Gender Equality
90%
On average, women entrepreneurs reinvest 90% of their revenue back to their community, compared with male entrepreneurs, who only reinvest 40 percent. Source: Arancha Gonzalez, Executive Director of the International Trade Centre
3/4
Approximately three quarters of garment workers, worldwide, are women. Source: Clean Clothes Campaign
85%
85% of garment workers in Bangladesh are women, and face working long hours, for poverty-level wages and are denied basic maternity rights. Source: Stitched Up, War on Want
Women Are Paid Less
Women are paid less than men. On average, women in most countries earn 60 to 75 per cent of what their male counterparts earn. Source: World Bank Gender Data Portal
