Gender Inequality
How to unlock women’s potential in the digital economy
Digital entrepreneurship can be a powerful avenue for women’s inclusion in the digital economy with new business opportunities and efficiency gains.
Shamika Sirimanne is UNCTAD’s director of technology and logistics.
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Future of Work
¿Qué es la "Industria 4.0" y qué significará para los países en desarrollo?
Estamos viviendo el inicio de una nueva revolución tecnológica en torno a las tecnologías de la Industria 4.0, como la inteligencia artificial (IA), la robótica y el Internet de las cosas...
Future of Work
What is 'Industry 4.0' and what will it mean for developing countries?
Industry 4.0 refers to “smart”, digitised and connected production systems designed to support production in real-time. The international community should come together to help countries ...
Gender Inequality
女性のキャリアにおける理系離れを食い止めるには
2015年の「ユネスコ・サイエンスレポート：2030年に向けて（UNESCO Science Report: Towards 2030）」によると、STEM（科学、技術、工学、数学）分野では、世界の学士号や修士号取得者の53％を今や女性が占めているにも関わらず、研究者の中で女性が占める割合はわずか30％。女性は男性に比べてはるかに高い割合で、この分野を離れてしまうのです。...
Gender Inequality
How can we STEM the tide of women graduates leaving science?
Designing a new world means we need a mixture of new policies and stories about women making waves in science, technology and innovation.
Emerging Technologies
The UN came of age with the nuclear bomb. Time for it to step up to the AI era
A global approach to assessing and regulating frontier technologies is needed – and the UN is perfectly placed to host the discussion.