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Companies with less gender diversity on their boards experienced a greater number of governance-related controversies. —MSCI Environmental Social Governance
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NO. 319
There's a strong, negative and statistically significant relationship between the proportion of women in a country’s legislature and the level of corruption. —World Bank
No. 150
When women are well represented in governing bodies, the overall quality of governance tends to rise + levels of corruption tend to sink. — UN
No. 555
When women are the direct beneficiaries of credit, their repayment rates are hgher in all regions of the world. —Ernst + Young
No. 386
Ensuring that girls get 12 years of education + women can work and earn an income are some of the smartest investments we can make to change the world. — G7 Foreign Secty., Dominic Raab
No. 327
When women are appointed to the C-suite, they catalyze fundamental shifts in the way a company thinks, leading to higher knowledge-building capacity, better business outcomes, and a stronger bottom line. Harvard Business Review, 2021.
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Womxn tend to be better at team work + working with those different from themselves. — Quorum
No. 256
A Study that tracked reproduction rates—following the free distribution of birth control to teens—resulted in ~72% fewer abortions. Science News, 2014.
No. 528
A look at 353 Fortune 500 Companies, showed that more womxn in senior management had 35% higher Return on Equity. — Catalyst
No. 629
Not closing the gender inequality gap and a lack of diversity and inclusion has an economic price tag. Not doing the right thing on this count has cost us $70 trillion since 1990 — BofA Global Research Report, Thematic Investing Everybody Counts! Diversity & Inclusion Primer, 2021
No. 473
Higher ratios of women’s NGOs to countries’ populations correlated with lower rates of deforestation. — Worldwatch.org
No. 538
If women farmers had access to the same resources as male farmers, they could increase their yields by 30%, and thereby feed an additional ~100 million people on the planet. — UN FAO
No. 357
In eight years of polling, women exhibit more scientifically accurate climate change knowledge than men. — Gallup
No. 466
Societies with greater gender equality + have higher gains in poverty reduction, environmental sustainability, consumer choice + innovation. —World Economic Forum
No. 265
Startups with at least 1 female founder hire 2.5x more women. — Kauffman Fellows Research Center
No. 466
In an analysis of 125+ Countries—corruption is lower in Countries where more womxn are parlimentarians. — Science Daily
No. 320
A woman’s income can increase up to 380% when she has a right to own + inherit property. — The Environmental Magazine
No.188
“You might think that the most significant parts of environmental efforts are recycling or energy reduction, but there’s a far more vital tool at work — women. This half of the population could be the key to effective change for the earth.” —The Environmental Magazine
No.150
Womxn now outnumber men in U.S. Medical Schools (as of Jan. 2020.) — Association of American Medical Colleges
No. 247
Record-low abortion rates in U.S. highlight impact of access to birth control. —Planned Parenthood (Meta-analysis)