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Twitter is the latest tech company to reveal figures showing women are still underrepresented in the information and communication technology (ICT) workforce.<\/p>\n
Men make up 70% of the overall staff and women just 30%, according to a blog post by Janet Van Huysse, the company\u2019s vice president for diversity and inclusion.<\/p>\n
But within technical jobs at the social media giant only one in ten of employees are women, she also revealed.<\/p>\n
Lately everyone seems to be talking about attracting women to ICT. Last year, Stanford University released the She++ documentary about recruiting women to study computing that was screened in 11 countries.<\/p>\n
Google made a big splash last month with its new venture, Made with Code, aimed at inspiring girls to try coding.<\/p>\n
Other ventures include TechGirls, Digital Divas and RoboGals.<\/p>\n