📋 Tender Overview
Project No.
PPWE_102_2025A
Project Title
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Digital Empowerment of Women: towards a more Women-friendly Artificial Intelligence
Project Status
Project in Implementation
Fund Account
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APEC Support Fund
Sub-fund
ASF: Women and the Economy
Project Year
2025
Project Session
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Session 1
APEC Funding
107,296
Co-funding Amount
34,784
Total Project Value
142,080
Sponsoring Forum
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Policy Partnership on Women and the Economy (PPWE)
Topics
Digital Economy; Digital Technology and Innovation; Women's Economic Empowerment
Committee
SOM Steering Committee on Economic and Technical Cooperation (SCE)
Other Fora Involved
Other Non-APEC Stakeholders Involved
Proposing Economy(ies)
China
Co-Sponsoring Economies
Chile; Hong Kong, China; Japan; Korea; Malaysia; Papua New Guinea; Peru; Russia
Expected Start Date
01/11/2025
Expected Completion Date
31/12/2026
Project Proponent Name 1
Shen Yinyin
Job Title 1
Executive Director of Women Leadership Innovation Center
Organization 1
Women Leadership Innovation Center, China Institute for Innovation and Development Strategy (CIIDS)
Telephone 1
+8601084370200
Email 1
shenyinyin@ciids.cn
Project Proponent Name 2
Fan Wei
Job Title 2
Liaison Department Officer
Organization 2
Women Leadership Innovation Center, China Institute for Innovation and Development Strategy (CIIDS)
Telephone 2
+86 010 59670037
Email 2
fanwei@wlic.org.cn
Declaration
Shen Yinyin
Project Summary
This project examines the challenges women face in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) industry which hinder equality, and inclusion thereby limiting the industry’s growth and innovation. Despite AI’s projected contribution of $15.7 trillion to the global economy by 2025[ PWC, PwC’s Global Artificial Intelligence Study: Exploiting the AI Revolution, 2024], women comprise less than 22% of the global AI workforce[ World Economic Forum, Why it’s time to use reskilling to unlock women’s STEM potential, 2025]. Women’s active participation is crucial for economic growth. This project aims to enhance women’s digital literacy and skills, recognizing their pivotal role in fostering innovation and safe and accountable AI that benefits all people. Through surveys among AI developers and users, along with targeted seminars and workshops involving policymakers, experts, and practitioners, the project will produce a data- based based research report that contains a set of recommendations/voluntary toolkit. The toolkit will serve as is a practical, non-binding guide developed by member economies which contains practical practices as a reference for both public and private sectors to promote innovation and digital empowerment of women in the AI sector.
Relevance
Region
By 2025, AI is expected to generate $15.7 trillion for the global economy.[ PWC, PwC’s Global Artificial Intelligence Study: Exploiting the AI Revolution, 2024] However, women make up
