Advertising & Marketing
Stats
- • Women influence 85% of all consumer purchasing globally.
- • Women will control 75% of discretionary spend by 2030.
Top Empowering Industries
Discover the top industries empowering women to lead, innovate, and grow. Explore sectors where female talent is rising fast — from AI and data to finance, education and marketing — and unlock opportunities to advance your career or business.
AI Artificial Intelligence
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- • Women make up just 22% of the global AI talent pool.
- • Diverse AI teams cut model bias incidents significantly.
Banking & Finance
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- • Women hold only 1 in 5 executive roles in global banking.
- • Firms with gender-balanced boards outperform on returns.
Data
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- • Women make up around 26% of the data and analytics workforce.
- • Data roles are among the fastest-growing careers worldwide.
Education
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- • Women are around 70% of the education workforce.
- • But hold under a third of senior leadership posts.
Fintech
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- • Only 6% of fintech CEOs are women.
- • Female-founded fintechs raise a fraction of available capital.
Gaming
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- • Nearly half of all gamers are women.
- • Yet women hold just 24% of games industry jobs.
Healthcare
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- • Women are 70% of the global health workforce.
- • They hold only 25% of senior health leadership roles.
STEM
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- • Women are 28% of the global STEM workforce.
- • STEM roles grow far faster than the wider job market.
Tech
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- • Women hold about 26% of technology roles.
- • Half of women in tech leave the sector by age 35.
Travel
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- • Women are 54% of the global travel and tourism workforce.
- • Only 23% of tourism ministers worldwide are women.
Work, Life Balance
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- • Women still carry around 75% of unpaid care work globally.
- • Flexible work is the top-ranked benefit for working women.