The global gender gap in innovation
17% of international patents are held by women while men have 83% according to latest UN data. With the trends today, gender parity in international patenting will take until 2061,
Media and increased women political power in the EU elections
Equal representation of women and men in political decision-making is a goal for the EU elections, organisation umbrella European Women’s Lobby states in a manifesto. Question is if the big
Female founders getting record high share of VC capital
Female founders in the US and Europe had record-high shares of VC capital raised in 2023, even as a decline in deals made the business of raising money the toughest
International Women’s Day: CEO gender parity will take another 90 years
It will take another 90 years to reach global chief executive gender parity and another 50 years to reach the same parity for chairs of boards with the current speed
Women needed for digital public infrastructures
Include women when creating, designing and implementing digital public infrastructures (DPI). DPI promise to boost public service delivery at scale and help countries achieve development priorities but design and implementation
International Women’s Day investing in women
Women account for 29.4% of entry-level workers in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) but only 12.4% of C-Suite executives. Women remain significantly underrepresented in the STEM workforce, making up 49.3%
Women directors underrepresented for the Oscars
There will be just one woman among the five nominated to get an Oscar for best director at the 96th Academy Awards organised in Hollywood by the Academy of Motion
Putting women entrepreneurs in tech superpowers
Up to £250 billion of new value could be added to the UK economy if women started and scaled new businesses at the same rate as UK men. Women entrepreneurs
Vast majority of women suffer from ageism at work
77.8% of women experience age based discrimination at work at some stage in their careers. Only 12.7% say they have not experienced ageism at all. “Ageism is an ever-present form
Still just a minority of scientists in movies are women
More women are needed in STEM – science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Women make up almost half (49.3%) of total employment but just 29.2% of all STEM workers. TV and