WSIS Forum 2026
Rapport généré par l'IA

Measuring what matters: Embedding gender equality in AI governance through gender-specific indicators

8 intervenants
Résumé

Résumé

La discussion a porté sur la manière d’intégrer des indicateurs sensibles au genre dans les feuilles de route de mise en œuvre du SMSI+20, en particulier autour de l’IA, afin que les engagements en faveur de l’égalité de genre dans la gouvernance numérique mondiale deviennent mesurables et applicables . Marina Meira a présenté la Gender and Digital Coalition comme une coalition féministe dans différents processus tels que le Global Digital Compact, SMSI+20 et la gouvernance de l’IA, avec parmi ses priorités des cadres structurels pour l’égalité de genre, l’intégration de la dimension de genre, les évaluations d’impact et l’accès abordable . Nandini Chami a soutenu que l’égalité de genre n’est actuellement pas mesurée de manière adéquate, notant qu’un récent projet de feuille de route de l’ONU ne mentionnait le terme « gender » aucune fois, et a insisté sur le fait que la gouvernance devrait être le « méta-indicateur » pour suivre les progrès dans le paradigme de l’IA . Elle a proposé des indicateurs dans le cadre des lignes d’action SMSI C1 et C6, notamment pour savoir si les stratégies nationales numériques et d’IA contiennent des chapitres autonomes sur l’égalité de genre, si la direction au sein des organes et délégations du SMSI respecte la parité entre les genres, et si le financement public de la R&D en TIC et en IA est assorti de conditions d’équité de genre . Elle a également mis en avant les données relatives aux brevets et au marché du travail comme sources utiles pour mesurer la participation des femmes à l’innovation et les effets structurels plus larges de l’IA, y compris la « gigification » et la charge des soins non rémunérés . Mrinalini Dayal a déclaré que les femmes et les filles ne peuvent pas bénéficier à égalité des systèmes numériques si elles ne peuvent pas participer en toute sécurité en ligne, et a présenté les Feminist Guiding Principles for AI Governance de la coalition comme un cadre pratique de départ pour les gouvernements et les facilitateurs des lignes d’action . Elle a évoqué des précédents existants tels que la CEDAW, la Commission de la condition de la femme, la stratégie de l’UE pour l’égalité entre les femmes et les hommes et le cadre du Conseil de l’Europe sur l’IA, et a soutenu qu’une approche multipartite est essentielle . Elle a également déclaré que l’expertise devrait aller au-delà des professionnels techniques pour inclure les survivantes de violences fondées sur le genre facilitées par la technologie, les technologues féministes, les dirigeantes autochtones, les défenseurs des droits des personnes handicapées et d’autres communautés concernées, tout en notant qu’une grande partie des données nécessaires existe déjà mais nécessite une meilleure coordination . Pavitra Ramanujam a soutenu que les processus de gouvernance numérique reconnaissent souvent l’inégalité de genre sans en traiter les racines structurelles, et a déclaré que l’intégration de la dimension de genre doit être ancrée dans tous les domaines de la gouvernance numérique plutôt que traitée comme un thème transversal purement nominal . Elle a appelé à des indicateurs qui aillent au-delà de l’accès pour mesurer les résultats, utilisent une perspective intersectionnelle, et soient élaborés avec une participation significative des groupes féministes, LGBTQI, autochtones et de personnes handicapées . Elle a également appelé à un alignement entre le SMSI, le Global Digital Compact et les processus de gouvernance de l’IA au moyen de priorités partagées, d’indicateurs communs et de rapports coordonnés, avertissant que, sinon, les engagements pourraient devenir fragmentés . Les interventions du public ont globalement soutenu cet effort tout en soulevant des questions de mise en œuvre : Nagla Rizk a soutenu des indicateurs nuancés mais a averti que des indices imposés de haut en bas peuvent encourager une approche de simple conformité formelle, Eva Villarreal a proposé d’adapter les indicateurs au suivi interaméricain, et des participants de l’UIT ont souligné à la fois l’importance de la comparabilité internationale et la difficulté pratique d’obtenir des données ventilées par genre dans certains secteurs . En conclusion, les intervenantes ont souligné que certaines bases de données pertinentes existent déjà via des sources telles que l’OMPI, l’UIT et l’OMS, mais qu’un travail supplémentaire est nécessaire sur l’investissement, le signalement des préjudices et une architecture de données plus solide et sensible au genre, et la société civile a été invitée à participer directement aux consultations en cours pour faire avancer ces indicateurs . Dans l’ensemble, la session a présenté les indicateurs sensibles au genre comme un pont nécessaire entre les engagements de haut niveau et une mise en œuvre redevable dans la gouvernance du numérique et de l’IA .

Points clés

- L’objectif central de la session était de promouvoir des indicateurs concrets et sensibles au genre dans le cadre de l’examen SMSI+20, en particulier autour de l’IA, afin que les engagements en matière d’égalité de genre passent de principes généraux à une mise en œuvre mesurable. Marina Meira a présenté les priorités de la coalition comme incluant des cadres structurels pour l’égalité de genre, l’intégration de la dimension de genre, l’inclusion, les évaluations d’impact de genre et le financement public de l’accès, et a expliqué que la discussion porterait plus spécifiquement sur les indicateurs liés à l’IA et au genre en cours d’élaboration pour les lignes d’action du SMSI. - Les intervenantes ont soutenu que l’égalité de genre est actuellement sous-mesurée dans la gouvernance numérique et que cela nuit à la redevabilité et aux progrès. Nandini Chami a souligné que les discussions actuelles sur la mise en œuvre ne mentionnent pas suffisamment le genre et a fait valoir que « ce qui n’est pas mesuré » n’est pas pris au sérieux. Elle a proposé des indicateurs axés sur la gouvernance, notamment pour savoir si les stratégies nationales numériques et d’IA comportent des chapitres autonomes sur l’égalité de genre, si le SMSI et les directions nationales atteignent la parité entre les genres, et si le financement public de la R&D en TIC/IA inclut des conditions d’équité de genre. - Un point majeur de la discussion a été la nécessité d’indicateurs allant au-delà de simples métriques d’accès pour saisir, à la place, les résultats structurels et intersectionnels à travers l’écosystème de l’IA. Nandini Chami et Pavitra Ramanujam ont toutes deux souligné que la question n’est pas seulement l’accès des femmes aux services d’IA, mais aussi de savoir qui bénéficie de l’innovation en IA, comment les marchés du travail et la charge des soins sont remodelés, et si l’exclusion est aggravée par l'ethnie, le handicap, la classe sociale, le statut migratoire, l'orientation sexuelle et d’autres facteurs. Pavitra Ramanujam a ajouté que les indicateurs devraient mesurer des résultats tels que la présence des femmes dans les rôles décisionnels, les écarts de genre dans la production de contenus numériques, et le fait que les systèmes d’IA du secteur public fassent ou non l’objet d’évaluations intégrées de l’impact sur les droits humains et sur le genre. - La coalition a présenté des principes féministes et des cadres internationaux existants comme bases pratiques pour intégrer des indicateurs de genre dans le SMSI et les processus connexes de gouvernance de l’IA. Mrinalini Dayal a mis en avant les Feminist Guiding Principles for AI Governance de la coalition, couvrant la sécurité, la dignité, les biais algorithmiques, les droits humains, une IA inclusive et équitable, l’investissement et des mécanismes de gouvernance féministes. Elle a également évoqué des précédents tels que la CEDAW, la Commission de la condition de la femme, la stratégie de l’UE pour l’égalité entre les femmes et les hommes, et le cadre du Conseil de l’Europe sur l’IA, soutenant qu’ils peuvent guider les facilitateurs des lignes d’action dans la conception d’indicateurs, de métriques et d’objectifs. - Les participants ont examiné les voies de mise en œuvre, notamment le fait que des données pertinentes existent déjà mais doivent être mieux coordonnées, adaptées et rendues comparables à l’échelle internationale, tout en reconnaissant les obstacles politiques et pratiques. Les intervenantes ont cité des sources existantes telles que WIPO PatentScope, le tableau de bord de genre de l’UIT et le Global Digital Health Monitor de l’OMS comme apports utilisables pour le suivi du SMSI. Les interventions du public ont confirmé à la fois l’utilité de tels indices et les risques d’une conformité formelle imposée de manière descendante, tandis que des représentants de l’UIT ont noté une résistance à l’adoption d’indicateurs spécifiques au genre dans certains contextes et ont souligné la nécessité de comparabilité et de consultation. La société civile a été encouragée à participer directement aux consultations des lignes d’action pour faire progresser ces propositions.

Objectif général de la discussion : La discussion visait à plaider en faveur de l’intégration d’indicateurs spécifiques, applicables et sensibles au genre dans les feuilles de route de mise en œuvre du SMSI +20, avec un accent particulier sur l’IA en tant qu’enjeu transversal. L’objectif plus large était de veiller à ce que les engagements en matière d’égalité de genre dans la gouvernance numérique soient traduits en cadres de redevabilité mesurables que les gouvernements, les organismes internationaux, la société civile et potentiellement les entreprises puissent utiliser concrètement.

Ton général de la discussion : Le ton général était constructif, urgent et porté par le plaidoyer. Au départ, le ton était explicatif et orienté vers la définition de l’ordre du jour, Marina Meira présentant les objectifs de la coalition et le contexte politique. Il est ensuite devenu plus analytique et critique à mesure que les intervenantes soulignaient l’absence de mesure du genre et la nature structurelle de l’inégalité. Lors des interventions du public, le ton s’est élargi en un échange collaboratif et pragmatique, mêlant encouragements et prudence quant à la faisabilité, à la comparabilité et aux résistances politiques. Il s’est conclu sur une note mobilisatrice, appelant les participants à porter les indicateurs proposés dans les consultations en cours et à poursuivre la construction de la coalition.

