Dr. Jadesimi has recently written an article for We Are The City on the huge opportunity that breaking the glass ceiling presents. “It’s estimated today that equal engagement of women in the workforce will add $28 trillion US dollars to annual global GDP by 2025.

This is the equivalent of adding another United States and China to the global GDP, just by ensuring equal opportunity to women. That sounds like a pretty good trade off to me.

Across the world there are initiatives, such as the 30% Club in the UK, that aim to empower women and get more of us onto the boards of large companies. In Africa however, which is anticipated to house 25 per cent of the world’s population by 2050, progress is far from quick.”

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