A staggering six hundred million new jobs are needed globally over the next fifteen years to keep employment rates at their current level. This is especially daunting given slowing global growth rates. One bright spot in this enormous challenge is a powerful, and often overlooked, source of job creation: women entrepreneurs. In the United States, women-owned businesses account for approximately 16 percent of all jobs in the economy, and with women graduating from university at higher rates than men, that percentage is expected to grow in coming years. Governments around the world are beginning to wake up to the economic benefits of women’s empowerment.