"For women in the workforce, the gender wage gap is a very real problem. And according to research from FreshBooks, women employees aren’t the only ones contending with lower wages: Self-employed women also earn 28% less than their male counterparts, on average.
A disheartening 70% of women surveyed by FreshBooks said discrimination and the “glass ceiling” were big factors in their decision to pursue entrepreneurship. In addition, more than half of women overall (and 61% of women of color) believe they’ll never reach their full career potential working for someone else."
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