{"id":72322,"date":"2025-01-30T11:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T11:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fdmgroup.com\/?page_id=72322"},"modified":"2026-02-16T09:12:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T09:12:02","slug":"she-lives-tech","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fdmgroup.com\/en-au\/she-lives-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"She Lives Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<section class=\"hero-section light-menu full-bg\" fetchpriority=\"high\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.fdmgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/FDM_SheLivesTech_B2B_AU_landingPage_V04.jpg);\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"top\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"she-lives-tech\">Lead. Innovate.<br \/>\nSUCCEED in Tech<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\n\n\r\n<section class=\"text-with-image-section medium-light left\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 img-side waypoint\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"771\" height=\"791\" data-done=\"false\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.fdmgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/FDM_SheLivesTech_B2B_AU_landingPage_V01_Artboard-1-02-771x791.png\" alt=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 text-side waypoint\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Empowering your\u2028tech career<\/h2>\n<p>Tech is evolving toward greater gender equality, fostering collaborative, innovative spaces where women can thrive. Yet with only 30% female representation in 2026, the gap remains. 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It fosters a healthier, happier culture inspiring innovation, communication, and collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>FDM is driving change in diversity, equity, and inclusion at work. With 30+ years of experience in IT, we have seen our female consultants going above and beyond to excel.<\/p>\n<p>Our efforts are paying off:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>40% of FDM&#8217;s Australian workforce is female<\/li>\n<li>37% of FDM consultants in Australia identify as female<\/li>\n<li>+0.3 mean total gender pay gap at FDM Australia (vs +11.6% in Australia 2025)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n\r\n<section class=\"consultant-stories-section dark \">\r\n\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 text-con waypoint\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">In Australia 50% of FDM Coaches are female<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 consultant-slide-con waypoint\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"consultant-slide swiper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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