New Delhi, April 21 -- The World Economic Forum (WEF) has warned that artificial intelligence (AI) could entrench existing gender disparities in the global workforce unless governments and industries acted swiftly to embed parity into their technological transitions.

In a white paper published in March 2025, developed in partnership with business -oriented social networking site LinkedIn as part of the Global Gender Gap Report, the WEF said that while AI promised to reshape economies and boost productivity, it also risked sidelining women from the jobs and skills of the future.

The report, Gender Parity in the Intelligent Age, examined trends across innovation, employment and skilling and found that women were more likely to work in rol...