The Middle East Beats the West In Female Tech Founders

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PolygamousRanchKid writes with this except from the Economist: "Only 10% of internet entrepreneurs across the world are women, according to Startup Compass, a firm that tracks such things. Except in Amman and other Middle Eastern cities, it seems. There, the share of women entrepreneurs is said to average 35% — an estimate seemingly confirmed by the mix of the ***es at 'Mix'n'Mentor,' a recent gathering in the Jordanian capital organised by Wamda, an online publication for start-ups. Reasons abound, and they are not always positive, says Nina Curley, Wamda's editor. Although more than half of university graduates in many Middle Eastern countries (51% in Jordan) are women, the workforce is dominated by men (women provide only 21% of it overall, and a paltry 16% in Jordan). The internet, however, is a new space that is more meritocratic and not as heavily male. The technology also lets entrepreneurs work from home, making it easier to raise children." http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png (http://twitter.com/home?status=The+Middle+East+Beats+the+West+In+Fema le+Tech+Founders%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F15G5Euk) http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png (http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fdevelopers.slashdot.org% 2Fstory%2F13%2F07%2F14%2F2219202%2Fthe-middle-east-beats-the-west-in-female-tech-founders%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfa cebook) http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png (http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://developers.slashdot.org/story/13/07/14/2219202/the-middle-east-beats-the-west-in-female-tech-founders?utm_source=slashdot&utm_medium=googleplus)

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