Women make up just 21% of attendees at the World Economic Forum, an annual gathering of elite politicians, central bankers and financiers in Davos, Switzerland. Most of the panels at the summit are also dominated by men.
The stark gender imbalance has been a major topic of discussion at the 2018 edition of the exclusive forum, a reckoning fueled by the #MeToo movement and widespread revelations of harassment by powerful men in media, entertainment, government and finance.
Organizers acknowledge that the number of women in attendance is “not by any means representing grounds for celebration.” But they say that the share of women is at its highest level since the conference was founded in 1971, and roughly double where it was in 2001.