Headline Roundup • May 27th, 2025
Women 3x More Likely to Lose Job to AI Than Men, UN Study Finds
Summary from the AllSides News Team
A new joint study from the United Nations’ International Labour Organization and Poland’s National Research Institute found jobs traditionally held by women are three times more likely to be replaced by artificial intelligence (AI).
The Details: The study, which focused on generative AI, determined that 9.6% of jobs held by females in high-income countries are poised for transformation, compared to 3.5% of those held by men. It added that most roles would likely be radically changed instead of eliminated, and that software and finance-related roles would be some of the first to change.
For Context: The report found 34% of jobs in high-income countries could be affected and noted that administrative roles are the most vulnerable to AI advancements. According to the US Census Bureau, around 95% of secretary and administrative assistant jobs were held by women between 2000 and 2019. According to the US Department of Labor, these positions are the fifth most common profession for women.
Key Quote: The report read, “We stress that such exposure does not imply the immediate automation of an entire occupation, but rather the potential for a large share of its current tasks to be performed using this technology.”
How The Media Covered It: The story was not widely covered across the spectrum. AllSides found coverage from Fortune (Center bias), Reuters (Center), Unusual Whales (Center), Euronews (Center), and Fast Company (Lean Left). AllSides did not find coverage from the right.
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Women may be at a heightened risk for being edged out of their job (or having their duties change) due to AI. According to a new study, jobs disproportionately done by women, especially in higher income countries, are more steadily becoming automated.
The joint study, which comes from the United Nations’ International Labour Organization (ILO) and Poland’s National Research Institute (NASK), was released today. It assessed the ways in which generative AI is reshaping the world, as well as how it changes the role of human beings.
Jobs traditionally done by women are more vulnerable to the impact of artificial intelligence than those done by men, especially in high-income countries, a report by the United Nations' International Labour Organization showed on Tuesday.
It found 9.6% of traditionally female jobs were set to be transformed compared with 3.5% of those carried out by men as AI increasingly takes on administrative tasks and transforms clerical jobs, such as secretarial work.
As AI transforms workplaces, the technology has an outsized impact on women’s jobs, according to new data from the United Nations’ International Labour Organization and Poland’s National Research Institute. To help future-proof their careers, women can use AI to augment their jobs, but are less likely to engage with the technology than their male counterparts, according to Harvard Business School professor Rembrand Koning.
As workers grapple with anxiety around artificial intelligence replacing them, women in the workplace may have extra reason to fear. Jobs traditionally held by women are much more...
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