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The right to education, women’s right to vote, parity in the eye of the Law and reproductive rights are all fruit of a movement that today focuses primarily on the pay gap. Over the last few days, the business cluster ClosingGap, which analyses society’s most pressing gender gaps, has published a report that reveals that Spanish women’s salaries are 21.9% lower than those of their male colleagues, which translates into an annual difference of €5,784.

Whether you are working on a small website for a friend or a large application for a company, setting the right boundaries and expectations with regards to both parties involved, is critical to building and maintaining a good relationship with your client.

If you are thinking about the wonderful world of UX/UI design or you are one of the lucky ones that is already dedicated to this, then you should know that we are in the best moment to be able to transform our ideas into real designs thanks to these top design tools. 

More than four billion people around the world still do not have access to the internet, a phenomenon that has become known as the digital gap. Whilst more than 85% of developed regions (Europe and North America) surf the net on a daily basis, less than 40% of Africa can enjoy the same luxury, a continent where gender discrimination affects more women than men: for every 100 men, there are 122 women between 25 and 34 years old living in extreme poverty. 

We’ve been working on ways to increase access and allow students to take advantage of Ironhack’s education, regardless of location or ability to make it to a physical campus. We’ve adapted best practices from our classroom methodology and developed Remote Live to focus not only on learning but also on creating a community-driven and social experience.

Across the European Union, just 24 out of every 1,000 women in higher education are studying programmes related to information and communication technology (ICT). Of those 24, just 6 actually end up working in the digital sector. According to a report carried out by the European Commission entitled Women in the Digital Age, increased female participation in the digital sector would prompt an annual increase in GDP of around 16 billion euros. Aside from being a pressing social concern, the cost of inequality affects both businesses’ and the economy’s productivity.