Making innovation and technology work for women

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Making innovation and technology work for women

Description

This background paper highlights the key barriers that contribute towards creating and sustaining the gender gap in innovation and technology, including the limited market awarenss and investment in innovations that meet the needs of women; the gender-blind approach to innovation; the under-representation of women as innovators and entrepreneurs; and the perceived high risk, low reward profile of investing in innovations for women and girls.

Publisher

United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)

Date

2017

Language

English

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URL

http://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2017/9/making-innovation-and-technology-work-for-women

Files

Makinginnovationandtechnologyworkforwomencompressed.pdf

Citation

“Making innovation and technology work for women,” Women's Knowledge Digital Library, accessed March 28, 2024, https://womensdigitallibrary.org/items/show/653.

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