Women at the Table

A fair future
starts here

As a pioneering think tank, we don’t just analyze digital infrastructure and feminist AI, we actively construct it. Our mission is to forge technology that elevates human dignity, gender equality, and eradicates bias.

As part of our civic infrastructure strategy, we launched the A+ Alliance and the AI & Equality Initiative to ensure digital public infrastructure is inclusive by design

Building Rights into Digital Infrastructure

AI and digital systems are becoming public infrastructure. We ensure they serve everyone, with toolkits, benchmarks, and networks that put human rights at the center of digital governance.

Governance Toolkits 

Rights-based guides for building and buying AI systems.

Human Rights AI Benchmark

The first evaluation tool grounded in international rights law.

Digital Guardians

Training civic technologists to counter algorithmic harms.

AI Sandbox 

Safe prototyping space for civil society organizations.

For a decade, Women at the Table has sparked systems change by redesigning the tables where decisions shape our world, not just adding seats.

Some of our current and recent projects include work with:

Building bridges across borders

Our global network connects scholars, technologists, and advocates from the Global South and beyond. Together, we’re reshaping AI to reflect the full spectrum of human experience and expertise.

Policy work that opens doors

We craft policies that close the gender digital divide and create pathways for inclusive technology. Our advocacy is grounded in research, driven by evidence, and designed for real change.

Workshops that build skills and confidence

The AI & Equality Toolbox workshops break down complex concepts and build up practical capabilities. We turn understanding into action, one conversation at a time.

Creating connections that count

Our platform brings together thinkers, makers, and changemakers who share a vision: technology that works for everyone. We’re building the infrastructure for collaboration.

Research that reaches decision-makers

Our work influences conversations in boardrooms, policy halls, and international forums. We bring evidence and lived experience to discussions about trade, technology, and democracy.

Join the work

The future of AI isn’t predetermined—it’s being written now. We’re building a community of people committed to ensuring that future includes everyone. Technology at its best doesn’t just solve problems; it creates possibilities.

W@tt’s Up

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WSIS+20 Stakeholder Consultations: Women At The Table’s Input

What’s Next for the World Summit on the Information Society?

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Why We Need Feminist Civic Infrastructure for the Digital Age

When we make civic infrastructure feminist, we fundamentally reimagine how systems operate.

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Women At The Table: The Path Forward 

Our work has proven that AI can work for all—not just the privileged few. 

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Multilateral Leadership in AI and Gender Equality

W@TT combines methodological innovation, policy advocacy, and community building to ensure human rights and gender equality are centered in AI development worldwide.

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AI & Equality Community: Fostering a Global Network for Inclusive AI

Building a vibrant global network that bridges disciplinary divides to ensure artificial intelligence advances human rights and gender equality.

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AI & Equality: A Human Rights Toolbox  

Changing how the next generation of technologists and policy makers understand their responsibility to build inclusive systems from the ground up.

Upcoming events & talks

The African AI & Equality Toolbox Launch

Sep 083:00 pm - 4:00 pm

The African AI & Equality Toolbox Launch

This launch webinar will present the methodology and the process of development of the toolbox featuring the contributors and introduce the webinar series that focus on each stage of the lifecycle with the selected case studies.

The African AI & Equality Toolbox Webinar 1: Introduction & Stage 1

Sep 154:00 pm - 5:00 pm

The African AI & Equality Toolbox Webinar 1: Introduction & Stage 1

This webinar serves to explore Stage 1 of AI Development which is fundamentally a participatory and grounded approach which is crucial for centering gender equity, given that women often carry the brunt of labor in agriculture and caregiving, yet remain underrepresented in AI design and governance.

The African <AI & Equality> Toolbox Webinar 2: System Requirements

Oct 064:00 pm - 5:00 pm

The African Toolbox Webinar 2: System Requirements

In this webinar we look at how requirement setting should function as a bridge between vision and use: Aligning system features with cultural context, infrastructure gaps, and social expectations; Identifying constraints early on—connectivity, literacy, consent, power dynamics—and building around them and making conscious trade-offs between speed, scale, and equity.