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Monday, 15 October, 2001, 12:03 GMT 13:03 UK
Appeal for more 'IT' girls
![]() Few women work in information technology
The UK Government is launching a new initiative to attract more women to the information technology industry.
Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt said the government would introduce measures next year to try to draw more women to the industry. "We need to give information technology an image makeover to make it more attractive to women," she said. "The image that many schoolgirls have of IT is more computer geek than computer chic. "We want to see more IT girls and fewer net nerds in our computing industries," she said. Help and advice The initiative will target women of all ages. Among the measures will be:
Lucrative career "IT means big business," said Patricia Hewitt. In the past five years, the number of jobs in the computing industry has grown by a 50%, compared to an 8% growth in the general workforce, creating 336,000 more jobs. "Although more women are now working than ever before, too many are low paid and too few are well paid. "I want to see more women in interesting, well paid jobs and IT is a great way to get there. Female IT graduates earn about £3,000 more than other female graduates," she said
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