UNESCO launches Women4Ethical AI expert platform to advance gender equality

At a time when digital technologies are reshaping everyday life, women are under-represented in the research and design of these technologies, Their needs and experiences are also overlooked by designers, and the data used to train AI is often biased against women and girls. Today, globally, women and girls are 25% less likely than men to know how to leverage digital technology for basic purposes, 4 times less likely to know how to programme computers and 13 times less likely to file for an ICT patent. Only 20% of employees…

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