Intervenants

- Marina Meira - Modératrice de la session ; travaille chez Derechos Digitales ; hôte de la session au nom de la Gender and Digital Coalition ; impliquée dans le plaidoyer féministe mondial sur la gouvernance numérique, y compris le Global Digital Compact, l’examen SMSI+20 et la gouvernance de l’IA. - Nandini Chami - Intervenante ; IT for Change, une organisation de la société civile basée en Inde ; membre de la Gender and Digital Coalition ; est intervenue sur la mesure du genre, la gouvernance de l’IA, les politiques numériques, les impacts sur le travail et le financement public de l’innovation. - Mrinalini Dayal - Intervenante ; représentant Equality Now et AUDRI (the Alliance for Universal Digital Rights) ; membre de la Gender and Digital Coalition ; est intervenue sur les principes féministes de gouvernance de l’IA, la sécurité en ligne, les indicateurs sensibles au genre et la gouvernance numérique multipartite. - Pavitra Ramanujam - Intervenante ; Association for Progressive Communications ; membre de la Gender and Digital Coalition ; est intervenue sur le SMSI, le Global Digital Compact, la gouvernance de l’IA, les indicateurs de genre intersectionnels et la mise en œuvre coordonnée à travers les processus de gouvernance mondiale. - Nagla Rizk - Intervenante du public ; basée au Caire au sein de l’Access to Knowledge for Development Center et du Middle East, North Africa Observatory on Responsible AI ; est intervenue sur les indices, l’IA responsable et les précautions méthodologiques face à des mesures imposées de manière descendante. - Eva Villarreal - Intervenante du public ; travaille à l’Organisation des États américains sur le mécanisme de suivi de la Convention ; est intervenue sur l’élaboration d’indicateurs pour mesurer la mise en œuvre par les États parties en lien avec l’intelligence artificielle et la violence numérique contre les femmes. - Esperanza Magpantay - Intervenante à distance ; équipe des statistiques ; impliquée dans le Partenariat sur la mesure des TIC au service du développement, une initiative mondiale travaillant sur des indicateurs pour suivre les lignes d’action du SMSI, le GDC et les indicateurs des ODD. - Audience - Intervenante du public non nommée ; travaille pour l’UIT comme cheffe de projet sur plusieurs initiatives de renforcement des capacités axées sur les femmes ; a partagé les difficultés pratiques liées à l’obtention d’indicateurs spécifiques au genre, en particulier dans les indices de cybersécurité. Intervenantes supplémentaires : - Laura - Mentionnée par Marina Meira comme une collègue aidant à la logistique/Zoom et partageant des codes QR ; aucune intervention orale dans la discussion de fond. - Natalia - Mentionnée via une question du chat Zoom demandant si les indicateurs concernent uniquement les gouvernements ou sont également pertinents pour les entreprises ; non répertoriée parmi les intervenantes nommées.

Intervenants
NC
Nandini Chami
156 wpm · 9 min
MM
Marina Meira
142 wpm · 14 min
MD
Mrinalini Dayal
161 wpm · 5 min
PR
Pavitra Ramanujam
162 wpm · 11 min
EV
Eva Villarreal
118 wpm · 1 min
EM
Esperanza Magpantay
156 wpm · 2 min
NR
Nagla Rizk
173 wpm · 2 min
A
Audience
236 wpm · 2 min

Marina Meira a ouvert la session au nom de Derechos Digitales et de la Gender and Digital Coalition, décrivant la coalition comme une alliance féministe mondiale formée en 2023 et dans le cadre du Global Digital Compact, de l’examen SMSI+20, du AI Global Dialogue et des processus connexes de gouvernance numérique . Elle a explicitement énuméré les membres de la coalition comme étant l’Alliance for Universal Digital Rights, l’Association for Progressive Communications, l’UNFPA, ONU Femmes, Equality Now, IT for Change, Pollicy, la World Wide Web Foundation, Women at the Table, et Derechos Digitales . Marina Meira a exposé les priorités de la coalition : des cadres structurels pour l’égalité de genre dans la gouvernance numérique, une intégration systématique du genre assortie d’un financement dédié, une inclusion significative dans les espaces de gouvernance, des évaluations d’impact de genre obligatoires pour les politiques relatives aux TIC et les systèmes d’IA, ainsi qu’un financement public pour un accès significatif et abordable . Elle a ensuite replacé la discussion dans le contexte de l’examen SMSI+20, notant que le document final réaffirme l’égalité de genre et, au paragraphe 112, appelle les facilitateurs des lignes d’action à traiter l’égalité de genre et l’autonomisation des femmes et des filles comme un thème central . Étant donné que les facilitateurs rédigent actuellement des indicateurs, elle a indiqué que la session visait à apporter des propositions concrètes, en se concentrant en particulier sur les indicateurs liés à l’IA et au genre, car l’IA touche l’ensemble des lignes d’action du SMSI . Elle a également attiré l’attention des participants sur deux documents de la coalition : les Feminist Guiding Principles and Commitments for Global AI Governance et un ensemble d’indicateurs de genre proposés pour le SMSI, axés sur l’IA et le genre .

Nandini Chami a soutenu avec force que l’égalité de genre reste largement absente des cadres de mesure en matière de gouvernance numérique. Elle a déclaré qu’« actuellement, nous ne mesurons pas du tout les progrès en matière d’égalité de genre » et a donné l’exemple d’un projet de feuille de route conjointe de mise en œuvre des Nations Unies sur la cohérence WSIS-GDC présenté à la CSTD en avril, qui ne contient aucune occurrence du mot « gender » . Elle a fait valoir que ce qui n’est pas mesuré n’est pas pris au sérieux et ne connaîtra pas de progrès réels . Nandini Chami a ensuite proposé de traiter la gouvernance comme le « méta-indicateur » pour suivre l’égalité de genre dans le paradigme de l’IA . Elle a expliqué que la question essentielle n’est pas seulement de savoir si les femmes ont accès aux services d’IA, mais si elles peuvent concrètement réaliser la valeur de l’innovation en IA, qui bénéficie de cette valeur, et si les trajectoires de l’IA améliorent la vie des femmes . Elle a également insisté sur le fait que les femmes ne peuvent pas être traitées comme une catégorie uniforme et que toute analyse doit tenir compte des structures imbriquées de stratification sociale et d’identité de genre .

Nandini Chami a ensuite traduit cette approche en propositions concrètes pour les lignes d’action du SMSI. Au titre de la ligne d’action C1, elle a proposé un indicateur visant à vérifier si l’égalité de genre apparaît comme un chapitre autonome de ressources dans les stratégies nationales relatives au numérique et à l’IA, plutôt que comme une simple référence transversale . Elle a également proposé de mesurer le pourcentage d’organes de facilitation des lignes d’action du SMSI et de délégations nationales atteignant la parité de genre dans les postes de direction, en soutenant que les registres du secrétariat de l’UIT et les données de nomination devraient rendre cela faisable . Au titre de la ligne d’action C6, elle a proposé de mesurer le pourcentage du financement public de la R&D et de l’innovation en TIC et en IA assorti de conditions d’équité de genre, en s’appuyant sur les marqueurs de genre du CAD de l’OCDE et sur les budgets nationaux de la science et de la technologie . Elle a relié cela au fait que les start-up dirigées par des femmes reçoivent à l’échelle mondiale moins de 2 pour cent du capital-risque, ce qui rend le financement public particulièrement important pour soutenir l’innovation portée par des femmes .

Pour étayer cet argument, Nandini Chami a cité WIPO PatentScope comme source permettant de suivre les femmes inventrices dans les technologies de l’IA et du numérique à travers les dépôts de brevets internationaux, régionaux et nationaux . Se référant à une analyse de 2025 menée par la Dr Mercedes de Galgo, elle a indiqué que les femmes ne représentent que 16 pour cent des nouveaux inventeurs dans l’ensemble des brevets liés aux logiciels, à l’IA, au cloud computing, aux semi-conducteurs et aux technologies quantiques, et qu’au rythme actuel, il faudrait plus de 275 ans pour atteindre la parité dans la part des demandes de brevet déposées par des femmes . Elle a ajouté que les pays affichant des performances supérieures à la moyenne mondiale en matière de participation féminine aux brevets tendent à être ceux qui disposent de systèmes publics de R&D plus solides, notamment avec des parts plus élevées de dépôts provenant d'universités et d'entreprises publiques, qui présentent généralement un meilleur équilibre de genre que l’industrie privée . Elle en a conclu que les systèmes publics d’innovation sont essentiels pour une innovation menée par des femmes et égalitaire du point de vue du genre .

Nandini Chami a également appelé à suivre les transformations à l’échelle de l’économie liées à la numérisation et à l’IA, et pas seulement l’inclusion dans le secteur technologique . Elle a proposé d’utiliser les statistiques de l’OIT sur la part des femmes dans l’emploi et l’encadrement, ainsi que les bases de données d’ONU Femmes et les enquêtes nationales sur l’emploi du temps relatives au travail de soins non rémunéré . Elle a soutenu que la transformation numérique tirée par l’IA reconfigure les marchés du travail et l’économie des services, et peut renforcer les inégalités de genre intersectionnelles à travers la polarisation du marché du travail, la « gigification » et la répartition inégale du travail de soins non rémunéré . Elle a décrit cela en termes de processus plus larges de numérisation, de mise en données et d’algorithmisation, et a indiqué que les indicateurs devraient permettre de saisir si ces processus transforment ou enracinent les structures de pouvoir genrées .

Mrinalini Dayal, s’exprimant aujourd’hui au nom d’Equality Now et de l’Alliance for Universal Digital Rights, a orienté la discussion vers les cadres normatifs et la mise en œuvre. Elle a soutenu que les femmes et les filles ne peuvent pas bénéficier à égalité des infrastructures numériques, de l’éducation, de l’innovation ou de l’entrepreneuriat si elles ne peuvent pas participer en ligne en toute sécurité . Elle a noté que de nombreux représentants de pays dans le dialogue sur l’IA décrivaient l’IA comme un catalyseur de changement et une technologie fiable, mais elle a contesté cette présentation au motif que la moitié de la population mondiale ne se sent pas en sécurité en ligne et fait l’objet d’un traitement disproportionné . Elle a orienté les participants vers les Feminist Guiding Principles for AI Governance de la coalition comme cadre pratique pouvant être utilisé par les gouvernements et les facilitateurs des lignes d’action . Elle a indiqué que ces principes couvrent sept domaines, dont la sécurité, la dignité et l’interopérabilité dès la conception, les biais algorithmiques, le principe selon lequel aucune IA ne doit primer sur les droits humains, la violence fondée sur le genre facilitée par la technologie, une IA inclusive et équitable prenant en compte le néocolonialisme et la diversité linguistique, l’investissement en faveur d’une IA féministe, et des mécanismes de gouvernance féministes . Elle a ajouté que les recommandations liées à ces principes incluent des mécanismes indépendants, des évaluations des droits humains avant et après, ainsi que des audits publics .

