The women shaping tech in Switzerland

A movement has started in Zurich to bring together women who work in the tech field that could break male dominance in the sector. It’s a Wednesday evening in Zurich and around 100 women (and a handful of men) have packed into a room at Google’s Zurich offices. They’re part of the We Shape Tech network. Organised by six women in their free time and of their own initiative, it includes women who work at large tech companies and start-ups, whether in web development, as Scrum Masters, UX designers, software engineers, and more. “I love working in tech, and I want to see more women here – I want it to be the norm.” Petra Ehmann works in business development at Google in Zurich, licensing content to power different apps, such as maps. She’s one of the women who runs the network. Ehmann has worked at various companies in different countries, and says her team at Google is “well mixed” when it comes to the male-female divide. However, as Google Zurich is the biggest ...