Architects of Change: Women in Innovation and Creativity
Every April 26, we celebrate World Intellectual Property Day to learn about the role that intellectual property rights (patents, trademarks, industrial designs, copyright) play in fostering innovation and creativity.
This year's World Intellectual Property Day campaign celebrates the talent, ingenuity, curiosity and courage of the women who are driving change in our world and shaping our common future.
Every day, women are inventing groundbreaking inventions, as well as creations that improve and transform people's lives and advance human understanding in fields ranging from astrophysics to nanotechnology, medicine, artificial intelligence and robotics.
In the creative realm, whether in film, animation, music, fashion, design, sculpture, dance, literature, art and other fields, women are reinterpreting culture and testing the boundaries of artistic and creative expression, taking us into new worlds of experience and perception.
The significant and encouraging contributions of countless women around the globe are the architects of change in our world. Their perseverance is a source of inspiration to us all, while their impressive achievements are an invaluable legacy for today's young women who aspire to become tomorrow's inventors and creators.
Today, more women than ever are assuming leadership roles and making their voices heard in the fields of science, technology, business and the arts. This is good news. Working in unison, women and men strengthen the capacities of humanity and enhance our own ability to enrich the common cultural heritage and find effective solutions to alleviate poverty, promote global health and safeguard the environment.
It is time to think about how to engage more and more women and girls around the world in innovation and creativity, and how important it is.
This year's celebration of World Intellectual Property Day is an opportunity to highlight how the intellectual property (IP) system can support innovative and creative women (and, indeed, all people) as they strive to bring their extraordinary ideas to market.
Join the conversation with #worldipday and tell us about those change-makers, inventors and creators near you.
Source: WIPO
