Explore WIPO data on women in patenting: leading sectors like Biotech (63%), fast growth in ICT, and where gender gaps persist in engineering.

In the Women’s IP World Annual 2025, Bejuka Mildred Alugu of BEJUKA-Elebe IP Sarl & Associates explores foreclosure by tolerance in OAPI, highlighting how inaction by IP holders can undermine enforcement and lead to forfeiture of rights.