Does AI advance gender equality? - A panel on The Effects of AI on the Working Lives of Women

Event date
March 8, 2022
Venue
online
Country
OTHER
Short description

In celebration of International Women’s Day 2022 and in conjunction with the launch of the joint report by UNESCO-IDB-OECD “The effects of Artificial Intelligence on the working lives of women”, this virtual panel discussion will map the unique opportunities and challenges that AI presents for the working lives of women and address the three overarching topics highlighted in the new joint report from UNESCO, OECD and IDB “The Effects of AI on the Working Lives of Women”. 

Description

The report is intended to raise general awareness of the disruptions of AI during the workforce lifecycle from a gender perspective. 

Moderated by Gina Neff, Executive Director of the Minderoo Centre for Technology & Democracy at the University of Cambridge and Professor of Technology & Society at the University of Oxford, Member of the Women4AI Daring Circle 

Opening remarks:

  • Tawfik Jelassi, Assistant Director-General, UNESCO
  • Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD

Confirmed panellists:  

  • Dorothy Gordon, Chair, Information for All Programme & Board Member of the Institute for Information Technologies in Education, UNESCO 
  • Tamara Dancheva, Senior Manager for International Relations, GSMA
  • Dirk Meyer, Head of Directorate-General on Global Health, Private Sector, Trade and Rural Development, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
  • Marta Ochoa, Director of Youth and Senior Coordinator Equal Opportunities, UNI Global Union
  • Livia Gouvea Gomes, Labor Markets Expert, IDB 

Register HERE

Geographical focus
  • General/no specific focus
Scientifc field / Thematic focus
  • General
Event type
  • Webinar

Entry created by Elke Dall on March 4, 2022
Modified on March 4, 2022