Johannesburg, 10 Jun 2005
No women working in the IT industry qualified as finalists for the 2005 Businesswoman of the Year Award.
This emerged during the announcement of the 2005 Businesswoman of the Year Award finalists this week.
Tina Thomson, CEO of the Businesswomen`s Association (BWA), says women don`t stay in the South African IT industry for long enough to qualify for the BWA Businesswoman of the Year Award.
"One of the criteria for the award is that a candidate has to work a minimum of three years to qualify," says Thomson.
"Women are graduating to work in the IT industry but most of them stay for less than a year at their jobs. We are faced with a mammoth task to establish the cause of this."
Thomson says research is being conducted in collaboration with the Tshwane University of Technology to determine why women in top IT positions leave the industry so soon.
The award, sponsored by Nedbank, has recognised woman achievers for the past 26 years.
This year`s finalists were chosen from a group of 30 candidates holding top positions across a range of industries. The short-listed finalists are:
Robyn Heathfield, MD of Torquip Earthmoving Equipment
Monhla Hlahla, MD of ACSA
Yvonne Johnson, CEO of the International Marketing Council
Angela Dick, MD of Transman
Maserame Mouyeme, group MD of FCB South Africa
The 2005 Businesswoman of the Year Award will be presented on 2 August at the Sandton Convention Centre.
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