This McKinsey Global Institute research reveals that the spread of automation could potentially displace millions of female workers from their current jobs, and many others will need to make radical changes in the way they work. At the same time, shifting population dynamics and growing incomes will drive increased demand for certain jobs. It highlights that navigating these transitions successfully could mean that many women would be well positioned for more productive, better-paid work, allowing them to maintain or even improve on their current share of employment. 

The report looks at how men and women are employed across different sectors and occupations, and offers potential scenarios for the world of work in 2030, looking at possible levels of job displacement and job growth in an era of automation. It concludes by considering three areas where there is an imperative to address barriers women face - the need for skills development, enhanced mobility, and more access to technology and the capabilities to use it - and discusses the kind of measures that may be necessary to support women as they make transitions in their working lives.