Code/Media, Re/code’s upcoming conference on February 17th, continues Re/code’s two year streak of Hall of Shame gender ratios. The speaker lineup is 26% women, which is the highest percentage of women speakers Re/code has had since they began organizing events in 2014. In 2016, though, 26% women is hardly a ratio worth celebrating.
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What's scarier than goblins and ghouls? Conferences and lists that consistently have Hall of Shame gender ratios. For Halloween, we're unmasking a few of repeat offenders from the GA Hall of Shame.
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Who doesn't love good news? At GenderAvenger, we're celebrating our first birthday by taking a look back at our original Hall of Famers to see who belongs in the GenderAvenger Super Hall of Fame! These conferences and lists appeared on the GenderAvenger website in 2014 and have since qualified for a second appearance in our Hall of Fame. We're inspired by their commitment to balanced gender ratios, and we hope that their work is an inspiration to our Hall of Shamers to clean up their acts.
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WIRED Retail is a one day conference that bills itself as "an exploration of the future of retail" and promises "to present the future of retail - with those who are building it."
Apparently conference organizers Valtech and WIRED UK do not see women as a critical part of that future. Out of 13 Main Stage speakers, only two are women. That's 15% women speakers, a dismal gender ratio that has landed WIRED Retail in the GA Hall of Shame.
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WSJ.D Live, a global technology conference hosted by the Wall Street Journal, has only 15% women speakers this year.
Show the Wall Street Journal that we are paying attention and that it's time to value the voices of women. Sign up for our ThunderClap today and help create a tidal wave of tweets highlighting the lack of women speakers at #WSJDLive and encouraging them to prioritize women's voices onstage at their future events.
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We're thrilled to announce that the Social Good Summit is in the GA Hall of Fame for the second year in a row!
In 2014 they featured 43% women speakers. This year, the conference has improved its Hall of Fame ratio. The 2015 Social Good Summit lineup includes 48% women speakers!
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Delight Conference is "a unique gathering of designers, technologists and businesses that care about creating experiences people love." This two day event kicks off on October 5, 2015 and they recently announced their speaker lineup.
Out of 15 speakers, 7 speakers are women. Delight Conference's 47% female speaker gender ratio has landed them a spot in the GenderAvenger Hall of Fame!
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