10th International Congress on Information and Communication Technology

Authors - Maria Sahakyan, Meri Badalyan, Lusine Karapetya
Abstract - The article is devoted to the study of the essence and characteristics of discrimination in the IT workplace. Obviously, the field of information technology is one of the priority areas for the development of the economy of the Republic of Armenia. This area is developing quite rapidly, and the average salary in IT companies is higher than the average salary in other spheres in Armenia. On the one hand, we still face the stereotype that a successful IT professional is a man. On the other hand, women in Armenia are starting to play an increasingly important role in coding, product development, web design, and other IT areas. The average share of women employed in IT in the world doesn't exceed 20% even though the tech world aspires to achieve gender balance and diversity. According to the data of 2022, more than 43% employees of the IT sector in Armenia are women, which is a quite high index at the global level. But still women in the IT sector earn on average about 1.5 times less than men. Despite the efforts of different engaged bodies to diminish the discrimination in the work-place, this is still a serious issue.