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Silicon Valley's female failings

Women still make up only a third of the workforce of the big Silicon Valley giants like Facebook, Google, Uber and Apple, according to recent figures.

Many people working in the industry claim a β€˜bro’ culture continues to dominate despite several cases of discrimination and harassment going to court. So is enough being done to redress the gender imbalance?

Our workplace commentator Stephanie Hare argues that many large technology companies remain woefully ignorant about the need to promote inspirational women as role models.

(Image: A gallery employee looks at Margaret Carpenter's painting of Ada Lovelace. Credit: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

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