We are at a critical turning point. In order to innovate and thrive in a rapidly changing global environment, new norms are needed.

The Problem

Particularly urgent given the scale at which Automated Decision-Making (ADM) systems and machine learning are being deployed, we need Affirmative Action for Algorithms, to correct real life bias and barriers that prevent women from achieving their full participation and rights in the present, and in the future, we invent.

The Problem

Particularly urgent given the scale at which Automated Decision-Making (ADM) systems and machine learning are being deployed, we need Affirmative Action for Algorithms, to correct real life bias and barriers that prevent women from achieving their full participation and rights in the present, and in the future, we invent.

Call to action

We can either seize the moment to correct bias in the digital realm, as we tackle bias in the analog world, or condemn ourselves to old bias baked into the future century of Automated Decision-Making (ADM) that is trained by machine learning on biased data sets.

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Call to action

We can either seize the moment to correct bias in the digital realm, as we tackle bias in the analog world, or condemn ourselves to old bias baked into the future century of Automated Decision-Making (ADM) that is trained by machine learning on biased data sets.

Read the declaration

The f<A+i>r Network

In this challenging moment the <A+> Alliance, and Gender at Work, supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), has launched a Feminist AI Research network.

The pilot phase of this invitation-only global Feminist AI Research network will gather a cohort of eminent social scientists, economists, and activists, side by side with data, machine learning and computer scientists to discuss how to fix the system and leverage AI for women’s rights.

Our focus is on how AI innovation and social systems innovation can be catalyzed concomitantly.

We believe that now is the time to connect the work feminist researchers envision for an inclusive and thriving future.

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The f<A+i>r Network

In this challenging moment the <A+> Alliance, and Gender at Work, supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), has launched a Feminist AI Research network.

Read more about The Network

What’s happening now

<A+> Algorithms 101: AI, Social Protections & Procurement

For the public & private sector on the sidelines of the UN Business & Human Rights Forum: How can private and public sector AI be leveraged to ensure AI and ADM are unbiased? How can procurement be used to incentivise inclusion and influence of feminists in the conception, budgeting, design, deployment, and monitoring of AI & ADM systems?

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What’s happening now

<A+> Algorithms 101: AI, Social Protections & Procurement

For the public & private sector on the sidelines of the UN Business & Human Rights Forum: How can private and public sector AI be leveraged to ensure AI and ADM are unbiased? How can procurement be used to incentivise inclusion and influence of feminists in the conception, budgeting, design, deployment, and monitoring of AI & ADM systems?

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Pilots

Pilot Plans to be announced September 2020

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