Women first?

India has a lot of catching up to do on gender gap

The Global Entrepreneurship Summit that concluded in Hyderabad on Thursday lived up to its theme — ‘Women First, Prosperity for All’. Women made up a majority of the 1,500 entrepreneurs invited to the event; a lot of commitments were made by all and sundry and a lot of success stories were shared. This is encouraging as such talk fests do help in raising awareness about the issues involved.
 
But the real tone was set by Ivanka Trump, who while celebrating the power of women, brought out the actual picture. Representation of women in the workforce, she said, needs to