Automation Poses Threat to Low-Wage Jobs Traditionally Held by Women

Automation is replacing many low-wage jobs traditionally held by women, like tea picking in Kenya and garment work in Bangladesh.

Studies show women are more vulnerable to job loss from automation than men. Up to 80% of women could be impacted by advances in AI.

Displaced women workers face barriers to transitioning to new roles involving technology/automation, which tend to be male-dominated.

Some efforts are underway to train women for supervisory and machine operator roles in industries like garment manufacturing.

But many women who lose jobs to automation, like former tea picker Rose Nyunja in Kenya, struggle to find new livelihoods and support their families.