Article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) provides that “Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral
and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author”. Despite this declaration
as far back as 10th December 1948, women remain underrepresented in several areas of human life, intellectual property being not an exception. This article attempts to examine, among others, the challenges faced by females in using the Intellectual Property System (IP) system and how these challenges can be surmounted, the perks of a gender-parity IP future, as well as policy recommendations which would be relevant to stakeholders and policy makers in the efforts towards gender inclusivity in the IP world