IRELAND HAS MADE great strides in gender equality both economically and socially. As a nation, we rank 7th in EU Member States with a score in 2019 of 71.3.
However, Ireland has the highest gender gap in self-employment in the EU. Women are underrepresented in the field of entrepreneurship and account for only 10% of total Venture Capital funding in Ireland. This is a worrying figure given the fact that women form 50.39% of the population.