Work to do despite NZ’s high ranking for female entrepreneurs

Work to do despite NZ’s high ranking for female entrepreneurs
Victoria Young
Despite New Zealand being the second-best place in the world for female entrepreneurs, more work needs to be done, executives say. Mastercard’s Index of Women Entrepreneurs puts New Zealand just behind the United States with a score of 70.2 versus America’s 70.3. One in three business owners is female in this country, which had topped the index in the previous two years. The global index uses data from international organisations such as the International Labour Organisation, UNESCO and the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor to track wom...

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