The Impact Of Women
On average, women invest 70% of their earnings back to their communities
Women are leading social changes, but still a long way to achieving gender equity.
#investinwomen
Women Empowerment
For a more inclusive, equitable and sustainable future.
In January 2021, women’s labor force participation rate hit a 33-year low.
In December 2020, 154,000 Black women left the labor force*
*the largest one-month drop among that cohort since the beginning of the pandemic.
in the known
In my job, as an asset manager, women and people of color combined, manage just 1.3% of the $70 Trillion financial industry. This means that white men are making decisions on which companies get investment and how funds are constructed 98.7% of the time.
Kristin Hull
Kristin Hull PhD is a conscious investor empowering individuals, families and organizations to invest in alignment with their values, for the world they want to see. Kristin launched Nia Global Solutions in 2013 to bring activism and impact investing into the public markets. In doing so, she developed Nia’s six solutions-focused investment themes, weaving a gender-lens throughout the investment thesis.
She just published an article Giving Up The Patriarchy with stats and call to action to Giving Up The Patriarchy.
women in media
What would the world look like if women were ruling the media? Likely a less divided society.
We use empathy as a tool of resistance to amplify women and their global impact to support an inclusive society and a healthier media ecosystem.
10%
Only 10% of the Top 200 Apple Podcast Charts are Women.
Bello Collective
21%
As of 2020, only 21% of top-charting podcasts are led by female and non-binary hosts. Despite the fact that podcasting remains a “boy’s club,” Edison Research confirms that women listen to more podcasts per week than men.
7.6%
Women own less than 7.6% of broadcast and TV networks in the U.S., and 15 (white) male billionaires own the news network. Women’s Media Center
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Women media moguls focus on positive messages (think Oprah, Arianna Huffington and Michelle Obama).
the reality of women worldwide
Women and girls collect 80% of the water needed in households without access to water
#genderequity
Women own less
than 20% of the world’s land.#equalownersright
Women are in charge
of 85% of the household budget#consciouspending
1.3B
Women do not own a bank account.
#financialindependence
$4T
Investment alone in women and under-represented founders would add 4 trillion dollars of value into the economy.
#impactinvesting
$300B
Closing the Black women’s earning gap would add $300 billion to U.S GDP per year.
#impactinvesting
94%
Men still write 94% of top-selling business books.
#writerequity
violence against women
1.7 B
1.7 billion women have experienced physical or sexual violence.
#speakup
11
An average of 11 women are killed each day in Mexico.
#domesticviolence
71%
Over 40 million people are trafficked around the world. 71% are female.
#buyfairtrade
women & Mental health
70%
70% of women are more likely to have an anxiety disorder and or depression than men.
#retrainyourbrain
Learn More
- Women United Nations: How Covid-19 Impacts Women and Girls
- World Hunger Day & The Hunger Project
- The World Economic Forum says it will take 257 years for women to reach economic equality.
women & Food
2/3
Rural women often represent approximately two thirds of the 400 million poor livestock keepers.
#fairworkingconditions
60%
It is estimated that 60 percent of the world’s chronically hungry people are women and girls.
#unitednationswomen
twice
women and girls are twice as likely to suffer from malnutrition as men and boys, due to a combination of biological, social and cultural reasons.
#goodnutrition
