'The 'Fearless Girl' statue is unveiled at a new location, facing the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) building in downtown Manhattan on Monday. <br /><br />She was previously installed last year opposite in front of the "Charging Bull" statue in a park in Lower Manhattan, stirring a great deal of support, and a little controversy. <br /><br />Fearless Girl is meant to "send a message" about workplace gender diversity and encourage companies to recruit women to their boards.<br /><br />"We wanted to raise awareness about the need for more women leaders in the board room and in senior roles in management," said executive Lori Heinel as the statue was unveiled. <br /><br />Arturo Di Modica, who installed Charging Bull in 1989, asked that the statue of the girl be removed, saying it reinterpreted his symbol of prosperity as something more nefarious. <br /><br />In the S&P 500 labour force, women hold a mere 25 percent of executive- and senior-level official and management positions, hold only 20 percent of board seats, and are only 6 percent of CEOs, according to the Center for American Progress. <br /><br />In the United States, women earned on average $0.81 to every $1 earned by men in 2017 (81 percent) for annual earnings.
