1、Closing the Gender Gap in GenAI SkillsStrategies for empowering more women to learn and harness Generative AIClosing the Gender Gap in GenAI Skills2010203Table of contents01Introduction 402Closing the GenAI gender gap:Five proven strategies 7Expand access to GenAI skills learning 7Increase female re

2、presentation in GenAI learning to drive engagement 9Boost womens confidence through targeted learning support 11Provide clear AI policies and flexible learning to increase womens participation 13Make GenAI relevant to womens careers and everyday lives 15Turning insights into measurable outcomes 1703

3、Endnotes 193010203IntroductionClosing the Gender Gap in GenAI Skills4010203As AI adoption accelerates across institutions and workplaces,demand for GenAI learning has surged.In 2024,a learner enrolled in a GenAI Course on Coursera every 10 seconds,resulting in three million new enrollments for the y

4、ear.1Despite this rapid progress,GenAI learning remains inequitable.Women,who traditionally represent half of all learners on Coursera,enroll in GenAI courses at only half the rate of menmaking up just 32%of enrollments.Without deliberate action,this disparity risks reinforcing existing inequities i

5、n AIs development and application,further exacerbating imbalances in the talent market.This gender gap mirrors the STEM participation rates we see globally,with the World Economic Forum reporting in 2023 that women accounted for just 29%of all science,technology,engineering,and math(STEM)workers.And

6、 while more women are increasingly pursuing technical roles,2 they are concentrated in entry-level jobs and less likely to hold leadership positions.3 IntroductionThe focus of this reportThis playbook focuses on learning in Generative AI(GenAI).While some trends in this report overlap with broader A