Gender diversity

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Why balance is better than history’s wild pendulum

• Women make up almost half of the world’s working-age population, but they generate only 37% of global GDP. They are generally over-represented in low paying (or unpaid work as housewives), part-time, informal and low productivity jobs.
• Whether looking at intelligence or emotion, cognition or behaviour, science has told us that men and women are fundamentally different and have a different risk-taking profile. Despite a clear understanding of the benefits of diversification, women are under-represented in the ranks of fund managers.