'Hire some bloody women', the gender data gap: Chips with Everything podcast
Jordan Erica Webber teams up with Nicola Davis to look at the gender data gap in both big tech and science, and the dangerous repercussions for women in a world built for men
Last Friday was International Women's Day, so Chips with Everything has teamed up with the Guardian's Science Weekly podcast. Together, they examine the gender data gap and the dangerous repercussions of a world built for men.
Jordan speaks to Caroline Criado-Perez, the author of Invisible Women, about how women are underrepresented in the tech industry, in both the hiring process and the general design of its products. From VR headsets that make women experience motion sickness to health apps that once forgot to add period trackers, Caroline breaks down the gender data gap in big tech.
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