10 Interesting Facts about Women from Avivah Wittenberg-Cox

Here are some cool statistics about women and our changing world from a manifesto at ChangeThis.

21st Century Reality


So where are we today? In these early years of the third millennium, the roles of women have
changed dramatically and the gender balance of our global economy is shifting below our feet:

1. In 2010, women became the majority of the US labor force (51%)

2. Women now represent 60% of university graduates in developed (and many developing) countries

3. Women make most of the purchasing decisions in everything from cars and computers, to real estate and tourism. They also are majority of Internet users and dominate the leading social media websites.

4. They start most of the new companies created each year in the US.5. The number of wealthy women in the U.S. is growing twice as fast as the number of wealthy men.

6. Women represent more than 40 percent of all Americans with gross investable assets above $600,000.

7. Forty-five percent of American millionaires are women.

8. Sixty percent of high net worth women have earned their own fortunes.

9. 80% of the jobs lost in the US in the current recession were lost by men.  Three quarters of the jobs created in Europe since the year 2000 were filled by women.

10. Fortune 500 Companies with more gender balanced leadership teams outperform their peers financially.