As March — Women’s History Month and Technical.ly’s Gender Equity in Tech Month — comes to a close, I’ve been thinking: What can we do to celebrate the accomplishments of women in our industry while also working to shrink the still-wide gender gap?

Well, for the latter point, we can start by encouraging young women and girls to pursue careers in tech, by redoubling our efforts to cast a wider net when hiring, and by making sure our work environments serve women as much as they serve men, or anyone else, for that matter.

And — perhaps most importantly — by giving women and other marginalized groups a seat at the table. While some steps have already been taken to even the odds, men still represent a majority of positions of power in tech: Among the top grossing tech brands in the world, a survey by Statista found that women held an average of just 28% of leadership jobs.

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