I firmly believe that anyone should have a chance to try and be successful, regardless of their age, gender, ethnicities, and demographics. Thanks to the relentless work and advocacy from many men and women, gone are the days when banks required a woman applying for credit to have her husband co-sign, or when companies could legally fire women for being pregnant. However, as a society, we still have ways to go to get to any sense of 50/50 equality. As Justice Ruth Ginsburg said in the movie RBG: "I became a lawyer in days when women were not wanted by most members of the legal professions; I became a lawyer because Marty supported that choice." Justice Ginsburg credited part of her success to her husband, Marty Ginsburg, who recognized that "the woman's work, whether at home, or on the job, is as important as the men's." Unfortunately, not all of us has a "Marty" on our side. While talent is equally distributed, opportunity is not. Across both the U.S.and Europe, approximately 2% of VC funding went to all-female founding teams. According to Digitalundivided, black women have raised just .0006% of all tech venture funding since 2009 in the U.S.
Listen in to our conversation with Ramya Joseph, CEO and Founder at Pefin, on our next episode of Shades of Grey on iTunesand Spotify, as we talk about gender and age bias.
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