 Jul 052:00 pm - 5:00 pm Feminist AI Innovation from the Global South: From Community to Global Governance CommitmentsInclusive AI Research Network (formerly the Feminist AI Research Network FAIR) and the Gender in Digital Coalition, are a global feminist coalition that works to promote and ensure intersectionality and gender mainstreaming in global digital governance frameworks. |
 Jun 308:30 am - 9:30 am Digital International Geneva thematic session on HumRights-BenchCampus Biotech, Chemin des Mines 9, 1202 Geneva |
 Jun 222:00 pm - 3:00 pm Human Rights Council Side Event | From Rights to Architecture: Women, Girls, and the Governance of Artificial IntelligenceThis event convenes human rights and technical expertise to ask what regulatory architecture, accountability mechanisms, and feminist design practice are needed to close the implementation gap — before the UN Working Group’s landmark report on AI and gender equality goes to the Council. |
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Jun 183:00 pm - 4:00 pm Human Rights Council Side Event | HumRights-Bench: Can AI Understand Human Rights Law?Organized by AI & Equality by Women at the Table and Globethics, HumRights-Bench is the first scientific tool to measure whether AI models understand and apply human rights law. As large language models increasingly shape decisions affecting rights holders worldwide, Member States urgently need rigorous evaluation tools. Our results reveal consistent model failures — giving governments the concrete data needed to regulate AI responsibly. |
 May 22All Day AI & Equality Festival of Ideas 2026The AI & Equality Festival of Ideas will convene the people working with algorithms; linguists building language models for African languages, feminist scholars rewriting the benchmarks, digital rights lawyers fighting surveillance states, health researchers exposing algorithmic bias in clinical care, and organizers connecting the dots between AI, labor, climate, and indigenous land rights. |
 May 129:00 am - 3:00 pm Expert Dialogue on Addressing Technology-Facilitated Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Linked to TerrorismThe full-day meeting will convene experts from international and regional organizations, civil society, researchers, and technology networks to examine critical gaps in knowledge and policy related to technology-facilitated sexual and gender-based violence linked to terrorism. It aims to deepen understanding of the forms and impacts of such violence, including the connections between online and offline harm and the role of online gender-based hate in fostering pathways to violent extremism. |
 May 0710:15 am - 11:15 am RightsCon 2026: A Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action: Mobilising for Feminist Tech Industry StandardsOrganized by A+ Alliance, Equality Now and UNFPA, we want to learn from the participants how activists, technologists, and policy makers across regions are already experimenting with “safety by design” in practice and what barriers they face when engaging platforms or regulators. |
 Apr 292:00 am - 3:30 am Espresso for Equality | Digital Justice and Artificial Intelligence: Embedding Gender Equality in Turbulent TimesThis session continues Espresso for Equality, a short, focused briefing format designed to keep IGC focal points informed on key developments at the intersection of gender equality and multilateral policy. |
 Apr 293:00 pm - 4:10 pm High-level meeting on the implementation of General Recommendation No. 40 and the follow-up to the political declaration adopted in New YorkDuring the 70thsession of the Commission on the Status of Women, the joint statement presented by France on the theme of women’s participation in decision-making systems—building on the joint statement on the implementation of General Recommendation 40 adopted at the 58th session of the Human Rights Council—served to reaffirm a collective commitment to women’s rights. The purpose of this high-level meeting is to extend this momentum from New York to Geneva, with a view to ensuring policy continuity and operationalization. It aims to bring together supporting States, institutional partners, and civil society organizations to maintain political momentum and identify concrete levers for the implementation of Resolution 40. |
 Apr 229:00 am - 10:00 am Inclusive Data Governance for Women’s Empowerment – Perspectives from Africa and the EUThis side event, co-organized by The Gambia and Austria, aims to contribute to the discussion within the Working Group on Data Governance at All Levels by highlighting how inclusive data governance frameworks can advance women’s empowerment while reflecting diverse national priorities and development contexts. |
