LAS VEGAS: America's largest consumer electronics show on Jan 7 hosted Ivanka Trump as a keynote speaker – a choice that drew scorn from many women in technology.
The annual CES tech gathering in Las Vegas has long taken criticism over diversity issues. In recent years, the show's organiser, the Consumer Technology Association, has invited more women to speak and sought to curb some of the show's more sexist aspects, such as scantily clad "booth babes” hired to draw attention of the mostly male attendees.
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