Mrinalini Dayal a également souligné que les facilitateurs des lignes d’action n’ont pas besoin de créer de toutes pièces un cadre de genre, car il existe déjà des précédents internationaux. Elle a cité la CEDAW et son concept d’égalité substantielle, y compris les mesures temporaires spéciales prévues à l’article 4.1, ainsi que la Commission de la condition de la femme, la stratégie de l’UE pour l’égalité de genre et la Convention-cadre du Conseil de l’Europe sur l’IA . Elle a affirmé que ces cadres peuvent guider l’élaboration d’indicateurs, de métriques et de cibles dans la feuille de route du SMSI . Elle a également soutenu que le processus d’élaboration et d’application des indicateurs devrait être multipartite et éclairé par un agenda partagé . Dans ce contexte, elle a élargi la notion d’expertise pour y inclure non seulement les data scientists et les ingénieurs logiciels, mais aussi les survivantes de la violence fondée sur le genre facilitée par la technologie, les technologues féministes, les défenseurs des droits des travailleurs, les défenseurs des droits humains, les acteurs engagés dans la prévention et la réponse à la violence fondée sur le genre, les dirigeantes et dirigeants autochtones, les personnes handicapées, les militants antiracistes, les experts en politiques publiques et les organisations communautaires . Elle a en outre noté qu’une grande partie des données nécessaires existe déjà, et que les indicateurs proposés par la coalition comprennent une colonne montrant où les données sont déjà collectées et comment elles pourraient être intégrées et coordonnées par les facilitateurs des lignes d’action .

Pavitra Ramanujam s’est concentrée sur la relation entre l’examen du SMSI, le Global Digital Compact et le dialogue mondial en cours sur la gouvernance de l’IA . Elle a soutenu que, si ces processus reconnaissent de plus en plus l’égalité de genre, ils s’arrêtent souvent avant de reconnaître que les obstacles auxquels sont confrontés les femmes et les groupes marginalisés sont structurels et ancrés dans les technologies et les systèmes de gouvernance eux-mêmes . Elle a donc affirmé que l’intégration de la dimension de genre doit être inscrite dans l’ensemble de la gouvernance numérique, plutôt que traitée uniquement comme une question transversale . Elle a soutenu que l’égalité de genre est fondamentale pour la gouvernance dans des domaines tels que la connectivité, l’IA, les infrastructures publiques et la gouvernance des données . Pavitra Ramanujam a ensuite exposé ce à quoi devraient ressembler des indicateurs sensibles au genre. Premièrement, elle a déclaré qu’ils doivent aller au-delà de la simple mesure de la participation ou de l'accès et s'attacher plutôt à évaluer les résultats . À titre d’exemples, elle a proposé de mesurer le pourcentage de femmes occupant des fonctions décisionnelles au sein des autorités nationales de gouvernance du numérique ou de l’IA au titre de la ligne d’action C1 ; de suivre l’écart entre les genres quant à savoir qui produit des contenus et des connaissances numériques par opposition à qui ne fait que les consommer au titre de la ligne d’action C3 ; et, au titre de la ligne d’action C10, de mesurer le pourcentage de systèmes d’IA déployés dans les services publics ayant fait l’objet, avant leur déploiement, d’évaluations intégrées des impacts sur les droits humains, le genre, l’environnement et le travail, le genre étant documenté comme une dimension distincte . Deuxièmement, elle a insisté sur le fait que ces indicateurs doivent être intersectionnels, car l’exclusion numérique est aussi façonnée par l'ethnie, l’origine, le handicap, l’âge, le statut migratoire, le milieu socioéconomique et l’orientation sexuelle . Troisièmement, elle a soutenu que l’élaboration, le suivi et l’évaluation des indicateurs doivent associer une participation significative des organisations féministes, des groupes de défense des droits des femmes, des organisations LGBTQI, des communautés autochtones, des personnes handicapées et d’autres acteurs de la société civile directement touchés par les inégalités numériques . Pavitra Ramanujam a également averti que le SMSI, le Global Digital Compact et le dialogue mondial sur l’IA risquent d’élaborer en parallèle des principes, des mécanismes de rapport et des voies de mise en œuvre distincts . Elle a proposé d’imaginer une feuille de route conjointe de mise en œuvre à travers ces processus, en identifiant les engagements qui se recoupent, en établissant des priorités communes, en développant des indicateurs partagés lorsque cela est approprié et en coordonnant les mécanismes de rapport . Elle a déclaré que cela pourrait réduire la fragmentation, alléger les charges de rapport et aider à maintenir la visibilité de l’égalité de genre à travers les différents processus successifs de gouvernance .

Dans sa modération après le panel, Marina Meira a mis en avant deux points. Premièrement, elle a souligné l’intersectionnalité comme fondement central du travail de la coalition . Deuxièmement, elle a insisté sur le fait que la coalition avait proposé des indicateurs couvrant l’ensemble des lignes d’action du SMSI, même si la session n’avait pas pu tous les examiner, et que ces indicateurs étaient conçus comme une base de référence plutôt que comme un modèle universel figé . Elle a déclaré qu’ils devraient être contextualisés et localisés dans la mise en œuvre nationale et régionale, en laissant aux pays et aux régions la possibilité d’ajouter d’autres mesures reflétant leurs propres réalités .

La discussion avec le public a apporté des perspectives pratiques et méthodologiques. Nagla Rizk, du Access to Knowledge for Development Center et du Middle East and North Africa Observatory on Responsible AI, a soutenu l’effort visant à créer des indicateurs nuancés et représentatifs, tout en avertissant que les indices peuvent devenir superficiels s’ils ne reflètent pas les réalités du terrain . Elle a évoqué le Global Index on Responsible AI, qui comprend des dimensions telles que l’inclusion et la diversité, l’éthique et la durabilité, le travail et les compétences, la confiance et la sécurité, ainsi que l’utilisation de l’IA dans la prestation des services publics, et a noté que sa dimension d’inclusion et de diversité intègre déjà l’égalité de genre aux côtés des droits de l’enfant, des droits des personnes handicapées et de la diversité culturelle et linguistique . En même temps, elle a averti que les indices mondiaux établis selon une approche descendante peuvent fausser les comportements, car les gouvernements risquent de se concentrer sur l’amélioration de leur classement plutôt que sur la résolution de problèmes de fond .

Eva Villarreal, de l’Organisation des États américains, a ensuite offert un exemple concret d’adoption possible . Elle a expliqué que le mécanisme interaméricain de suivi de son cadre conventionnel doit lui aussi élaborer des indicateurs pour mesurer la mise en œuvre par les États en matière d’intelligence artificielle et de violence numérique à l’égard des femmes . Elle a proposé d’examiner les indicateurs de la coalition et de les adapter potentiellement au cinquième cycle d’évaluation multilatérale couvrant 33 pays, tout en notant qu’ils devraient être ajustés pour correspondre à la Convention interaméricaine .

Un participant de l’UIT a soulevé l’un des défis de mise en œuvre les plus clairs abordés pendant la session . S’appuyant sur une expérience pratique en renforcement des capacités et sur le travail relatif aux indices de cybersécurité, le participant a déclaré qu’il existe une forte résistance aux indicateurs spécifiques au genre et qu’ils peuvent être difficiles à faire accepter . Le participant a suggéré qu’une approche progressive ou une plus grande granularité pourrait être nécessaire avant d’introduire certains des indicateurs de gouvernance les plus ambitieux, parce que les institutions peuvent se sentir menacées par ceux-ci . Marina Meira a reconnu qu’il s’agissait d’un retour pratique important .

Esperanza Magpantay, de l’équipe des statistiques de l’UIT, a ajouté la perspective de la pratique formelle de la mesure . Elle a décrit le Partenariat sur la mesure des TIC au service du développement comme une initiative mondiale à laquelle l'Assemblée générale des Nations unies a actuellement confié la mission de mesurer et de suivre les progrès réalisés dans ce domaine, conformément à sa résolution. . Elle a expliqué que l’un de ses objectifs actuels est de cartographier les indicateurs fondamentaux existants des TIC par rapport au Global Digital Compact, aux lignes d’action du SMSI et aux ODD, et que ce travail se poursuivra cette année jusqu’en décembre et alimentera un rapport qui doit être soumis à la CSTD en avril 2027 . Elle a invité les parties prenantes à participer à une session de consultation le jeudi et à répondre par écrit au moyen d’un questionnaire . Son principal point méthodologique était que les indicateurs utilisés pour le suivi mondial doivent produire des données internationalement comparables d’un pays à l’autre .

Plus tard dans la session, Marina Meira a relayé une question posée sur Zoom demandant si les indicateurs étaient destinés uniquement aux gouvernements ou s’ils pouvaient aussi être utilisés par les entreprises . Elle a répondu que les principaux destinataires seraient probablement les gouvernements et les organismes nationaux, car les indicateurs étaient conçus pour être intégrés dans les lignes d’action, mais qu’ils pourraient aussi constituer une orientation utile pour les entreprises privées et d’autres parties prenantes cherchant à appliquer concrètement les principes d’une IA féministe . Nandini Chami a ensuite ajouté un point méthodologique : ce n’est pas seulement ce qui est mesuré qui compte, mais aussi pourquoi c'est mesuré, comment les indicateurs seront utilisés, et par qui, qu’il s’agisse des gouvernements pour l’élaboration des politiques publiques ou de la société civile et du monde académique à des fins de plaidoyer .

