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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9853

4 March 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/technology
Commission backs “code of best practice” to encourage jobs for women in scientific sectors

Brussels, 03/03/2009 (Agence Europe) - With a shortfall of around 300,000 qualified engineers predicted for 2010 in the European Union, reality shows that fewer than one ICT technician out of five is a woman. In order to encourage a female presence in the new technologies of information and communication (ICT) and to ensure the ICT sector prospers in Europe, the European Commission gave its support, on Tuesday 3 March, to an agreement signed by five major companies, in the aim of attracting...

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