In China's booming tech scene, women battle sexism -- CNBC
Women working in technology in China have to put up with all sorts of discriminatory behaviour. But the country's gender gap is not confined to tech. The country's gender parity ranking fell in 2017 for the ninth straight year, leaving China placed 100 out of 144 countries surveyed in a report by the World Economic Forum.
The country ranked 60th in terms of female labour force participation and 70th in terms of wage equality for similar work. Men on average had an estimated income of around $19,000, over $7,000 more than women.
Straws. Bottle caps. Polyester. these are the new targets of California's environmental movement -- Los Angeles Times
After plastic bags, environmental legislation in California has started to address other forms of plastic deadly to marine life. There could be more plastic by weight than fish in the world's oceans by 2050, according to a widely cited World Economic Forum report, and this is driving greater interest in legislative action against disposable plastic.
Professor Schwab offers President Ramaphosa a leg-up for South Africa's investment drive -- Daily Maverick
Our upcoming round table in South Africa with business and political leaders is "hugely encouraging" for the country's new President, just past his first 99 days in the job.
“When the head of the World Economic Forum, Professor Schwab, saw what we said in SONA, he immediately called and said: ‘I see you want to raise $100-billion dollars.… Mr President, we want to support you in this and the first thing we want to do is to come to South Africa and bring almost 100 business people to have a round table. Will you agree we should do so?’.”