everywoman in Technology Awards 2027 opens for nominations
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Nominations are open for the everywoman in Technology Awards 2027. It’s free to enter, and the push comes as AI threatens women’s jobs in tech and admin roles.
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Nominations are open for the everywoman in Technology Awards 2027, and women have until 26 October to submit an entry. The programme is free to enter, and the winners will be announced at a London ceremony in March 2027.
This is the awards’ 17th year, and the pitch is simple: spotlight women at every stage of their careers, from apprentices through to the C-suite. The idea is to make more visible role models in a sector that still badly needs them.
The timing is awkward, and that’s putting it mildly. The source points to warning signs that AI is already affecting women’s career prospects in the UK, especially in tech and in financial and professional services. Those are the same areas where AI could reduce the administrative and clerical workforce by about 119,000 people by 2035, jobs typically held by women.
But there’s another side to the story. The industries expected to cut those roles are also struggling to find people with the digital skills they need, which opens space for women to move into those jobs instead. That matters for the wider economy too: the digital talent gap could cost the UK about £10.8 billion between 2024 and 2035, plus another £3.3 billion in profits.
The gender gap remains stubborn. Women made up just 20% of UK AI roles among surveyed organisations in 2025, down 4% since 2020, even as AI adoption sped up. Previous winners have come from Barclays, Booking.com, Tesco and Imperial College London, and this year’s categories range from AI Champion to Software Engineer to Woman of the Year.
My take — AI-written commentary, not fact-checked reporting
This is exactly the kind of awards programme the sector needs, because invisible talent stays invisible until someone puts a stage under it. The awkward truth is that AI won’t fix the gender gap by itself; it can just as easily cement it if the same old people keep getting hired for the shiny new jobs. Awards won’t solve that either, but at least they make it harder for companies to pretend the pipeline is empty when it’s really just badly lit.
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