Forbes October 23, 2024
Punnam Raju Manthena, Co-Founder & CEO at Tekskills Inc. Partnering with clients across the globe in their digital transformation journeys.
The gender gap in the workplace remains a key business and economic issue. Back in 2015, a McKinsey report found that reducing the gender gap could add about $12 trillion to $28 trillion to the global GDP by 2025. In 2024, the chief economist for the World Bank stated that closing the gender gap “could raise global gross domestic product by more than 20%.” For years, business leaders have been called on to deal with gender equality as an economic need and fundamental right, but progress is still stalled.
According to findings from BlackRock, companies “with the most diverse workforces...