It is essential to understand how the most modern technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), will transform gender gaps in the labor market and become a tool to reduce gender inequalities. The IDB, OECD, and Unesco joined forces to prepare a report, "The Effects of AI on Women's Working Lives," collaborating with Cambridge's Minderoo Centre for … [Read more...] about How AI can help women in the workforce
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At the cutting edge of supporting Women entrepreneurship
The Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative and the IDB Group: It was a roller coaster year for Juliana Sarmiento and her Mexico-based IT/logistics firm EnvioClick. Before COVID-19, Juliana and her partner Rosa Costes were gearing up for significant growth and expansion to other Latin American markets. But due to the pandemic, many of their clients were suddenly losing … [Read more...] about At the cutting edge of supporting Women entrepreneurship
Resilience and inclusive equitable recovery
Afro-descendants in Latin America COVID-19 has been a blow to Latin-America and the Caribbean. But, for the 100-150 million African descendants in the region, that represent 20-30% of the population, the impact has been particularly grave. African descendants have been disproportionately impacted due to inequalities in labor market access, education, and health services. The … [Read more...] about Resilience and inclusive equitable recovery
COVID-19: An opportunity to transform female employment
We started 2021 with social networks alerting us that the employment crisis was affecting mainly women. For example, a news item from the United States indicated that all 140,000 jobs lost during December 2020 were for women. Furthermore, the news reported that the only ones who had recovered jobs during that month had been men. Similarly, the newly elected first female vice … [Read more...] about COVID-19: An opportunity to transform female employment