Conferences on start-ups, the old joke goes, are the only events where there is never a queue for the ladies' room. Only 10% of internet entrepreneurs across the world are women, according to Startup Compass, a firm that tracks such things. Except in Amman and other Middle Eastern cities, it seems. There, the share of women entrepreneurs is said to average 35%-an estimate seemingly confirmed by the mix of the sexes at "Mix'n'Mentor", a recent gathering in the Jordanian capital organised by Wamda, an online publication for start-ups.
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