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I think that for a lot of women there's a subtle but unfortunately effective discouragement of women pursuing the STEM fields.

From what we understand about participation by women and minorities, we need to do a better job of exposing people early in their careers to STEM fields.

The stereotypes really play into what kinds of companies women can get funded for.

It seems to me that women have made an awful lot of progress, but they probably remain underrepresented at the highest levels of most organizations, for a variety of reasons. And it's probably going to take a long time to change that.

I guess economists, it's a bit like scientists; you have definitely fewer women in that field.

Technology is one of the key drivers of female economic empowerment, but the fields that women choose to participate in are still decidedly gendered.

I think actively promoting women in science is very important because the data has certainly shown that there has been an underrepresentation.

Some companies are already investing in women and thereby betting on a brighter future - for a workforce just waiting to blossom, for emerging economies whose development depends on this new talent, and, of course, for their own financial growth.

Empowering women in the workforce is a key to growing the economy and having a thriving middle class.

Women hold up more than half the sky and represent much of the world's unrealized potential. They are the educators. They raise the children. They hold families together and increasingly drive economies. They are natural leaders. We need their full engagement... in government, business and civil society.