Stating the obvious ...

... or kicking in open doors.

"The largest growing economic force in the world isn't the China or India -- it's women.
The earning power of women globally is expected to reach $18 trillion by 2014 -- a $5 trillion rise for current income, according to World Bank estimates. That is more than twice the estimated 2014 GDP of China and India combined."

Read : http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/25/intl.women.global.economy/index.html.

Did you ever think otherwise ? The fact that such an article makes it into world news proves, once again, how superficial our so called experts and analysts are.