Lors du tour de clôture, Marina Meira a soulevé l’objection fréquente selon laquelle les indicateurs sensibles au genre exigent une infrastructure de données entièrement nouvelle . Pavitra Ramanujam a répondu que cela n’est vrai qu’en partie, soutenant qu’une quantité considérable de données pertinentes existe déjà sous une forme normalisée à l’échelle internationale, mais qu’elle n’est pas encore reliée au SMSI ni pleinement alignée sur les engagements émergents du Global Digital Compact et des processus de gouvernance de l’IA . Elle a donné trois exemples. Premièrement, WIPO PatentScope fournit déjà des informations ventilées par genre sur les inventeurs et les dépôts de brevets, qui, selon elle, pourraient être utilisées dans la ligne d’action C6 pour mesurer la contribution des femmes à l’innovation en IA et dans le numérique, et potentiellement adaptées à la ligne d’action C4 pour suivre les femmes formées dans les domaines numériques qui déposent ensuite des brevets ou dirigent des entreprises . Deuxièmement, elle a cité le tableau de bord de genre de l’UIT, qui mesure déjà la représentation, la prise de décision, l’accès et le leadership, y compris les femmes ministres et régulatrices des TIC, ce qui le rend potentiellement utile pour les indicateurs de la C1 sur les femmes dans les rôles de gouvernance . Troisièmement, elle a mentionné le WHO Global Digital Health Monitor, qui comprend un indicateur sur la prise en compte explicite du genre dans les stratégies et la gouvernance de la santé numérique, et a suggéré que cela pourrait éclairer la ligne d’action C7 en aidant à évaluer si les systèmes d’IA en santé sont entraînés sur des données représentatives du point de vue du genre et validés sur les deux sexes . Son idée plus générale était que la communauté mondiale a déjà investi dans des indicateurs robustes et des systèmes de données, de sorte que la tâche consiste désormais à les identifier, les adopter et les adapter plutôt qu’à repartir de zéro . Elle a également reconnu qu’il subsiste d’importantes lacunes, en particulier concernant les impacts genrés des systèmes d’IA et la discrimination algorithmique, mais a déclaré que les indicateurs existants pouvaient tout de même fournir une base commune à renforcer au fil du temps .

La dernière intervention de fond de Nandini Chami s’est concentrée sur ces lacunes persistantes et sur l’ambition à plus long terme d’une architecture de données féministe . Elle a demandé comment les données pourraient mieux orienter les décisions d’investissement, notant que les guides de l'OCDE sur le devoir de diligence à l'appui d'une IA responsable faisaient état d’un capital-risque en IA de 147 milliards de dollars américains en 2024 et de 56 pour cent de la valeur totale du capital-risque au troisième trimestre de 2025 . Elle a soutenu que, parce que les investisseurs, en particulier ceux à un stade précoce, peuvent orienter les projets et intégrer les risques pour les droits humains dans l’évaluation des portefeuilles, les systèmes de mesure devraient se demander si les risques liés au genre sont pris en compte dans les décisions d’investissement . Elle a également fait référence à l’UNESCO AI and Gender Outlook Study et a appelé à des mécanismes de signalement des incidents dotés de taxonomies robustes des préjudices genrés dans les systèmes d’innovation en IA . Elle a déclaré que ces systèmes ne devraient pas se limiter aux préjudices de représentation au niveau des modèles, mais devraient évaluer les droits humains des femmes à travers toutes les couches matérielles de la pile IA et de la chaîne de production, y compris les atteintes au travail et à l’environnement affectant les femmes vulnérables dans les centres de données, l’extraction de minéraux critiques et d’autres couches d’infrastructure . Enfin, elle est revenue aux stratégies nationales et a averti que l’intégration significative de l’égalité de genre ne doit pas devenir un simple exercice de case à cocher . Citant la première édition du Responsible AI Global Index, elle a noté que seuls 24 des plus de 100 pays évalués disposaient de cadres gouvernementaux traitant de l’intersection entre l’égalité de genre et l’IA .

La session s’est terminée par une invitation de Marina Meira aux participants à continuer à s’engager avec la coalition au moyen d’un code QR et en laissant leurs adresses électroniques, en soulignant qu’il ne s’agissait pas d’une liste de diffusion de spam, mais d’un moyen de partager le travail et de continuer à construire une stratégie commune . Elle a ensuite demandé à Mrinalini Dayal des conseils pratiques finaux sur ce que les organisations de la société civile pourraient faire ensuite en coordination avec les facilitateurs des lignes d’action et les processus de gouvernance de l’IA . Mrinalini Dayal a exhorté les participants à utiliser les espaces de consultation déjà disponibles pendant la semaine, à présenter les indicateurs proposés dans ces réunions, et à nouer des alliances au-delà de la coalition pour faire pression en faveur de leur adoption . Marina Meira a conclu en remerciant les participants et en encourageant la poursuite des échanges au cours de la semaine et par courriel .

Dans l’ensemble, les intervenants se sont accordés sur le fait que les engagements en matière d’égalité de genre dans le SMSI+20, le Global Digital Compact et les processus connexes de gouvernance de l’IA doivent être traduits en indicateurs, cibles et mécanismes de rapport spécifiques s’ils doivent orienter concrètement la mise en œuvre . Tout au long de la session, ils ont soutenu que ces indicateurs devraient traiter de la gouvernance, des résultats et des inégalités structurelles, et pas du seul accès, et qu’ils devraient être intersectionnels et élaborés avec une participation significative des communautés concernées . Ils ont également souligné que de nombreux jeux de données pertinents existent déjà grâce à des institutions telles que l’OMPI, l’UIT et l’OMS, même si un travail supplémentaire est nécessaire en matière de signalement des préjudices, de suivi des investissements et d’impacts genrés plus larges à travers la pile IA et le marché du travail . La discussion a également fait apparaître des tensions pratiques autour de la comparabilité, de la localisation, de la résistance institutionnelle et du risque de conformité superficielle, pour lequel les participants ont estimé qu'un engagement continu dans les consultations sur les lignes d’action et un effort plus large de construction de coalition étaient nécessaires .

