WIPO works with Member States and stakeholders to strengthen the evidence base, support policy development, build capacity, and foster partnerships that expand opportunities for women to participate in and benefit from the IP system.
WIPO's strategy on IP in support of women and girls: the IP and Gender Action Plan [PDF] frames our efforts.
Women's participation in key IP indicators remains low. In 2025, women accounted for only around 18.1% of inventors listed on international patent applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), and this share has risen by close to 7 percentage points over the last 25 years. In industrial design, women represent roughly one in five designers behind the look and feel of products, ranging from packaging to mobile phones and automotive exteriors.
At current rates of progress, parity among PCT-listed inventors remains decades away. Expanding women's participation in the IP system contributes to stronger innovation ecosystems by enabling more innovators, creators, and entrepreneurs to use IP to protect, manage, and commercialize their ideas. With global challenges like climate change, health, and food security demanding solutions that draw on innovation and creativity from around the world, supporting women's participation in the IP system benefits everyone.
Find out more:
- World Intellectual Property Day 2023 - Women and IP: Accelerating innovation and creativity
- The Innovation Gender Gap – Economic research and the importance of measuring women's participation in the innovation ecosystem
- Innovation Gender Gap: Gender Parity in Patenting Expected by 2061 (2023 report)
- Together We Can: Approaches to Empowering Women in IP
To ensure IP works for the benefit of everyone, everywhere, WIPO's work is guided by two strategic documents:
- The IP and Gender Action Plan (IPGAP) sets out WIPO's strategic approach, mainstreaming women across policy, data, and capacity-building to expand their engagement in all aspects of IP, innovation, and creativity.
- The Policy on Gender Equality complements this by guiding the equal participation of women and men, both in the innovation ecosystem and in the structures and organizations that support it.
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IPGAP Impact Stories Booklet
产权组织与成员国和利益攸关方合作，加强证据基础、支持政策制定、开展能力建设并促进伙伴关系，从而为女性参与知识产权体系并从中受益创造更多机会。《知识产权和性别行动计划》[PDF]阐述了产权组织在知识产权领域支持妇女和女童的战略。
女性在关键知识产权指标中的参与度仍然较低。2025年，在《专利合作条约》（PCT）下提交的专利国际申请中，女性仅占列名发明人的约18.1%，这一比例在过去二十五年中上升了近七个百分点。在工业品外观设计领域，女性约占产品外观与风格设计人的五分之一，这些产品涵盖了从包装到手机及汽车外观等多种类型。
按照目前的进展速度，PCT列名发明人中的性别均等仍需数十年才能实现。扩大女性在知识产权体系中的参与，有助于构建更强大的创新生态系统，使更多的创新者、创作者和企业家能够利用知识产权来保护、管理和商业化其创意。面对气候变化、卫生和粮食安全等全球性挑战，需要借助世界各地的创新和创意来寻求解决方案，因此支持女性参与知识产权体系将使所有人受益。
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为确保知识产权惠及世界各地的每个人，产权组织的工作以两份战略文件为指导：
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《知识产权和性别行动计划》（IPGAP）阐述了产权组织的战略方针，将女性参与融入政策、数据和能力建设之中，以扩大她们在知识产权、创新和创意各个方面的参与。
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《性别平等政策》对此形成补充，旨在引导男性和女性在创新生态系统及其支持性结构和组织中平等参与。
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对成员国的支持
产权组织支持各成员国（包括知识产权局及其他国家机构）制定相关政策和举措，以促进女性参与创新、创意和知识产权体系。
女性与知识产权专题讨论会
为知识产权和创新机构提供的全球性平台，旨在促进女性参与创新和知识产权生态系统。
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国家知识产权和创新战略
协助各国将女性与知识产权优先事项纳入其国家知识产权战略。
IPGAP数据库
重点介绍支持女性参与创新和知识产权的全球政策与倡议的相关资源。向IPGAP数据库提交资源。
研究和数据收集
产权组织开展研究、分析和数据收集工作，以确定女性参与知识产权方面所存在差距的范围和性质，并为制定弥合该差距的战略提供依据。
全球研究专家会议（GREM）
致力于收集有关女性与知识产权证据的全球网络。
《世界性别人名词典》
支持循证研究和按性别分类数据的资源。
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创新领域性别差距洞察
汇集了关于女性发明人和企业家所面临创新差距的深度报道。
影响力项目
产权组织制定并实施量身定制的指导计划，为女性企业家、创新者和创作者、青年女性和女童以及土著女企业家提供应对创新、创意和知识产权挑战所需的技能和工具。
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WIPO学院面向青年和教师的知识产权
为教师以及青年创新者、创作者和企业家提供知识产权知识和工具。
土著和当地社区女性创业计划
帮助土著和当地社区女性在提升创意、文化遗产和创新领域的能力和技能。
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为女性发言人提供平台，分享跨行业的经验、见解和观点。
Women and IP Symposium for IP and Innovation Offices
The Women and IP Symposium brings together representatives from IP and innovation offices, policymakers, innovators, and experts to share experiences, challenges, good practices and practical approaches for advancing women's participation in innovation and the IP ecosystem.
The Symposium is a key initiative under Pillar 1 of WIPO’s Intellectual Property and Gender Action Plan (IPGAP), providing a global platform for IP and innovation offices to exchange knowledge, strengthen capacities and build partnerships to support women and girls in innovation, creativity and intellectual property.
