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AI Gender Gap
Closing the
AI Gender Gap
A call to action for business, educators, society and government
Artificial intelligence is transforming the global economy at unprecedented speed — and it is also a mirror of deeply entrenched gender bias across society and business. Beneath headline adoption numbers lies a more troubling picture: women are not disengaged from AI, they are approaching it with rational caution, shaped by documented experience of harm, structural disadvantage, and institutional indifference.
The consequences are measurable: women leaving education, losing employment, withdrawing from public life, and exiting political leadership. Each of these losses narrows the pool of women shaping the AI systems that will govern all of us in the next generation. The AI gender gap is not a diversity issue at the margins — it is a governance failure and a strategic business risk.
The IMD Closing the AI Gender Gap Initiative brings together research, leadership and cross-sector collaboration to close that gap. We work with organizations, policymakers and educators to ensure that the AI systems shaping our future are inclusive, trusted and resilient.
This IMD report examines why women are approaching AI with rational caution, and what organizations must do about it. The report sets out four strategic pillars for closing the gap.
Find relevant news and updates related to the Initiative.
We partner with like-minded organizations around the world. Harnessing our combined knowledge and expertise, and bringing IMD’s innovative, entrepreneurial approach to bear on shared challenges, we strive together for positive change.
