Microsoft and Google have refused to disclose to a prominent U.K. member of Parliament how many female employees they have on their employee roster.
It comes on the day that we celebrate International Women's Day, in which we collectively highlight the advancements and challenges women still face in this liberalized day and age in areas of politics, education, employment, and equality.
According to Chi Onwurah, Labor MP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and Shadow Cabinet Office Minister, out of the ten technology and engineering companies surveyed, both Microsoft and Google cited "confidentiality as the reason for refusing the data," speaking to ComputerWorld U.K.
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