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Thanks to our incredible panellists, <\/span>Amelia Ng<\/a>, <\/span>Yvonne Gyebi<\/a>, <\/span>Ayesha Abbas<\/a>, <\/span>Aditya Mandloi<\/a>, <\/span>Chinali P.<\/a> and <\/span>Priya Raghunath<\/a> + everyone who tuned in to watch our panel discussion, <\/span>#IWD2022<\/a>: <\/span>#Investing<\/a> in <\/span>#FemaleEntrepreneurs<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n As our panellists echoed, spreading awareness about gender inequality is the first step to finding a solution. So if you don’t have time to watch the full session, here’s a quick wrap-up summarizing some of the painful truths about the biases that women face, the opportunity to transform global markets if we invest more in women and some recommendations to drive further inclusion for all. <\/span><\/p>\n \ud83d\udcb8 Women entrepreneurs come up against a host of challenges, from limited access to financing – (Women-led businesses received just 2.3% of VC funding in 2020) – to less noticeable ones such as having to adapt to office thermal conditions designed with men in mind. <\/span><\/p>\n \u26a1The opportunity is real – if women and men participated equally as entrepreneurs, global GDP could rise by approximately 3% to 6%, boosting the global economy by $2.5 trillion to $5 trillion.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n \ud83d\udcaa We can help further the agenda by calling out cultural and societal expectations that keep women behind, putting more women in leadership positions to increase access and opportunities for others, building greater networks and access to mentorship to help women build skills, and establishing government regulations and policies that empower women entrepreneurs such as shared parental leave. <\/span><\/p>\n Full recording down below \ud83d\udc47<\/span><\/p>\n #InternationalWomensMonth<\/a> #BreakingtheBias<\/a> #RewiringtheDNAinbanking<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/wpinternaltrial.olea.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-2.png” title_text=”image (2)” url=”https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/video\/live\/urn:li:ugcPost:6912322293662658561\/” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Our CEO, Amelia Ng, was part of an esteemed panel of speakers as part of International Women\u2019s Day 2022. The session sheds light on why it\u2019s important to invest in women entrepreneurs and how this can catalyse change and drive sustainable economies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\n Our CEO, Amelia Ng, was part of an esteemed panel of speakers as part of International Women\u2019s Day 2022. The session sheds light on why it\u2019s important to invest in women entrepreneurs and how this can catalyse change and drive sustainable economies.<\/p>\n","_et_gb_content_width":"1200"},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinternaltrial.olea.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234489"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinternaltrial.olea.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinternaltrial.olea.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinternaltrial.olea.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinternaltrial.olea.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234489"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/wpinternaltrial.olea.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":234779,"href":"https:\/\/wpinternaltrial.olea.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234489\/revisions\/234779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinternaltrial.olea.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinternaltrial.olea.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinternaltrial.olea.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}