Introduction to the Bilingual Special Issue in English and Spanish: Gender, Social Inclusion, and Entrepreneurship: Women’s Struggles in the Private and Public Sectors Meeting Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) #5

Many countries have made progress in gender parity in recent years through public policy reform. There has been increasing awareness of equality and its contribution in areas such as health, poverty reduction, and economic growth (Demirgüç-Kunt and Klapper 2012). Regarding the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and diversity, it proposes that improving gender diversity in labour markets positively impacts the innovation performance of teams and companies (Cicchiello, A.F., Kazemikhasragh, A. et al., 2020). This is because gender heterogeneity strengthens the innovation performance of new ventures by facilitating the differentiation and integration of knowledge and improving the decision-making process.