The winners of the 2021 Women in Software Power List have been announced by software training programme Makers.
Now in its third year, the 2021 list was launched in partnership with Google for Startups to showcase women who are making a difference in the software sector.
Haylee Potts, events lead and head of diversity initiatives at Makers Academy, said: “The impact the pandemic has had on working women highlights the need for these awards. It’s not a pat on the back – we need to highlight individuals who inspire others and, crucially, we need to showcase the organisations taking the careers of the women in their teams seriously and doing everything they can to help them succeed, so that others in the industry can follow suit.”
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate effect on women, who in many cases have had to shoulder the burden of childcare while remote schooling was in place.
Makers cited research by TrustRadius which found that women were twice as likely as men to lose their jobs or be furloughed during the pandemic, and 78% of women in tech feel…
