23 #F10 Facts Collection

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Women start companies with an average of 50% less capital than men do.

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According to a study conducted by the Harvard Business Review, women ranked higher on several major elements of leadership than their male counterparts.

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Companies from Hong Kong, Mexico and the US have the longest-serving female directors, averaging between seven and eight years.

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The term “feminism” appeared in the English language in the 1890s.

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The first country to grant women the right to vote in the modern era was New Zealand in 1893.

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Women are responsible for up to 2/3 of global working hours, but they earn only 1/10th of the global income.

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The first woman in the modern era to rule a country as an elected leader was Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka, who was elected prime minister in 1960 and then later re-elected in 1970.

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Women are more likely to get a high school diploma than men. In addition, over 60% of college degrees in the United States are awarded to women.

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Globally, over 2.7 billion women are legally restricted from having the same choice of jobs as men.

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62% of women entrepreneurs rely upon their businesses as a primary source of income.

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Ghana has the highest percentage of women-owned businesses:  46.4%.

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The most male-dominated industries are construction (90% men to 10% women) and high-tech manufacturing (87% to 13%).

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Around one third of women say access to funding is the biggest barrier to starting a business, compared to 20% of men.

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Internationally, women make up approximately one-third of all entrepreneurs worldwide.

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Women-owned businesses are growing five times faster than the national average.

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Women are nearly three times as likely to collaborate with research institutions (universities in particular) than male businesses (11.4% compared with 3.8%).

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Women are twice as likely as men to mention family responsibilities as a barrier to starting a business.

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Women gained the right to vote in America in 1920.

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The first woman to receive a Pulitzer Prize was Edith Wharton in 1921 for her novel The Age of Innocence.