Locking women out of economic opportunities — either by not supporting their businesses or by ignoring their ideas and experience — weighs on overall economic performance and limits the innovation we need to tackle big problems, such as climate change.
We must put more emphasis on support for female entrepreneurs, and not just because it’s ethically and socially right to do so. The payoff is very much worth it: providing women with equal opportunities could create $160tn in wealth from better use of human skills.
