★ Highlights a critical gender gap in the digital economy: Despite women making up half the global population, too few digital innovations are designed by or for them—limiting their economic participation and causing businesses and governments to miss a massive opportunity.

★ Grounded in cross-regional policy and industry expertise: Author Nimesha Taylor is a seasoned digital policy advisor who has worked with central banks, tech firms, and international organizations across Asia-Pacific, the Americas, and Europe, consistently applying a gender lens to digital finance, trade, and regulation.

★ Forward-looking and action-oriented: Through real-world cases and research, the book shows how digital tools empower women to learn, lead, and build healthier lives—and calls on investors, CEOs, and policymakers to recognize women as central drivers—not just users—of the digital economy.

Smartphones, digital payments and health apps are examples of how technology is empowering women to upskill, lead or start tech companies and live healthier and greener lives. The digital revolution is dramatically transforming the role of women in the economy delivering new opportunities to work, play and learn. But women are missing out. Not enough innovative technologies are being developed ‘by women’ or ‘for women’ leading to untapped benefits for the female population and missed opportunities for businesses and government to cater to half of the world’s population.

The Female Digital Revolution provides a unique insight into the changing role of women in the digital economy which is growing at an unprecedented rate. Through a collection of powerful real-life stories and research, it brings to life current and future digital changes that are reshaping the role of women. It urges government and businesses to start consciously thinking about women as powerful digital economic agents, highlights the need to increase female participation in all aspects of our digital economy, and implores all relevant actors—investors, entrepreneurs, CEOs, public leaders, and the like—to be part of the female digital revolution.

Nimisha Tailor
Nimisha Tailor is a competition and regulation specialist with international experience. She has advised large tech companies, central banks, think tanks and international organisations in the areas of digital finance, digital trade, data governance, e-commerce and logistics. She has worked on consulting projects in Asia Pacific, United States and Latin America and brings a gender lens to digital policies and regulations. Previously, she was Deputy Director at the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore and has worked at competition authorities in United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia (secondment).

Nimisha is passionate about developing the next generation of leaders and mentors young female professionals and university students, globally and regionally. As a mentor for the NexGen Keynote Women Speakers programme, she has supported talented women to make impactful speeches on stage by drawing on her public and private sector work experience.

Nimisha served in the UK Government Economic Service and has a MSc degree in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.