Eurocrats want more women in IT

WE'RE NOT SURE this is what Germaine Greer was seeking when she wrote The Female Eunuch but the European Commission is calling for more women to work in IT.

The Commission says a better gender balance is needed to get close to a projected shortfall of 300,000 workers by 2010.

According to Computerworld, on International Women's Day yesterday, EU commissioner Viviane Reding said: "Getting more women into ICT careers would be a force for change and a major boost for this key economic sector in Europe. With Europe facing a skills shortage in this sector, we must encourage more women to study ICT subjects and to take up a career in this field, so as to increase capacity of the workforce and to tap into women's creative potential."

Hmm, these shortfalls of skills are often referenced by political types but hiring doesn't seem to be a major issue at most companies that are decent employers. But there are lots of older people with IT skills out of work in Europe. And there are more and more IT managers managing offshored projects.

And who, whether male or female, would want to work in European IT in those conditions? µ