Women@TheTable: Impact Analysis 2024
Executive Summary
The year 2024 marked a transformative chapter in Women@TheTable’s mission to integrate human rights and gender equality into artificial intelligence frameworks. Through a strategic three-pillar approach of Toolbox, Advocacy, and Community building, we have moved beyond conceptual frameworks to create tangible impacts across global governance structures and local implementation contexts.
Key achievements included the publication of a definitive white paper codifying the AI & Equality framework, expansion of the global AI & Equality community founded in 2023 to over 500 members spanning 57 countries, adaptation of the Toolbox methodology for specific regional contexts, integration into major policy frameworks including the Global Digital Compact, and establishment of the International Gender Champions Digital and New Emerging Technologies Impact Group.
Women at the Table’s ability to simultaneously advance methodological innovations, influence policy frameworks, and nurture a vibrant global community as we approach our tenth year in operation next year demonstrates a mature approach to addressing the complex challenges of ensuring AI systems uphold human dignity and advance gender equality worldwide.
Women@TheTable’s 2024 activities demonstrate a mature, multifaceted approach to ensuring AI systems uphold human rights and advance gender equality. By integrating methodological development, policy advocacy, and community building, the organization has established itself as a pivotal actor in global AI governance.
The demonstrated adaptability of the framework across contexts, its influence on formal policy structures, and its resonance with a diverse global community suggest a sustainable model for addressing one of the most pressing challenges of our time: ensuring that rapidly advancing technologies enhance rather than undermine human dignity and equality.
In a field often characterized by either abstract principles or narrow technical solutions, Women@TheTable’s integrated approach offers a vital middle path—one that connects universal human rights principles with contextual realities and practical implementations. This bridge-building function, evident across all 2024 activities, represents perhaps the organization’s most significant contribution to the emerging field of AI governance.