INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
The achievement of the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), notably gender equality and women’s empowerment, requires transformative shifts, integrated approaches, and new solutions. Based on current trajectories, existing interventions will not suffice to achieve a Planet 50-50 by 2030. Innovative approaches that disrupt “business as usual” are central to delivering the SDGs for all.
​For UN Women, partnerships are key to accelerate industry-wide change and to remove the barriers to the advancement of women and girls in innovation, technology and entrepreneurship. UN Women’s innovation strategy focuses on:
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Building market awareness, investment and industry-wide actions to grow an innovation market that advances gender equality and empowerment of women and girls. Also UN Women is launching a Global Innovation Coalition for Change to drive industry-wide action.
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Developing tools and methodologies with industry partners to take a gender-responsive approach to innovation.
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Promoting women as innovators and entrepreneurs.
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Investing in innovations and technologies that meet the needs of women.