Marina Meira
Great. Hello, everyone. Good afternoon. We're starting right on time because we have a short time for our presentation, our session. But thank you very much for joining. My name is Marina Meira. I work at Derechos Digitales and this session is being hosted by the Gender and Digital Coalition. Derechos Digitales is part of the Gender and Digital Coalition. We are a global feminist coalition working to promote and ensuring intersectionality and gender mainstreaming in global digital governance processes. We started working together in 2023. And alongside Derechos Digitales, we have the Alliance for Universal Digital Rights, the Association for Progressive Communications, the UNFPA, UN Women, Equality Now, IT for Change, Policy, World Wide Web Foundation, and Women at the Table working together. We work together for the Global Digital Compact, for the WSIS Plus 20 review. and are now working together as well for the AI Global Dialogue and for other ongoing processes. Our key messages are hopefully going to be captured by everyone today, but our priorities for global digital governance frameworks are establishing structural frameworks for gender equality in digital governance, implementing comprehensive gender mainstreaming with dedicated funding mechanisms, ensuring effective gender -based inclusion in digital governance spaces, mandating gender impact assessments for all ICT policies and AI systems, and promoting public financing for meaningful and affordable access. So today, what we want for our session, and this is just a brief introduction, the WSIS outcome document does reaffirm gender equality and the importance of gender equality, and especially in paragraph 112, calls for the implementation of gender equality in digital governance, and calls upon all Action Line facilitators to address gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls as a core theme within their work. and in order to do that we understand that it's very important to get down to specific gender indicators we know that these indicators are being drafted right now at the moment by WISIS action line facilitators and this is what we want to discuss today talking about gender indicators within the WISIS plus 20 framework is a very hard task so we're also going to narrow down our discussion today on AI and gender specific indicators which are actually cross -cutting priorities for all WISIS action lines so AI actually touches upon all of WISIS action lines and in order to support that work we have two documents that we are going to discuss our panelists will bring today but we will also present we have some QR codes which Laura my great working colleague is is there thank you Laura for joining very much and we'll see you in the next session. It's a very early morning in Colombia and we have the feminist guiding principles and commitments for global AI governance which were drafted by the gender and digital coalition. and support several actionable steps on how to ensure feminist AI. And we also have the WISIS indicators, proposed WISIS gender indicators for this WISIS Plus 20 review focused on AI and gender. They're going to be explored further today. So in order to start, we have three great panelists with us today, also from the Gender and Digital Coalition. I will start by calling Nandini Chami from IT4Change, and you can see her bio there. And Nandini, if you can start by telling us how can we measure progress on creating an effective enabling environment for addressing gender barriers in the AI paradigm? Please, the floor is yours.
Nandini Chami
Hello, everyone. My name is Nandini. I'm from IT4Change, a civil society organization based in India. And we are also a member of the Gender and Digital Coalition. So, as Marina said right at the outset, currently, we don't measure progress on gender equality at all. And I just want to share one small fact with you that the UNJS draft joint implementation roadmap for this is GDC coherence in coherence and implementation presented to the CSTD in April. It contains the word gender zero times. And so this is we know as gender equality advocates that what is not measured. That doesn't get taken seriously and there will be no progress towards that. So the case for gender measurement doesn't need to be elaborately made in this room here. And with that starting point, I come to the specific question. So we believe at the coalition that in order to effectively track progress on addressing gender barriers in the AI paradigm, governance is the meta indicator that we need to track. This is because the question is not just whether women have access. To the consumption market of AI services, but whether they are able to meaningfully realize the value potential of AI innovation. Who is value accruing to? Are the trajectories of AI innovation making the lives of women better and which women? As the feminist tradition tells us, the category of woman is not a homogenous one. And we need to be attentive to the intersections of structures of social stratification with gender identity. From this starting point, I would like to put the spotlight on tracking progress towards action lines C1 and C6. Here, there is already data being collected by action line facilitators, which can be used for effective measurement. Coming to C1 first, this is the action line on role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development. We could have an indicator on whether gender equality is a standalone resource chapter in national digital strategies and national AI strategies, and not just a cross -cutting footnote. And UNDESA does a national digital analysis. This is a strategy review as part of the UN e -government survey. And it shouldn't be too difficult to measure whether national digital strategies and AI strategies are attentive to gender equality as part of this review. Coming to the next indicator for this action line, percentage of visits action line facilitating bodies and national delegations meeting gender parity in leadership. We are quite confident that the ITU Secretariat records and facilitator level appointment data will give us data on this. Coming to the second action line, which is important from a governance perspective, C6 enabling environment for digital and AI innovation. One indicator that we are proposing is the percentage of public R &D and innovation funding in ICTs and AI with gender equity conditions attached. And for this, we have the OECD DAC gender markers and national science and technology ministry budgets as well. This is important to measure because today, women -led startups continue to receive a disproportionate small share of venture capital globally, securing less than 2%. This is a result of total funding. So we need public funding in order to promote women -led innovation, and the case doesn't have to be made much more. The second indicator we propose here is from WIPO Patent Scope, which covers international filings under the Patent Cooperation Treaty alongside regional and national collections from over 50 countries, enabling comprehensive tracking of technology sectors and legal boundaries worldwide. It is possible to see the women inventor rate on AI or digital technology patents. In 2025, Dr. Mercedes de Galgo did an analysis of WIPO patent filing data, which demonstrated that in digital sectors, women comprise only 16 % of new inventors in software, AI, cloud computing, semiconductors, and quantum technology combined patents. Together, these fields represent over 14 % of global patentation. Making the gender gap in these areas particularly concerning, and at the rate at which progress is being made, it would take more than 275 years to reach gender parity in the percentage of patent applications filed by women. When we break up this data, we see that the countries that do better than the global average in terms of female share in patents are the countries which have invested in robust public research and development systems. Filings from women inventors are usually filings from countries which have a relatively robust share of university and state -owned enterprise filings. This is generally for innovation as a whole, not just for AI innovation. And this is not surprising because both these pools have more balanced gender ratios than private industry. So public innovation is essential for promoting women -led and gender -equal innovation. This is a very important area to track and actually work towards progress for. My final point is about ensuring that we also track economy -wide statistics on female share in working -age population. Employment, management from ILO statistics and women's unpaid care work burdens from databases of UN Women and National Time Use Survey. This is because it's important to track what is happening to women in the structural transformation of the labor market that is enabled by digital data and AI technologies. We need to see whether the value distribution from digital servicification of the economy. This is UNCTAD's concept to describe the growing integration of services into manufacturing and other economic sectors. In servicification, is it reinforcing or altering and transforming intersectional gender inequalities in the labor market and in social economic sectors? Already there are signals from majority world countries as evidence from the South demonstrates that as AI tends to polarize the labor market with a very few high skilled jobs and low intensification of low skilled service work. There will be a pattern of gigification that reinforces gender trends in the unequal distribution. The distribution of unpaid care work and cannibalizes the sphere of social reproduction. So these are the reasons why it's important to use accessing data signals to have an economy -wide tracking of how are the structures of gender power being altered by the processes of digitalization, datafication, and algorithmification in this arc of the digital revolution.
Marina Meira
Thank you so much, Nandini. Those are very important points and also really illustrate very well why we need to have this conversation and why we need to have these gender indicators. So moving on to Mrinalini Dayal, also our colleague from the Gender and Digital Coalition, from Equality Now, and Audrey. Mrinalini, with this Plus20 outcome document requires every action line facilitated. to produce roadmaps with indicators, and those roadmaps are being drafted now. The action lines now contain zero embedded gender indicators. So what specific actions can be taken to incorporate them? not only gender responsive indicators, but also metrics, targets into the WSIS implementation roadmap and which stakeholders are best positioned and most urgently needed to activate effective strategies to close those gaps.
Mrinalini Dayal
Thank you, Marina. Hi, everyone. I'm Rinalini. I'm representing Equality Now and Audrey, the Alliance for Universal Digital Rights today. If women and girls cannot participate safely online, they cannot equally benefit from digital infrastructure, education, innovation, or entrepreneurship. Just earlier today, I was at Pell Expo and I was at the Global Dialogue and I was listening to what different country representatives were saying. And I heard a lot of them talk about AI as a catalyst for change, AI being a very reliable source of technology. But that cannot be true if it leaves half the global population feeling unsafe and treated disproportionately. And that's the approach that we're taking. So I would say a starting point for how we turn these indicators into a reality is... our Coalition's Feminist Guiding Principles for AI Governance, the document that I've handed out here, and there will be a QR code for those that are online to read more about it as well. These principles are important, and they are our approach and form a framework that can be used by governments and by the Action Line facilitators as well. They cover a range of issues, and we have seven principles, commitments, and recommendations for each one of those principles. They cover topics such as safety, dignity, and interoperability by design, algorithmic bias, no AI above human rights, TFGBB, inclusive and equitable AI that address neocolonialism and linguistic diversity, investment for feminist AI, and investment being more than just funding, and lastly, feminist AI governance mechanisms. And our recommendations address the following. uncover points such as independent mechanisms, pre - and post -human rights assessments, public audits, and others. So that is, I would say, the starting point is potentially the principles. It's also important to look at international frameworks such as CEDAW, which has long recognized substantive equality requiring proactive measures, including temporary special measures under Article 4 .1, the Commission on the Status of Women, which consistently has called for gender -responsive digital governance, the EU Gender Equality Strategy, and the Council of Europe's Framework on Convention of AI. So there are already precedents that exist. There are frameworks that already address AI and gender equality that we can look at and that we would recommend the Action Line facilitators start looking at. And I think in terms of how to do it, the multi -stakeholderism approach is really key here. It benefits everyone, and it helps us build shared values and a shared agenda. And it's important that we have these indicators and we have proposed indicators on the screen and you can read more about them in detail as well. Because through these proposed indicators, one, we have tracking for all countries on gender responsive indicators, because we know that not all governments currently track or have the same indicators. So it would create a standardized tool which can then be used by civil society organizations as well for monitoring, for accountability and for future advocacy to push this forward. And we believe that the principles along with the indicators can also be an important tool and framework that governments, regional bodies and others can use to then devise their national strategies and action plans as well. In terms of which stakeholders should be integrated. In our principles, in the governance principle, which is principle number seven, we talk about the need for definitions of expertise moving beyond data scientists and software engineers to include technology -facilitated gender -based violence survivors, feminist technologists, labor advocates, human rights defenders, advocates in prevention of and response to gender -based violence, indigenous leaders, persons with disabilities, anti -racist advocates, public policy experts, and community organizations. We believe it's really important that all of these groups have an important voice in these indicators and in these further conversations. And the last point that I would like to make while we're talking about indicators is that the data already exists. We have in our proposed indicators a column about where this data is already collected and how it can be better integrated and coordinated by the Action Line facilitators. So it already exists. It's already there. It's just about coordination and pulling these together so that it can be used for everyone's benefit. Thank you.
Marina Meira
Thank you very much. Thank you very much, Marina and Lenny. I think that's... key. I think the idea is also here that we get down to specifics and think how we can translate these principles into practice and the commitments that the WSIS Plus 20 document presents so that it can actually translate into people's lives, right? So, now moving on to Pavitra Ramanujam, also our colleague from the Gender and Digital Coalition, representing the Association from Progressive Communications. How can the WSIS review process, especially through the creation of gender -responsive indicators, effectively translate the commitments and actions on gender equality set out in the Global Digital Compact, as well as on the ongoing global dialogue on AI governance?
Pavitra Ramanujam
Thank you, Marina. Hi, everyone. I hope you can hear me. I'm Pavitra Ramanujam from the Association for Progressive Communications. as you say Marina the WSIS review presents a very important opportunity because it sits at the intersection of several governance processes the global digital compact the ongoing global dialogue on AI governance and as we know across both the GDC and the WSIS plus 20 outcomes there has been broad recognition for a need for commitment towards gender equality and hopefully this is the case with the ongoing global dialogue on AI as well but while there is a broad recognition I think these processes often fall short of acknowledging that many of these barriers when it comes to gender inequality are in fact structural and that they're very much embedded in these technologies and so in reality we know that women and girls and other marginalized communities continue to experience unequal access algorithmic discrimination tech -facilitated gender -based violence, exclusion from decision -making, and disproportionate impacts from data -driven systems. And because many of these issues point to structural inequalities, gender mainstream then becomes essential, and it must be embedded across all of these digital governance processes, and not something that should be treated as a cross -cutting issue that is acknowledged but not really operationalized. And so gender equality really should be understood as something that is foundational for effective digital governance across, no matter what we're discussing, whether it is connectivity or AI governance, or whether we're talking about public infrastructure, data governance, or any other emerging technologies. And this is why the WSIS framework provides us a very important opportunity, because it does mandate gender equality to be mainstreamed across all of the WSIS action lines, and for the inclusion of these potentials. And so we have to have the potential targets, indicators, and metrics to facilitate monitoring and measurement. And so in this context, we have the opportunity to develop... truly gender responsive indicators within this framework so that we can make some shifts in this direction. But what does it mean for these indicators to be gender responsive? I think first, as our colleagues have said, we need to go beyond measuring participation or access alone. While it is important to track inclusion, we also need indicators that capture outcomes. For instance, under Action Line C1 on the role of public governance authorities, we recommend that we measure the percentage of women in decision -making roles in national digital or AI governance authorities and regulators, for instance. Or, for instance, to be able to measure the gender gap in Action Line C3 in who produces digital content and knowledge versus who consumes it, not only as we currently do in terms of who has skills and access in relation to ICTs, so that we can actually measure whether women are meaningfully, or not meaningfully participating in technology. governance or under C10, for instance, to be able to measure the percentage of AI systems that are deployed in public services that have undergone an integrated human rights, gender, environmental and labor impact assessments before deployment with gender as a required separately reported dimension so that we can understand if we are actually measuring AI systems for discriminatory impacts against women and other marginalized groups. I think secondly, we need to ensure that these indicators adopt an intersectional approach. Gender does not operate in isolation. Experiences of exclusion are shaped by race, ethnicity, disability, age, migration status, socioeconomic background, sexual orientation. And so if our indicators fail to reflect these intersecting realities, then they will overlook those who are most affected by these digital inequalities. Third, implementation of these indicators must be supported by meaningful participation. And so the development, the monitoring, the evaluation of these indicators should include feminist organizations, women's rights groups, LGBTQI organizations, indigenous communities, persons with disabilities, and other civil society actors who bring lived experience and evidence from these communities. And I think most importantly, we should begin imagining a joint implementation roadmap across these global processes, across the GDC, the WSIS Plus 20, the Global Dialogue on AI, because we do risk these broad commitments across all of these processes becoming fragmented, with each of them developing their own principles, their own reporting mechanisms, their own implementation pathways. And if we don't make an attempt to deliberately align them, then we risk creating these parallel systems that duplicate efforts and also leave a number of gaps when it comes to implementation. And so I think we should begin imagining a joint implementation roadmap across these global processes and also leave a number of gaps when it comes to implementation. And so rather than treat these processes as separate tracks, what we should do, given this opportunity, is to be able to identify where commitments overlap, to be able to implement or develop common priorities, shared indicators where appropriate, and have coordinated reporting mechanisms. Not only would this reduce fragmentation, but then it would also allow for governments and other stakeholders to have an easier reporting pathway so that their burden is reduced and they have a clearer way forward. And I think more importantly, if we are able to actually ensure that through this gender equality remains visible, so we're not starting from scratch every single time there's a digital governance process. We already have, for instance. Some amount of a common baseline, some policy coherence that allows us to gives us a stronger basis really for collective progress. Ultimately, these indicators are not simply measuring tools. What we monitor is actually what we value and what we hold ourselves accountable for. And this is an opportunity, therefore, that we should grab with both hands. I'll stop there. the moment.
