New Delhi, July 22 -- The Women Empowerment Vertical of the BRICS Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BRICS CCI WE) unveiled a Whitepaper titled "Women in Innovation, Science & Entrepreneurship (WISE): Challenges and Opportunities". The whitepaper presents a strategic roadmap to strengthen female participation in science, technology, innovation, and business ecosystems across member economies.

The whitepaper emerged from the BRICS CCI WE Trailblazers Roundtable 2026.

The whitepaper outlined seven key structural barriers affecting women in emerging economies, including social biases, funding gaps, intellectual property protection issues, low STEM participation, mid-career retention challenges, policy gaps, and uncounted unpaid economic contr...