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"... women make significant and proven contributions to business and economic growth." - Ernst & Young Groundbreakers Research
"Both in emerging and developed markets, they experience wage and occupational disparities, inadequate political representation and little or no visibility in corporate boardrooms. This occurs even when women are better educated than men." - Ernst & Young Groundbreakers Research
"The level of development in a country and gender equality have been shown to be significantly correlated through the research by major entities such as the World Bank, Goldman Sachs and the United nations." - Ernst & Young Groundbreakers Research
"Corporate Financial performance improves when women are in leadership roles." - Ernst & Young Groundbreakers Research, Catalyst Research
“No country in the world has achieved gender equality. The four highest ranking countries—Norway, Finland, Sweden and Iceland—have closed a little over 80% of their gender gaps ..." - WEF’s Global Gender Gap Report 2008
"Encouraging more women into the labour force has been the single-biggest driver of Eurozone’s labour market success, much more so than ‘conventional’ labour market reforms." - Goldman Sachs’s Global Economics Paper No: 154 (April 2007), Gender Inequality, Growth and Global Ageing
"Closing the gap between male and female employment rates would ...[boost] US GDP by as much as 9%, Eurozone GDP by 13% and Japanese GDP by 16%" - Goldman Sachs’s Global Economics Paper No: 154 (April 2007), Gender Inequality, Growth and Global Ageing
"90% of a woman's income is reinvested in their families and communities, compared to 30 - 40 % of a man's income." - World Bank
" ... on average, Fortune 500 companies with more women on their boards of directors turned in better financial performances than those with fewer women board directors." - The Bottom Line: Corporate Performance and Women’s Representation on Boards, 2007