Marina Meira
Thank you, that's great. I think this is, and what Pavitra says, I mean, many key points, but intersectionality is definitely key here. It has been the base for our work within the Gender and Digital Coalition and the organizations that we are representing here, and also something that we've been discussing a lot, which is important to balance, these indicators, they are, we have proposed indicators for all action lines, actually, so we're not going to be able to discuss them all here, so I invite everyone to take a look at them, but these are a baseline, these are an initial proposal. We also understand that all gender responsive policies, they have to be contextually grounded and localized, so countries within their national implementation or different regions within their regional implementations, they can also, and should also, maybe think about specific matters that should be measured for them besides general indicators. So we now, I wanted to ask, before we have closing remarks from our intervenants, we also wanted to hear a little bit from you. We don't have much time. The sessions are very short. But I wanted to ask if we have any Action Line facilitators in the room, or if we have someone from representing member states or civil society organizations, academic organizations, or other bodies who are working specifically on this Action Line implementation. What do you think about this indicators? What have you been doing so far in relation to gender indicators? We don't have much time, so I'm going to ask everyone to keep their interventions short. But we have some room to hear about some people. I see Nagla has her hand up, please. Very brief.
Nagla Rizk
My name is Nagla Riz. I am based in Cairo at the Access to Knowledge for Development Center in the Middle East, North Africa Observatory on Responsible AI. Indices are super useful, and as you are doing, they need to be accurate, representative, nuanced, deep, and expressive of what's going on on the grounds. Not just to tick boxes in response to certain methodologies. So I really like the work that's being done. I want to alert everybody to the Global Index on Responsible AI. The launch of the new edition is happening actually on Wednesday. So there is an announcement for that. It's happening at 5 .30. And this is an index that has dimensions like inclusion and diversity, ethics and sustainability, labor and skills, trust and safety, AI use in public. delivery and if you unpack the dimensions, as an example inclusion and diversity has gender equality, children's rights right of persons with disabilities cultural and linguistic diversity we have done the Middle East and North Africa component of the study we've helped with that the one comment I'd like to make is that I've worked a lot with indices, with governments and international organizations, a disclaimer I am on the advisory board of the Global Innovation Index, yet I've done a lot of research arguing that top -down indices do not capture the realities and you need to measure alternative, you know, complement by alternative measures there is a danger with indices that governments want to tick boxes so they jump on the global scale, so we need to be very careful, but kudos to the work that you're doing because how many indices actually incorporate by design gender equality so these are my two cents in like you know, one minute, I'm happy to discuss more informally outside, but I encourage you there is an invitation for the Global Index launch and I have the information, I'd be very happy to forward it to everyone. Thank you so much.
Marina Meira
Thank you very much, that's super helpful So we have someone else here in the room Okay, we're going to hear both of you And then we have Esperanza On Zoom, and I'm so sorry That's what we're going to be able to Have, but please Maybe if you want to get Or Yeah The Zoom folks don't So if you want to sit here for a while Just choose Thank you
Eva Villarreal
So I'm My name is Eva Villarreal, I work at the Organization of American States On the follow -up mechanism For the Convention, I know that some of you Were already yesterday They call it, you know Meeting Talking about the model law The thing is that we need to develop Indicators To measure Implementation of states' parties And with all the development that they are doing on artificial intelligence, digital violence against women. So we were thinking today, what do we need to do? We need a set of indicators. Let's see what they have. And we would love to review those indicators and work together, if you want, in order to introduce those in our fifth multilateral evaluation round. Of course, we need to adapt this to the Inter -American Convention, but, you know, that's 33 countries that have to respond on that. And, yes, and it's a way to monitor and to make states accountable. So congratulations for that. Thank you.
Marina Meira
Thank you very much. And I mean, definitely, especially speaking on behalf of Diretas Digitales, which works across Latin America, that's definitely super key and very always glad to join and think about these joint strategies together. So we had another hand raised.
Audience
Hi, everybody. I work for the ITU as a project lead for a number of capacity building efforts that actually focus on women. And I just wanted to kind of share a little bit of feedback from the ground, which might be a bit just not wanting to be a bit thought -provoking, but when I saw actually on the slides the first indicator example around tracking and measuring the percentage of women in leadership role within relevant ICT, AI -relevant authorities, and being basically part of the governance effort. Let me share with you the feedback from the ground, and we are actually just delivering and working on a number of index. It is hard to get. It's very hard to get. There's a strong pushback. We cannot get gender specific indicators within the index that we're producing specifically on cybersecurity. So I just wanted to somehow provide with some potential advice saying maybe we could envision several steps before we get there, because this is going to be really impossible. Or maybe just add layers of granularity. not wanting to be a bit thought -provoking, but when I saw actually on the slides the first indicator example around tracking and measuring the percentage of women in leadership role within relevant ICT, AI -relevant authorities, and being basically part of the governance effort. Let me share with you the feedback from the ground, and we are actually just delivering and working on a number of index. It is hard to get. It's very hard to get. There's a strong pushback. We cannot get gender -specific indicators within the index that we're producing specifically on cybersecurity. So I just wanted to somehow provide with some potential advice saying maybe we could envision several steps before we get there, because this is going to be really impossible. Or maybe just add a little bit of layers of granularity when we develop those indicators, because they will fear that. they will be afraid of that and uh and uh yeah and we want to get there but uh with them feeling super comfortable that uh yeah it's okay thank you
Marina Meira
No thank you so much that's super important to listen to and i mean on on one side there's a part of me that thinks it's a bit good to be feared um no but that's that's really important and we should definitely work together and i do think that it's it's actionable steps that follow the way so we're gonna pass it on to to Esperanza i hope
Esperanza Magpantay
yes hello can you hear me
Marina Meira
yes we can
Esperanza Magpantay
Yes thank you so much i'm esperanza i'm also from the it from the statistics uh team so i'm um what i would like to share is the work that we are doing in the partnership on measuring ict for development so this is a global initiative that looks at the indicators to monitor the action line and now we are currently tasked by the UNGA resolution on measurement and monitoring. And so one of the areas that we would like to look at is, of course, the mapping of the current core ICT indicators against GDC, the WSIS action lines, and the SDG indicators. And in doing so, we would like to encourage all stakeholders, including those that are in the room and also in the remote, to join us in the discussion. We will have a session on Thursday, and this is exactly the same type of discussion we would like to bring into the room, where we are seeking your inputs, similar to what you had discussed here, and we will take that into consideration when defining the indicators that we will put in the report to be submitted to the CSTD in April 2027. So that is. work that will be happening this year until December. So we will be contacting some of you. I think some already intervened in the session this morning. I heard already the comments coming from Nandini, and it will be great that everyone could take part in this consultation with regards to the indicators that can be used to monitor all these global targets. What I just want to underline is the importance of international comparability. So whenever we talk about indicators, we have to take into consideration that whenever we are monitoring, we would like also to have data that could be compared across countries. And so I think I'd like to stop there. I'm looking forward to seeing you all. Our session is on Thursday. I put it in the chat. Also, the session includes the questionnaire where we will be seeking inputs in writing for the indicators that you are presenting. Thank you. Over to you.
Marina Meira
Thank you so much, Esperanza. It's great to listen, and we will definitely try to attend to this. I also received from Laura, my colleague who is running the Zoom, that we had a question, received a question from Natalia in the chat, Zoom chat. Thank you for the presentation. Are those indicators recommended only to governments? Are there company -specific recommendations to help them navigate inclusive AI? I think that's a great point, and my colleagues can compliment me in their final remarks if they want to. But so these indicators, they're designed, I mean, we thought that they could be embedded into the action lines. So they, on one hand, yes, maybe the key recipients would be governments, national bodies that are going to implement, but we definitely do understand that they can be used by private. companies and other stakeholders to, so that they can incorporate this into their practice. Because in a way, all sort of feminist principles, they give a base and they have specific recommendations on how to ensure feminist AI. But alongside these indicators, they sort of provide a path to how in practice that would look like, having gender responsive frameworks. So, companies could definitely use this as a guidance to incorporate some of them. Maybe not all of them will make sense, but many we do think that will. So, I hope that answers you, Natalia. Does anyone want to add one very brief last point? Okay.
Nandini Chami
Sorry, if I may. I think I was going to suggest that it's not only important what are we measuring, but why are we measuring? How are these indicators? Why are we doing this? To be used by who? Which relates to the previous question, right? Is it governments for policy? Is it civil society and academia for advocacy and advancing the message? So, that's just one small remark. Thank you.
Marina Meira
Perfect. And that leaves me the perfect bridge to our closing remarks. So for them, just bearing in mind time, okay, colleagues, I'll go back to Pavitra. Pavitra, a standard objection is that gender indicators require new data infrastructure. So which of these are already now already published internationally, standardized, and what does that mean for a facilitator drafting a roadmap this year? And if you could share with us some examples from other governance processes that could serve as an inspiration.
Pavitra Ramanujam
Sure. Thanks, Marina. And I'll keep it brief. I think it's not entirely true that we need a whole new data infrastructure in order to measure gender responsive indicators within the AI framework. We do have some data that exists that is being collected, that is published internationally standardized. I think where the gap is that often these data sets are not connected to the WSIS, but they are connected to the framework. or aligned with the commitments that we see, the broader commitments that we see in the Global Digital Compact or what may come out of the global dialogue. I'll just share a couple of examples. I think one, if we can look at, for instance, is the World Intellectual Property Organization through Patentscope, which is a global search engine and database that provides public access to millions of patent documents, and both from the global, the regional and the national level. And they provide gender segregated data, for instance, on inventors and patent filings, including women inventors in technology fields. So we already have this globally recognized indicator of women's contribution to technological development. And so, for instance, if you look at the action line, let's say on C6 enabling environment, we could automatically measure how many women inventors are filing AI or digital technology patents within the WSIS framework. We could adapt it, for instance, to the action line C4 on capacity building to try and understand the percentage of women trained who are subsequently then are able to file a patent or lead a digital venture. So we're able to take this data and maybe adapt it. The second example actually is the ITU's gender dashboard, and maybe that is the data that you were speaking about in terms of the challenges. But when we were looking at it, we thought that it would be quite useful because, of course, it does measure a number of metrics on representation, on decision making, on access. I think one of the things that measures is actually leadership. Right. And it actually looks at, for instance, how many women are ICT ministers, how many are regulators? And that is actually something that we could once again in C1 potentially measure when we talk about women in decision making roles. That data is already being collected by the ITU. But maybe we could hear a bit more on some of the challenges you face around that. And then the last example I'll share is from the World Health Organization, Global Digital Health Monitor, which, of course, provides an internationally recognized framework. So, for monitoring digital health ecosystems across countries, and it assesses a number of different things, including leadership and governance, strategy, investment, policy compliance, and so on. But it has one specific indicator, 4A, which is on gender considerations, and it specifically assesses whether digital health strategies and governance explicitly account for gender considerations, which I think is key. So if, for instance, we look at Action Line C7 on health, we could use that data to look at the percentage of health AI systems that are deployed, whether they are trained on gender representative data sets and validated for performance across sexes, for instance, right? And so we already have some of this data that the global community has invested years in developing, which are quite robust, so we don't need to start from scratch. What we do need to do is actually identify them and see how they can be adopted or adapted within the WSIS framework. And within the other governance processes like the GDL, CDC and the AI dialogue, so that we can have a sort of coherent reporting framework. And I think this makes it easier for governments, because of course, it is data that they're already collecting. It makes it easy to compare across countries, because these are indicators that are already tested. And of course, we can already start measuring, this is not something we need to wait to do. And then we can refine them, of course, over time, and we can build on them. They don't answer every question that we have. And there are many questions that we have, of course, and many gaps, particularly, for instance, around the gendered impacts of AI systems or some of related to algorithmic discrimination, which where additional work, of course, is needed. But where we already have the data, especially because we have both the indicators and corresponding data, we can establish a common baseline, we can progressively strengthen these monitoring frameworks, even as new evidence and methodologies emerge. And yeah, the WSIS process is a good opportunity. So I'll stop there.
Marina Meira
Thank you so much, Pavitra. And we have this great point then that you made, and I'm immediately going to jump to Nandini, which is, okay, so we do have some data available, but we know that there are still a lot of gaps to move on. So what are the additional areas in the data architecture on monitoring gender -responsive indicators that requires strengthening, and how can we effectively address them? Very easy question.
Nandini Chami
So as a coalition, this is our long -term aspiration, and we know it's a hard ask, but this is what we hope data architecture for gender equality in the AI paradigm can eventually help us do. First, how can we ensure that data guides where investments go? The OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible AI, issued in February 2026, has spoken about how AI venture capital has reached US $147 billion in 2024, and this accounts for 56 % of the value of all VC investment by the third quarter of 2025. And the report also points out that investors, particularly early -stage investors, are often in a position to exert leverage as they support investors to shape and define a project's outlook. And they could include risks of adverse impacts and human rights violations in portfolio risk assessments or investment analysis. So how do we ensure gender risks are taken into account? This is the first point. The second point is something that the UNESCO's Outlook Study on AI and Gender has pointed out, that it is important to have incidence reporting mechanisms with robust taxonomies of gendered harms in AI innovation systems. At IT4Change, we believe that this should not only look at gendered harms of representation, but also at gendered harms of representation. in the AI model level, but it should expand to a holistic women's human rights analysis at all material layers of the AI stack and AI production chains, including violations of environmental rights and labor rights and how this affects vulnerable women in layers like the data centers, critical mineral mining, and so on. The last point is about national strategies and what would it mean to meaningfully integrate gender equality, and it does not end up being a checkbox that is picked. The Responsible AI Global Index that Nagla also mentioned, its first edition in 2024 pointed out that only 24 of the countries assessed out of the 100 plus countries had government frameworks addressing the intersection of gender equality and AI. So we are starting here, and there's a huge ceiling to reach.
Marina Meira
Thank you so much, Nandini. I think those are great points. And to wrap it up, actually, before wrapping it up, since we're almost on time, I wanted to tell everyone that we have this QR code on the screen. If you are interested in continuing this dialogue with us from the Gender and Digital Coalition, this is not a mailing list. This is not spam. You're not going to receive specific communications. But, well, actually, you will receive specific communications from us in order for us to share our work and to continue collaborating with strategies based on these indicators, on our feminist principles, and on the work that we've been conducting together. So if you're interested, you can scan the QR code and leave your email. So knowing that, and in order to wrap it up, Mrinalini, please, what actionable strategies can... Well, we're all civil society. organizations, even though we also have UN agencies participating in the coalition. But what actionable strategies can we develop as civil society organizations in coordination with the WSIS Action Line facilitators and AI governance processes to advance support and inform the mainstreaming of gender equality through specific indicators?
Mrinalini Dayal
Thank you, Marina. I think I have 30 seconds to respond. Um, maybe I'll stress upon the fact that we're all here this week. The different Action Line facilitators are hosting consultations. We heard about one on Thursday, but there are others. So we would encourage people in this group to take this message, go to these meetings. We are only a few people in our coalition, but the idea is that we're building allies and partners outside our coalition. Take these proposed indicators and speak in these meetings. And that is maybe a first step that we can start. And then hopefully with the people who fill out the Q &A, we can work together and take these forward too. Yeah.
Marina Meira
That was amazing timing we are one minute late thank you everyone very much for joining we are more than glad to continue on the conversation throughout the week and well through email and yeah that's it thank you very much
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The knowledge base confirms that both organisations are established actors in digital governance and gender policy. APC is an international network on gender and Internet governance issues [S85], and UN Women is a UN entity working on gender equality in the digital space and co-facilitating WSIS action lines [S87].

