Women:
Men:
I could go on and on, but it would be a struggle for me to think of even one female name to add to that list; after all, less than 5 percent of venture capital funding goes to women. But with these online dating innovations, the tech industry just might realize what they’ve long been ignoring: women’s experiences matter, too.
On the top end of the spectrum, you can see where mostly Iceland, Finland, and other Nordic countries are doing, you’ll see the same thing across the board: plenty of women in technical jobs, more women going to college than men (interestingly, the scale says this makes it look like this is more equal), and incomes are largely on par compared to the rest of the countries.
But despite this rosy picture in the North, the WEF notes that women worldwide are still facing a major equality crisis—despite 250 million women entering the workforce over the past 9 years, the average woman makes what the average man did 9 years ago. From 2006-2015 average global earnings went from up from $6,000 a year for women and $11,000 a year for men to $11,000 for women and $21,000 for men.
Well done Spotify!
Speaking at the Fortune Global Forum earlier this week, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff revealed that he spent about $3 million this year to bring the salaries of female employees up to the level of their male counterparts.
“We can say we pay women the same that we pay men—we looked at every single salary,” said Benioff.
While $3 million may seem like chump change for a company that’s currently worth nearly $52 billion, Benioff’s willingness to put his—or rather, Salesforce’s—money where his mouth is champions the fight for pay equity. Indeed, even as companies have become more open about their diversity gaps—with many now releasing annual data about how many women and minorities they employ—their gender pay gaps, for the most part, remain shrouded in mystery.
”—Fortune:
Salesforce Spent $3 Million to Close the Gender Pay Gap. Here’s Why That’s a Big Deal
And that’s not the only “shocking” statistic in the study.
Slate: Canada’s New Prime Minister Says He Picked a Cabinet That’s Half Women “Because It’s 2015”
MORE POWER TO HIM!!