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According to UN-Women, progress of World Women 2011-2012, as many as 7 in 10 women in the world report having experienced physical and/or sexual violence at some point in their lifetime. Statistics indicate that violence against women and girls is a universal phenomenon, irrespective of income, class and culture.

According to the Fortune article by DeAnne Aguirre, one billion women (yes, that's billion with a B) will be entering the global economy for the first time in the next decade alone. Needless to say, those women will dramatically re-shape and re-structure our business world and the global economy, in general.

Three important concepts in Sikhism lay great importance to women. Firstly a woman is equated with Nature or Kudrat. Nature or Praakriti is also a feminine gender “Balihaari kudrat vaseya” and secondly Dharti (Earth) is referred as a mother “Mata dharat mahatt”.

Although he attributes much of his success to hard work and plenty of luck, Ash Singh says exposure to different business cultures has provided a boost. “The turban and the beard helped.”