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      255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
      initial;">"Out of the many economies in the Asia Pacific region,
      India has a larger number of women working in the ICT industry
      than most others, at<span> </span><a
href="https://anitaborg.org/news/perspective/indian-women-in-technology-barriers/"
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        text-decoration: none;">around 34%</a>. More women are
      undertaking STEM courses, with<span> </span><a
href="https://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/Discussion_Paper_Powell_Chang_Women_ICT_OR.pdf"
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        text-decoration: none;">around 42% of female undergraduates
        doing computer science and computer engineering</a><span> </span>and<span> </span><a
href="http://gsm-it.com/userassets/Publications/GSM-IT_SCORECARD-INDIA_Spring_2017_web.pdf"
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        text-decoration: none;">46.8% undertaking postgraduate degrees
        in and IT and Computing</a><span> </span>during 2014-2015."</p>
    Read more on APNIC's blog: <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://blog.apnic.net/2017/07/28/women-ict-fostering-leadership-potential-india/">https://blog.apnic.net/2017/07/28/women-ict-fostering-leadership-potential-india/</a><br>
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    Thanks, <br>
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    Amanda<br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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