Women three times more vulnerable to having job taken by AI than men, new report warns

Published connected 24/05/2025 - 15:34 GMT+2•Updated 15:44

Women's jobs are astatine a higher consequence of automation by artificial intelligence (AI) than those occupied by men, according to a caller study from nan United Nations. 

The caller study from nan UN's International Labour Organisation (ILO) and Poland's National Research Institute of nan Ministry of Digital Affairs (NASK) recovered that automation could switch conscionable nether 10 per cent of female-dominated positions successful high-income countries compared to nan 3.5 per cent it could switch for men. 

The biggest disparity betwixt antheral and female-dominated jobs happens successful high-income countries, wherever 41 percent of each high-income activity for women could beryllium exposed to AI, compared to 28 percent of men’s jobs. 

In Europe and Central Asia, 39 per cent of women’s jobs could beryllium affected compared to 26 percent of men. 

The patterns identified by nan study "reflect some occupational structures," and that AI-exposed jobs are "concentrated successful higher-income countries".

Overall, nan ILO recovered that 1 successful 4 workers globally activity successful an business pinch immoderate AI exposure. 

Full replacement by AI still 'limited'

To scope these findings, nan study was conducted with1,640 group employed successful various fields successful Poland, pinch nan results analysed by a mini group of world experts.

Researchers past developed an AI that utilized this study information alongside nationalist occupation accusation to place really apt 2,500 professions and complete 29,000 activity tasks would beryllium automated. 

The study recovered that clerical occupations for illustration information introduction clerks, typists, connection processing operators, accountants, and bookkeeping clerks are nan astir exposed to AI, owed to immoderate of nan tasks performed successful those professions, for illustration taking gathering notes aliases scheduling appointments. 

Other professions identified pinch a ample AI vulnerability are web and media developers, database specialists, financial, and software-related jobs.

The study notes that these numbers bespeak nan "potential exposure," but that they don't bespeak immoderate existent occupation losses.

Full replacement by AI is still "limited," nan study continued, noting that quality engagement is still needed to oversee definite tasks. 

"As astir occupations dwell of tasks that require quality input, translator of jobs is nan astir apt effect of generative AI," nan study reads. 

What could effect nan number of jobs mislaid aliases AI take much broadly are technological constraints, infrastructure gaps, and skills shortages, nan study continued. 

The study asks governments, employees, and workers organisations to style "inclusive strategies" that tin thief protect occupation value and productivity successful endangered fields.

"It's easy to get mislaid successful nan AI hype," Janine Berg, elder economist astatine nan ILO, said successful a statement. "What we request is clarity and context".