Davos Women Remain Minority as Youth Gender Gap Closes
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Women are still scarce at the World Economic Forum in Davos even as the youngest attendees reverse the gender gap for the first time.
Among the 2,500 participants at the world’s most prestigious gathering of political and business leaders, 17 percent will be women, about the same as in the past two years, according to WEF estimates. At the event, which kicks off Tuesday in the Swiss alpine resort, 54 percent of the forum’s Global Shapers community of 50 leaders will be female.