<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Whitney SSm A", "Whitney SSm B"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">"Out of the many economies in the Asia Pacific region, India has a larger number of women working in the ICT industry than most others, at <a href="https://anitaborg.org/news/perspective/indian-women-in-technology-barriers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: inherit; background: 0px 0px transparent; color: rgb(138, 78, 148); text-decoration: none;">around 34%</a>. More women are undertaking STEM courses, with <a href="https://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/Discussion_Paper_Powell_Chang_Women_ICT_OR.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: inherit; background: 0px 0px transparent; color: rgb(138, 78, 148); text-decoration: none;">around 42% of female undergraduates doing computer science and computer engineering</a> and <a href="http://gsm-it.com/userassets/Publications/GSM-IT_SCORECARD-INDIA_Spring_2017_web.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: inherit; background: 0px 0px transparent; color: rgb(138, 78, 148); text-decoration: none;">46.8% undertaking postgraduate degrees in and IT and Computing</a> during 2014-2015." Read more on APNIC's blog: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://blog.apnic.net/2017/07/28/women-ict-fostering-leadership-potential-india/">https://blog.apnic.net/2017/07/28/women-ict-fostering-leadership-potential-india/</a> Thanks, Amanda </body> </html>