Innovation for gender equality

Rapid technological development and innovation presents new opportunities as well as new challenges. Knowing that innovation and technology does not automatically benefit all alike, UN Women has included innovation as one of the “drivers of change” in its Strategic Plan 2018–2021.

This brochure showcases some of UN Women’s thoughts and practices around innovation that could accelerate gender equality and women’s empowerment. The examples range from pilot programmes with marginalized beneficiaries to partnerships with start-ups; from frontier technologies to non-tech interventions that challenge mindsets; and from procedural improvements to capacity-building.

We hope this brochure will elicit valuable insight and future collaboration.

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UN Women office publishing: UN Women Headquarters Office

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

Africa Arab States/North Africa Asia and the Pacific Congo, Democratic Republic of the Economic empowerment Egypt Employment Entrepreneurship Ethiopia Europe and Central Asia Gender equality and women’s empowerment Haiti Information and communications technology (ICT) Innovation and technology Jordan Kenya Latin America and the Caribbean Mali Moldova, Republic of Paraguay Partnerships Rwanda Science and technology for development South Africa