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Women are a dynamic economic force. We represent the largest consumer market in the world and are drivers of GDP. More and more companies recognize that when they support women as customers, employees, leaders, future investors and partners, they are adopting sound business strategies and advancing social progress.

The women's movement is just a symptom of basic changes in the economy that are favoring women.

Women are starting something like twice as many companies as men, but the money is primarily going to companies started by men.

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

Women are trying to have it all but are trying to regain control over their time. That's why many women are busting out of the traditional workforce and starting their own businesses.

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.

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

Women are running companies, serving as the human resource director of companies, and helping employees solve problems. Women are doctors, lawyers, teachers, sales managers, marketers. They handle problems in the workplace by day and manage their families by night.

There's no question that California, in the last three or four years, has been privileged to add disproportionately to the economic growth of America, and to contribute to its technological productivity.

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