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Amman Hosts Talks on Gender Equality in the Digital Transformation Era

Digital Transformation

Business Honor
15 May, 2025

Experts discuss gender equality in digital policies to ensure inclusive progress across the MENA region.

A regional dialogue focusing on digital transformation and gender equality began in Amman, Jordan, bringing together policymakers and experts from the Middle East, North Africa and international partner countries. The two-day event, titled “Increasing Accountability for Gender-Inclusive Global Transformations,” is co-organised by the Jordanian National Commission for Women (JNCW) and the OECD MENA platform. It aims to explore how digital tools and policies can be used to promote equality and protect women in the quickly changing digital world.

Participants from countries including Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Morocco, Tunisia, and Lebanon joined representatives from OECD member states such as France, the UK, Canada, Japan, and South Korea. Discussions focus on several key topics: integrating gender equality into digital governance, preventing online gender-based violence, increasing women's leadership in technology, and improving accountability using gender-focused budgeting and data systems.

Maha Ali, Secretary-General of the JNCW, stressed the importance of addressing gender issues in the context of fast technological change. While digital tools offer new chances for women and girls in education, employment and civic life, they also introduce new risks such as online abuse and digital exclusion. She stated that in order to increase women's safety and inclusion in the digital sphere, Jordan is working on legal reforms such as the Cybercrime Law.

Tatyana Teplova of the OECD decorated the possibility that, if gender factors are not taken into account, digital invention might worsen already existing disparities. She urged nations to work together and share knowledge in order to develop universally beneficial digital policy. In order to create a more solid and reasonable digital future for women and girls throughout the region this event promotes the sharing of effective strategies between OECD and MENA nations. A common dedication to complete digital change is obvious in the conversation.