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Note to Investors: Women are the Future

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Note to Investors: Women are the Future

Don't Let Gender Discrimination Blind You to Growing Female Influence in Business and Consumer Trends

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Women’s success in male-dominated sectors is only beginning, but there’s still some work left to do.

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Men in China and elsewhere dominate the tech, finance and science sectors. Most companies in these industries still lack gender diversity. However, that may be changing. Krypton Times Sharing, a contributor for 36Kr, shows that women are beginning to break through barriers and common mind-sets – both in China and on a global scale. getAbstract recommends this article to working females everywhere.

Summary

Gender discrimination isn’t a new topic, but professional men and women still continue to be unequal. Men do tend to contribute more at home than they have in the past and, in many families, both men and women are working. But female entrepreneurs, for example, are at a considerable disadvantage. While female executives head one-third of the world’s corporations, women receive only 4% of all conventional small business loans and only 7% of venture capital.

At the same time, data show that women are on the rise. Globally, women’s spending power has reached $20 trillion. Around 75% of women ...

About the Author

Krypton Times Sharing is a contributor to tech and science media platform 36Kr. He is dedicated to sharing information about the best products and services in entrepreneurship.

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