's the future," he wrote in a Twitter message.