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Rewriting a Gender-Equal Future: Data, Tech and…

Rewriting a Gender-Equal Future: Data, Tech and the 2030 Deadline - SDG Media Zone, 80th Session of the UN General Assembly

Categories
Meetings & Events / Side Events / UNGA80 SDG Media Zone
Production Date
Video Length
00:22:00
Asset Language
English
Broadcasting UN Entity
DEPARTMENT OF GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS - DGC
Subject Topical
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
STATUS OF WOMEN
GENDER EQUALITY
GENDER ISSUES
Gender
Summary
With just five years left to deliver the 2030 Agenda, the clock is ticking—and gender equality is slipping backward. The Gender Snapshot 2025, by UN Women and UN DESA, sounds the alarm: new tech once hailed as a game-changer is now weaponized against women, with generative AI threatening their jobs at nearly double the rate of men's. Yet closing the gender digital divide could lift 30 million women out of poverty and add $1.5 trillion to global GDP by 2030.
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Description

Speakers:

  • Bjørg Sandkjær, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)

  • Sarah Hendriks, Director of Policy, Programme and Intergovernmental Division (UN Women, 

  • Anoushka Sinha, Founder & Director of Anupam Foundation, Human Rights Activist & Forbes 30 Under 30

  • Roya Mahboob, Founder of the Digital Citizen Fund

Moderator:

  • Elaine Reyes, News Anchor UN insider & Americas Now Show, CGTN America

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