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The knowledge base provides supporting context that gender-focused coalitions and UN Women-linked initiatives have been actively engaging the Global Digital Compact with feminist and gender-responsive recommendations [S88] and that WSIS+20 is now being discussed in relation to GDC coherence and follow-up [S92].

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The knowledge base confirms that gender mainstreaming has already been embedded in prior WSIS review outcomes: the WSIS+10 Outcome Document commits to mainstreaming gender in the WSIS process, including implementation and monitoring of action lines, with support from UN Women [S91]. This adds historical context to the WSIS+20 discussion in the report.

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The knowledge base strongly supports the broader concern about gaps in measurement. It notes that informed policymaking depends on data and evidence, and that lack of data undermines accountability and policy impact across Internet governance fields [S39]. It also highlights the need for more and better gender-disaggregated ICT data to address digital gender gaps [S94].

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This appears overstated. The knowledge base shows that there are existing efforts to measure gendered aspects of digital inclusion, including survey-based analysis of differences in how men and women access and use the Internet [S94], and work by the EQUALS Research Coalition on gender tech inequalities, including attention to sex-disaggregated ICT data gaps [S6]. The critique may be valid for some governance frameworks, but not literally ‘at all’.

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The knowledge base adds useful context by showing that feminist and Afro-feminist AI governance discussions explicitly criticise one-size-fits-all approaches and call for frameworks that reflect under-represented groups’ experiences, including African women and other marginalised communities [S54].

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The knowledge base supports this policy emphasis. The WSIS+10 Outcome Document recognises that affordable and reliable access remains a critical challenge and calls for greater and sustainable investment in ICT infrastructure and services [S91]. It also notes broader policy work on affordable broadband through initiatives such as the Alliance for Affordable Internet [S86].

