Henriette Kolb, Head, Gender Secretariat, for the International Finance Corporation, authors a post in response to The World Economic Forum’s 2017 Global Gender Gap Report. The report analyzes disparities in health, education, economy, and politics — found that the overall average gender gap rose to 32%, up from 31.7% in 2016. Kolb says that one part of the solution is to improve women’s access to finance. She says, "Women don’t just want to own businesses: they also want to contribute to the economies as employees. One key constraint to jobs for women around the world is the disproportionate child and elder care responsibilities."