Chris Woodwiss Chris Woodwiss

Addressing gender funding gap for women-led start ups

All of the 25 young female leaders honoured in last year's Y25 Awards were entrepreneurs, she points out.

"There wasn't a single woman there who was working for a pay cheque and had a boss. And that is the future – if women aren't supported to stand powerfully in that future we're not going to be able to create a better world than the one we're currently living in."

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Banks lead the way with women-to-leadership ratio

New Zealand sits near the bottom of the rankings of similarly developed countries for percentage of female corporate directors. We have been outperformed in our efforts to increase the numbers of women in private boardrooms by many countries including Australia, Germany, Norway and France.

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Chris Woodwiss Chris Woodwiss

Announcing New Zealand’s 2021 SheEO Semi-Finalists

The votes are IN, congratulations to this year's NZ Venture Semi-Finalists!

These 12 Semi-Finalists are doing everything from reimagining children's education to supporting people impacted by disaster to ending hunger in Aotearoa.

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Starter for 20: A list of female investors in NZ

“There isn't much VC funding out there for women and so if these female entrepreneurs know about these women out there, and that there is support, they more likely to embark on this really amazing journey.” Lauren Fong

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The Leading Entrepreneurs Entering The Business Hall Of Fame

The 2021 Wāhine Toa of The New Zealand Hall of Fame for Women Entrepreneurs. CoOfWomen founder Tara Lorigan, who established the support company in 2012, says “commercial drive matched with innovation and a desire to make a difference features strongly in female success. And this year’s inductees are prominent examples. Our country and economy are all the better for their endeavours.”

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