Join leading experts and advocates on 30 October 2024 at UNESCO HQ in Paris for a deep dive into the complex impact of AI on gender equality and women’s rights. This conference is aimed at exploring real-world solutions for a more ethical AI ecosystem.

Women 4 Ethical Artificial Intelligence Conference | UNESCO

Background

Organized jointly with  UNESCO’s Women4Ethical AI platform, this conference will focus on advancing the ethics of artificial intelligence through a gender lens, with an emphasis on implementing the Gender Policy Action Area of  Recommendation on the Ethics of AI (2021). The Recommendation is the global standard on the ethical governance of AI, representing commitment of all 194 UNESCO Member States. 

Hosted by the Social and Human Sciences Sector, the event will tackle critical issues such as gender stereotypes in generative AI, women’s representation in AI development, and gendered inequalities in the AI labor market. The event will explore both the risks and opportunities of AI in promoting gender equality, and focus on concrete policy actions and solutions to be pursued globally, in line with the Recommendation 

Bringing together the world’s prominent experts, policymakers, and advocates in this domain, the event aims to create actionable strategies to close the digital gender divide and strengthen the intersection of AI, gender equality, and human rights. Key highlights of the event include the launch of the Outlook Study on Gender and AI. 

Expert platform to advance gender equality: W4EAI

UNESCO’s Women4Ethical AI is a collaborative platform co-chaired by the Assistant Director General for Social and Human Sciences, Gabriela Ramos and Alessandra Sala, that brings together leading experts to advance gender equality in the world of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The initiative supports governments,  companies and the entire AI ecosystem to ensure women’s equal representation in AI design, development, and deployment, while promoting inclusive and trustworthy AI systems. The platform is committed to the implementation of UNESCO’s Recommendation on the Ethics of AI and its Gender Policy Action Area through sharing research and best practices, promoting non-discriminatory algorithms, and encouraging greater participation of women, girls, and underrepresented groups in the AI field.