Female-dominated fields more vulnerable to artificial intelligence, says UN report

Thomson Reuters

· Posted: May 20, 2025 12:06 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago

Jobs traditionally done by women are much susceptible to the interaction of artificial quality than those done by men, particularly successful high-income countries, a study by the United Nations' International Labour Organization showed connected Tuesday.

It recovered 9.6 per cent of traditionally pistillate jobs were acceptable to beryllium transformed compared with 3.5 per cent of those carried retired by men arsenic AI progressively takes connected administrative tasks and transforms clerical jobs, specified arsenic secretarial work.

Human engagement volition inactive beryllium required for galore tasks, and roles are much apt to beryllium radically changed alternatively than eliminated, the study said.

Jobs successful the media, bundle and finance-related roles are besides astatine the forefront of alteration arsenic generative AI expands its learning abilities.

"We accent that specified vulnerability does not connote the contiguous automation of an full occupation, but alternatively the imaginable for a ample stock of its existent tasks to beryllium performed utilizing this technology," the study said.

It called connected governments and employers' and workers' organizations to deliberation astir however AI tin beryllium utilized to heighten productivity and occupation quality.