Thursday, June 18

Fintech

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The digital world reinforces some of the gender inequalities. The UN Women reports that “a large gender gap continues in technology and innovation, despite recent improvements. Women and girls are underrepresented in industries, academia and the broader technology sector.” Women hold just 22% of positions in artificial intelligence. Furthermore, among the 20 largest global technology companies, “women are 33% of the workforce in 2022 but hold only one in four leadership positions. Women inventors make up only 16.5% of inventors listed on international patent applications globally.” 37% of women do not use the Internet. 259 million fewer women have access to the Internet than men, even though they account for nearly half the world’s population. Furthermore, while providing many opportunities for women, the digital world poses many challenges, including in the form of online harassment that will further affect the digital gender gap.

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