In a landmark step toward gender and digital equity, African nurses and midwives have launched the Leave No Woman Behind Global AI Literacy and Empowerment Campaign, the world’s first international Artificial Intelligence movement designed specifically for migrant women.
Unveiled today on International Migrants Day, the five-year initiative aims to empower one million women, nurses, and girls with AI literacy and leadership skills by 2030. The campaign connects women across health, education, business, and policy sectors with male and female leaders in AI and technology spanning five continents.
Together, organizers say, they are transforming migration “from a story of departure to one of digital empowerment.”
Confronting the Global Gender Gap in AI
The campaign comes amid urgent global statistics on gender imbalance in the technology sector:
- 44% of core job skills are expected to be disrupted by AI before 2027 (WEF, 2023).
- Women make up only 22% of AI professionals worldwide (UNESCO, 2021).
- In Sub-Saharan Africa, women hold just 20–30% of tech roles (Ecofin, 2024).
- Fewer than 12% of tech leaders and 10% of startup CEOs on the continent are female.
- Despite forming 90% of the global nursing and midwifery workforce, women occupy fewer than 3% of digital leadership positions (WHO, 2024).
“These numbers are not just statistics; they are barriers waiting to be broken,” said Professor Khadijat Toyin Musah, Founder and Executive Director of GiNMAHP and Co-Convener of the campaign.
“AI must not become another tool of exclusion. It must be the new language of inclusion.”
Co-Creating a New Kind of Migration
The campaign marks the first time that nurses and midwives the world’s largest female workforce are partnering with women from non-tech sectors and male allies in AI to co-design solutions that “leave no one behind.”
Through training, mentorship, and cross-continental collaboration, participants will develop AI-powered projects to improve healthcare, education, entrepreneurship, and community development “with or without crossing borders.”
“Migration is no longer about visas; it is about having globally demanded skills that can make you cross borders without visas,” said Josiah-Jackson Okesola (JayJay), Co-Founder of TechNurses Africa and Co-Convener of the campaign.
“We are creating a new kind of migration a digital migration, where women cross borders through AI and tech knowledge and skills, not air tickets.”
Highlights from the Global Launch
The virtual launch event will include:
- Goodwill messages from world and diaspora leaders
- Keynotes from AI and gender-equality champions
- Quick-fire policy and practice panels
- A global storytelling series from migrant and diaspora innovators
- A three-day AI & Tech Bootcamp for Women
- The unveiling of the World’s First AI Innovation Hub for Migrant Nurses and Women
A Global Call to Partnership
Organizers are inviting partnerships from governments, universities, NGOs, corporations, and innovation hubs aligned with gender equity and ethical AI adoption. The campaign supports the WHO Global Strategy on Digital Health (2020–2025) and several UN Sustainable Development Goals (4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 17).
“Empowering women with AI literacy is not charity; it is economic justice,” added Professor Musah.
“When women understand and build technology, nations grow smarter, healthier, and more equal.”
About the Conveners
TechNurses Africa is a Pan-African movement empowering nurses, midwives, and women in healthcare to lead digital transformation and co-create nurse-led AI solutions.
GiNMAHP (Global Institute of Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals) connects health professionals and diaspora networks to advance research, innovation, and gender equity in health systems.
Together, they are redefining migration from geographical to digital as African women lead the next AI frontier.
Media Contacts:
hello@technurses.io | info@ginmahp.org
Launch Date: December 18, 2025
Websites: technurses.io | ginmahp.org
Social: #LeaveNoWomanBehind #DigitalMigrationMovement #AIForAllWomen #TechNursesAfrica #GiNMAHP
Interviews Available:
- Professor Khadijat Toyin Musah, Founder and Executive Director, GiNMAHP
- Email: khadij.musah@ginmahp.org
- Josiah-Jackson Okesola (JayJay), Co-Founder, TechNurses Africa
- Email: technurses2030@gmail.com