Ivanka Trump for gender balance |
India`s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with United States President Donald Trump`s Adviser Ivanka Trump, inaugurated the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES-2017) in Hyderabad on November 28. The summit is a gathering of hundreds of budding, ambitious and well-known entrepreneurs as well as investors and supporters of the start-up eco-system. The eighth edition of the GES, which is coming for the first time to South Asia, will serve as a forum to celebrate and nurture entrepreneurship and provide opportunities to network. Ivanka Trump said the public policy is incredibly important to support women entrepreneurs. Technology offers tremendous opportunity for women entrepreneurs. Having equal representation and diversity is financially beneficial to business. Balance the gender gap in labour force is not just a social responsibility but also a fiscal responsibility. So, there is the need to align what`s being taught in the classroom to the economy students will graduate into. There`s a lack of women in STEM fields and are underpaid too. Cherie Blair of Foundation for Women also spoke at the event. She stressed that the men needed to understand difficulties faced by women. Her foundation has helped Indian women get skills and break barriers. Women should be given access to technology.
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