AI is most likely to replace female-held jobs.
Technological developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) have the potential to positively transform a number of industries, including manufacturing, healthcare, and agriculture.
The labor market is at stake because artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to change the nature of work in the future by increasing productivity and creating new job opportunities as well as eliminating jobs as machines and algorithms replace human workers in previously performed tasks.
According to the Gender Snapshot 2024 report, women are more likely to lose their jobs as a result of AI advancements, which will have an impact on the female labor force.
In contrast to 1.4% of men who face job loss, 3.7% of women surveyed by UN Women believe their jobs could be replaced by AI technology. UN Women recommends that, because they can spur progress on several SDGs, inclusive, gender-responsive digital technologies will be essential in tackling this challenge.
“To address these risks and realize benefits for women and girls from the digital revolution, closing the gender digital divide, education and training, gender-responsive labor market policies, and social protection are critical,” the statement reads.
Furthermore, because it would hasten women’s entry into and retention in the digital economy, it promotes targeted actions to create more inclusive digital ecosystems. This is achieved by incorporating social, economic, and environmental aspects into the development and application of cutting-edge technologies.
UN Women also observes that women’s participation in science, technology, and innovation is restricted by current gender stereotypes.
According to the Gender Snapshot, “based on data from 62 countries and areas with data from 2017 or later, women are two times less likely than men to know a computer programming language.”
In an effort to bridge the gap, the UN body urges more women to pursue careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) research because their underrepresentation in the sector affects how technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) support and cater to women’s needs.
Globally, women held only one out of every three research positions and one out of every five STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) jobs in 2020. The lack of women in the nascent AI sector has already negatively impacted how well this technology supports and meets the needs of women.
“Ensure that those in vulnerable situations benefit from and fully and meaningfully participate in the development and application of science, technology and innovation,” nations submitted in their commitments for the future.
Thy noted the existing gender digital divide and how rapid technological change, if not well governed, can exacerbate existing gender inequality and present serious risks to all women and girls.
As a result, member states committed to addressing gender-related risks and challenges emerging from the use of technologies.
Such risks include online forms of violence, trafficking, harassment, bias and discrimination that occurs through or are amplified by the use of technology.
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