Innovative Technology and Operations for Alleviating Poverty through Women's Economic Empowerment
Production and Operations Management · 2022 · Volume 31 · Issue 1
Abstract
Can technology and operations enable the world to achieve various United Nation Sustainable Development Goals? I provide my own perspective on this question by focusing on the issue of gender equality through the lens of “women's economic empowerment.” To do so, I use case examples to describe how innovative operations enabled by technologies (mobile phones/online platforms, solar technology, blockchain/AI, and Internet of Things) can empower women to alleviate poverty, reduce hunger by improving health, increase access to clean water and sanitation, increase access to education and decent work. Then I share some ideas for Operations Management researchers to consider so that we can explore and develop ways to close the “gender gap.”
Keywords
innovative operations, women's economic empowerment, gender equality
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