2021
upcoming events...
CEDAW Briefing
17 February
Virtual Geneva
Women at the Table have been asked to brief the CEDAW Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women experts on on artificial intelligence and algorithms and women’s rights and gender equality.
The briefing follows on from our brief to the European Commission Gender Equality Unit in the spring. We hope to make a clear case to CEDAW about the outsized impact biased artificial intelligence is having and will continue exponentially on the lives of women and girls in every corner of the world.
International Women's Day / International Women's Week / International Women's Month
March
Virtual Globe
Women at the Table, the <A+> Alliance for Inclusive Algorithms, & the f<a+i>r feminist AI research network will be doing a series of International Women's Day events to celebrate Feminist AI and Technology & Innovation in March
AI & SDGS: Gender & Technology
5 March
12-1 CET
The Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy, Graduate Institute Geneva + London-based think tank Global Policy Insight and AI Policy Lab series on AI & SDGs
Panel with:
Ivana Bartoletti, Co-Founder, Women Leading in AI Network; Visiting Policy Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute
Lowri Angharad Rees, UN Women
Caitlin Kraft-Buchman, Women at the Table / <A+> Alliance
Jérôme Duberry, Research Associate & Lecturer, Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy
CGIAR: International Women's Day Keynote
8 March
Virtual 12:30-13:30CET
CGIAR is the world’s largest global agricultural innovation network, with 15 Research Centers operating in 108 countries, working with 3,000+ partners, currently transitioning to One CGIAR.
We're super excited to address the CGIAR family to focus on Women in Leadership on IWD, a particularly critical issue for women in research and science, and in food systems response.
Gender Equality, Women's Leadership, Democracy & Algorithmic bias
12 March
Virtual 12:00 CST; 18:00CET
with Youth Leaders and Youth Professionals (YLYP) of the Committee on the Status of Women (CSW)
Speakers:
Moderator: Caitlin Kraft-Buchman, CEO/Founder, Women at the Table, co-founder <A+> Alliance for Inclusive Algorithms
Feminist AI:
A Regional Snapshot
14 March 1400-1530 CET
VirtualMozFest, Amsterdam
Networking Event at Trustworthy AI Hackathon @MozFest
Networking event within the hackathon supported by
Building Trustworthy AI working group,
hosted by AI IRL Space
to help the Feminist AI Regional networks supported by <A+> Alliance & f<a+i>r share global perspectives & foster greater network/coalition building.
with
Renata Avila, co-founder <A+> Alliance
Paola Ricaurte, Tecnologico Monterrey
Jaime Gutiérrez, Tecnologico Costa Rica
Raya Sharbain, Jordan Open Source Association
Sorja Hongladarom, Chulalongkorn University
Caitlin Kraft-Buchman, Women at the Table / <A+> Alliance
Open to all Mozfest participants.
CSW: G-App Side Event
18 March
VirtualCSW
0930-1100EST /1530-1700CET
The G-app: Gender Gap Application measures on which topics women are speaking, for how long, in which capacity and with what authority.
International Organisations provide the space and infrastructure for deciding the direction of the international community. Ensuring that a plurality of voices are heard is key for these decisions to have legitimacy. But how is this plurality measured? Do we understand the duration of time or the subjects on which women speak in international fora? Do we understand in which capacity women speak: as decision makers, as experts, or experientially? It's not sufficient for women merely to be present, or even to speak in the conference chamber, they must also have influence in outcomes.
CSW: Green New Deal Side Event
24 March
VirtualCSW
1030-1200EST / 1630-1800CET
Women's political participation in climate justice movements and the intersection with technology.
<AI & Equality> Human Rights Toolbox
26 March
VirtualEPFL, Lausanne
1400-1700CET
Why and where can algorithms produce inequality outcomes? Why and where can algorithms be gender biased? How can a human rights-based approach be applied to computer algorithms that engage, reason about, and make decisions on people?
A workshop to further integrate concepts of intersectionality and bring work to the next step to draw clear lines from human rights principles to code, with a unique blend of human rights law and data science.
A collaboration between Women at the Table, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, & EPFL.
A first in a series of workshops.
Generation Equality
29-31 March
VirtualMexico City
The Generation Equality Forum is scheduled to kick off in Mexico City as an intergenerational and intersectional global gathering for gender equality, convened by UN Women and co-chaired by the governments of Mexico and France, in partnership with civil society.
This event has three specific objectives:
Preparation of Action Coalitions including Technology & Innovation of which <A+> Alliance / Women at the Table are leaders
Development of a multilateral feminist strategy to propose and promote accelerated changes towards gender equality in the coming years.
Formation of a multilateral alliance of countries to promote the gender equality agenda.
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