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Beijing Platform for Action - Artificial intelligence, platform work and gender equality

18 Jan 2022

Artificial intelligence, platform work and gender equality Beijing Platform for Action Artificial intelligence, platform work and gender equality European Institute for Gender Equality Artificial intelligence, platform work and gender equality Acknowledgements The authors of this research report are members Niels Peuchen (WageIndicator Foundation) in the of the research and statistics team of the. [...] In addition, the EU aims to train more the quantity and quality of jobs and tasks across specialists in AI and to attract more women and sectors and working conditions. [...] Women and men spend similar amounts of time in regular jobs or on digital platforms, Women and men platform workers lack but women do the bulk of childcare and social protection housework Platform work blurs the line between employ- Although the surveyed women and men spend ment and self-employment. [...] Even though much of the current European While the impact of AI on the future of work and Union (EU) policy framework on AI is still being society is much debated, current gender inequal- developed, it nevertheless recognises the appli- ities in the labour market and the distribution of cation of AI as entailing both opportunities and unpaid work are likely to lead to gender-specific potential ris. [...] Chap- on achieving the objectives of the Beijing Plat- ter 2 assesses the working conditions, work pat- form for Action (BPfA) in the EU, and this report terns and work–life balance of women and men focuses on Area F, ‘Women and the economy’.

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Lithuania