Automation and jobs: The risks women face

Automation and jobs: The risks women face

The report also states that women could gain 20% more jobs in the wake of technology-driven growth, outperforming men by 1%. (Reuters photo) The inevitability of automation in the workplace has long triggered fears of human redundancy. In its third report on automation and the future of work, McKinsey Global Institute analyses how the march of artificial intelligence and machine learning impacts women’s employment.

Its findings, from studying a mix of ten mature and emerging economies, including India, are rather bleak. The report estimates that an average of 20% of working women in these countries (a total of 107 million) […]

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