<p>EQUALITY IS ALL: Consultant and developer Kathy Brown, a member of Nerd Girls.</p><p>Just an hour into the opening session of IBM Connect in Florida and Kathy Brown let out a sigh.</p><p>Company executives and Hollywood actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt were singing the praises of social media in the workplace but, for Brown, something just wasn't right.</p><p>Then, in plain sight, it hit her. The images on the stage's backdrop. She was blunt on Twitter: "2 Female 'characters' on background. Both wore skirts and one had a pink phone. Really!?"</p><p><a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/8363185/Nerd-Girls-take-on-sexist-industry">Keep reading...</a></p>