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The future of work: preparing for automation and the gig economy — What next? It is clear that digitalisation, automation, and AI will impact the world of work. So what measures should be taken, and by who, to ensure the future of work is a future we all want and can benefit from? The...
AI, automation, and human dignity: Reimagining work beyond the paycheck — The headlines have been relentless. Amazon announces thousands of layoffs. UPS cuts jobs as automation accelerates in logistics. Accenture, the consulting giant, plans to eliminate 11,000 positions spanning IT services t...
Top digital policy developments in 2019: A year in review — The implications of state surveillance are serious. But the problem is less about the technology itself, and more about how it is used by governments. Are surveillance technologies used lawfully? Are there sufficient saf...
AI promises, ethics, and human rights: Time to open Pandora’s box — Awareness and training As a sociotechnical system, AI depends on goals, data sets, and contexts in which it is deployed. Impacts (positive or negative) are a reflection of the designers' and operators' values. Diversit...
Is it the future yet? — These range across all 17 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and could potentially help hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Real-life examples show AI already being applied to some degree in about ...
AI, smart cities, and the surveillance trade-off — The algorithm identifies patterns and extrapolates them into the future. This sounds rational until you consider why those patterns exist in the first place. Neighbourhoods that were historically neglected may show hig...
Preuves and measurement in Internet governance — In every policy area, informed policy-making requires access to data and evidence. Solutions simply cannot be advanced without an accurate scope of the problem. Internet governance and ICT policy are no exception. For po...
Day 0 Event #191 High-Level Launch: Advancing Internet Universality 2.0 — In this context I want to highlight the importance of including these indicators in the national and and regional strategies, for example, I want just to give North Africa as example, with its challenges, such as we...
Data-driven discussions at the 2018 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development — ‘If we are not counted, we do not count, and we remain invisible’ - Representative of the Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities Data plays an increasingly central role in discussions around the sustainable dev...
WSIS 2017 - Moderated high-level policy session 13 — https://dig.watch/wp-content/uploads/WSIS2017_57-1.png [Read more session reports from WSIS Forum 2017] High-Level Track Facilitator, Ms Shuchita Thapar (Project Manager Cybersecurity Team, National Law University, Delhi...
Open Forum #32 Shaping an equal digital future with WSIS+20 & Beijing+30 — This means that globally, there are 189 million more men than women using the internet in 2024. While significant progress has been made, the estimated 2.6 billion people who remain unconnected are primarily women and ...
WSIS Forum 2017: Résumé of Day 3 — The WSIS Forum 2017 continued today with six high-level policy sessions and several workshops, featuring discussions on issues such as the digital economy, cybersecurity, gender mainstreaming, and online extremism. The h...
Knowledge Café: WSIS+20 Consultation: Two Decades of WSIS: Advancing Digital Cooperation Through Action Lines — And then we'll have another good discussion. Okay, we'll start right now. Audience: Those are all connectivity indicators coming from IQ, that number of really connected to internet. Because we use a lot of money. Unde...
Harnessing digital public goods and fostering digital cooperation: a multi-disciplinary contribution to WSIS+20 review — Deploy the LFLP process and collate, display and use those data sets. Identify interface opportunities with current and emerging digital technologies. And then of course, establish benchmarks for reviews and reportings a...
Tunis Agenda for the Information Society — 111. We request the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to make an overall review of the implementation of WSIS outcomes in 2015. 112. We call for periodic evaluation, using an agreed methodology, such as described ...
15 reasons to govern AI with 17 SDGs — The SDGs are pro-development. There are major concerns that AI will trigger new and deeper digital divides for countries that do not have the means to participate in the AI race, which means most countries except the USA...
Leveraging AI to Support Gender Inclusivity | IGF 2023 WS #235 — These principles were also endorsed later on by the G20, and so we are today over, today 46 countries have adhered to these principles. These are principles that are not binding in nature, but still they represent a comm...
São Paulo Multistakeholder Guidelines: A breath of fresh air into digital governance debates — On April 29 and 30 April, NETMundial+10 met in São Paulo on its 10th anniversary. Back in 2014, NETMundial gathered at the critical moment of ICANN's transition from US government guardianship to multistakeholder one, wh...
The year of AI clarity: 10 AI Forecasts for 2025 — China: China has implemented strict regulations requiring platforms to label AI-generated content, especially deepfakes, and to obtain consent from individuals before using their likenesses. Which practices do social ...
Artificial intelligence: policy implications — It also calls for the development of standards for the concepts of privacy by design, privacy by default, informed consent, and encryption in AI systems. Ethics As AI systems involve judgements and decision-making - repl...
Addressing AI-driven Socio-economic Inequality — In March 2020, entrepreneur and billionaire Elon Musk stated that 'AI is far more dangerous than nukes'. This wasn't he first time the adverse effects of the scale of AI deployment has been discussed. Throughout the last...
Afro-feminist AI governance; challenges and lessons — The existence of subsisting and emerging technologies and their accompanying challenges to human rights and inclusion require in-depth, critical analyses. Understanding these risks and their consequences for people has s...
High optimism and low realism mark the start of the 9th IGF in Istanbul — The opening session of the 9th IGF in Istanbul featured 21 intervenants from government, business, academia, and civil society. The rhyming terms high optimism and low realism have floated to the top of a textual analysis of...
Internet Universality Indicators: measuring ICT for development — Supporting facts: Indicators are used to advance the country along their own objectives. No ranking is provided at the end of the assessment. Topics: Policy Assessment, Country Progress Indicators aim ...
The impact of NGOs on international policymaking — In the Westphalian paradigm, states are sovereign in their national policies. In today’s world, deliberative democracy legitimises state laws and policies. International alignment of national laws and policies is achieve...
Results Based Diplomacy — In the face of process fatigue we must work to maintain consistency and to keep the discipline necessary to stay the course. Any meaningful change will face some internal resistance and inertia. By making strategies co...
Valuing What Counts: Framework to Progress Beyond Gross Domestic Product | Our Common Agenda Policy Brief 4 — In this regard, I propose the establishment of a high-level expert group of independent experts with a mandate to produce by March 2024 an initial value dashboard of a limited number of key indicators (ideally not more t...
Diplomatic policy analysis — Overdependence on algorithms without critical human oversight can lead to biased or incomplete conclusions, particularly in complex, nuanced scenarios. Digital divides: Not all countries have equal access to advanced an...
Gender diplomacy — Geographical scope Geographical scope The footprint of gender diplomacy spans the entire global administrative architecture, operating across traditional capitals and multilateral hubs. Bilateral relations focus sharply ...
Better data and statistics for gender responsive trade policy — Résumé Gender-responsive trade policy requires sound data and statistics. The interactions between gender and trade are complex and intertwined with social norms and institutions. Trade policies interact with the gend...
Working Group on the Digital Gender Divide recommendations for action, bridging the gender gap in internet and broadband access and use — • A4AI, the Web Foundation, GSMA, Besides these commitments, the and APC, agreed to collaborate Working Group has identified the need to develop a set of basel...
WSIS Forum 2017: Résumé of Day 3 — The WSIS Forum 2017 continued today with six high-level policy sessions and several workshops, featuring discussions on issues such as the digital economy, cybersecurity, gender mainstreaming, and online extremism. The h...
Open Forum #32 Shaping an equal digital future with WSIS+20 & Beijing+30 — How can we increase investments in digital infrastructure, digital skills, and literacy programs that particularly target marginalized communities? speaker Radka Sibille explanation This is essential for bridging...
Gender equality in Africa: Priorities, policies, and initiatives — Among other things, it urges member states to ‘promote research and investment in new and renewable energy sources and appropriate technologies, including information technologies and facilitate women’s access to, and pa...
WSIS Forum 2017: Résumé of Day 4 — E-government services were considered important in supporting participatory decision-making, and economic and social development. When devising their national e-government strategies, governments should consider, among o...
The year of AI clarity: 10 AI Forecasts for 2025 — China: China has implemented strict regulations requiring platforms to label AI-generated content, especially deepfakes, and to obtain consent from individuals before using their likenesses. Which practices do social ...
The MANAV manifesto: Reclaiming agency for the majority — India AI Impact Summit 2026 offered something rare in the global AI conversation: a blueprint that begins not with the algorithm, but with the human. The word manav means 'human' or 'mankind' in Sanskrit. It is a deli...
Addressing AI-driven Socio-economic Inequality — In March 2020, entrepreneur and billionaire Elon Musk stated that 'AI is far more dangerous than nukes'. This wasn't he first time the adverse effects of the scale of AI deployment has been discussed. Throughout the last...
Leveraging AI to Support Gender Inclusivity | IGF 2023 WS #235 — We've had some very practical data and sort of measures sort of shared. So I've learned something and thank you for doing that and for being part of this conversation. And with that, I would like to close the session, sa...
Harnessing AI’s power for health — Andreas underlines that there is a notorious digital divide across different countries but also within countries, engendering vast disparities in terms of access to digital health services across the population. Thus, wh...
Afro-feminist AI governance; challenges and lessons — The existence of subsisting and emerging technologies and their accompanying challenges to human rights and inclusion require in-depth, critical analyses. Understanding these risks and their consequences for people has s...
Informal Stakeholder Consultation Session — This statement is on behalf of GNI. We welcome the reference to the enabling environment. To be enabling and coherent, it is critical that regulatory and policy environments are grounded in and aligned with international...
AI and the Roadmap for Digital Cooperation — Second, values that should guide the development and application of AI were touched upon in almost all interventions. Mr Max Tegmark (President, Future of Life Institute) expressed a key concern, shared by many, when he ...
Feminist diplomacy — Feminist diplomacy, or feminist foreign policy, was a concept introduced by the former Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Margot Wallström, in 2014. Feminist diplomacy is a segment of development aid, where financing c...
WSIS Action Lines for Advancing the Achievement of SDGs | IGF 2023 Open Forum #5 — The audience urged sectors to reflect on their practices and ensure that their actions align with feminist values, rather than merely performing a surface-level gender analysis.In terms of LGBTQ rights and inclusion, the...
Action plan to close the digital gender gap — BPFARev +10 para 622 Put in place data and monitoring and evaluation tools around gender equality and ICT “Gender-specific indicators on ICT use and needs should be developed, and measurable performance indi- cators sh...
Measuring ICT for development: the importance of data and statistics in the implementation of the WSIS and the Global Digital Compact — But in fact, as soon as you unpack that a little bit between men and women, parity, as soon as you unpack that a bit, you see that women become unable to use it. They don't have the education, the skills, the affordabili...
ICTs, SDGs, and existing data gaps for measuring progress — The panel discussed a roadmap for different actors involved in addressing data gaps for sustainable development, their roles, responsibilities, and incentives. Mr Christopher Yoo (University of Pennsylvania) moderated th...
WSIS 2018 - Measurement of progress towards the SDGs through ICT Indicators — The feedback for the indicators can be provided by making comments on https://bit.ly/ictindicators before the 30 April 2019. The first panellist, Mr Deniz Susar (Governance and Public Administration Officer, Digital Gove...
Gender and Tech Online Talk Series: Digital Colonialism — The series is co-sponsored by the University of Virginia (UVA) Digital Technology for Democracy Lab (Karsh Institute of Democracy) and the UVA School of Data Science. It brings together leading scholars, advocates, and p...
Exploring the Intersections of Grassroots Movements — So you see how it's important for a myriad of your most basic human rights. But the things that differ, one organization of the coalition to another, is really the size and where they work, it's more rooted. For example,...
Disrupt Harm: Accountability for a Safer Internet | IGF 2023 Open Forum #146 — Urgent interventions are necessary to address this issue effectively. To tackle this pressing concern, a nationwide task force has been established in Iraq. This task force focuses on human rights-based legislation and p...
Association for Progressive Communications — The Association for Progressive Communications is an international network of organizations that was founded in 1990 to provide communication infrastructure, including Internet-based applications, to groups and individua...
Alliance for Affordable Internet — The Alliance for Affordable Internet is an initiative to make the Internet more affordable to people around the world. The World Wide Web Foundation serves as the Secretariat, and major members of coalition include Googl...
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women — The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, also known as UN Women, is a United Nations entity working for gender equality and the empowerment of women.The United Nations Entity for Gender...
Action Coalition on Technology and Innovation for Gender Equality calls for gender equality in Global Digital Compact — The Action Coalition on Technology and Innovation for Gender Equality bring together public, civil society, and private partners to revitalise the global partnership for SDG 5 achievement and spark a global shift toward ...
From digital independence to digital interdependence — We suggest an initial goal of marking the UN's 75th anniversary in 2020 with a “Global Commitment for Digital Cooperation” to enshrine shared values, principles, understandings and objectives for an improved global digit...
WSIS+20 Open Consultation session with Co-Facilitators — This suggests good potential for reaching consensus through negotiation and compromise, though careful attention to language and institutional details will be crucial for successful outcomes. Partial agreements ...
WSIS+10 Outcome Document — We recognize that ending the gender digital divide and the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 5 on gender are mutually reinforcing efforts, and we commit to mainstreaming gender in the World Summit on the Inform...
 WSIS+20 review: What’s in it for Africa?  — An expert-guided dialogue among diplomats | Dedicated exclusively to African Permanent Missions to the UN in Geneva. Co-sponsored by the Permanent Mission of the United Republic of Tanzania and the EU Delegation ...
AI for Good Global Summit — We're also starting to talk about the Fifth Industrial Revolution, but it's not very mainstream yet, but it will come. So we talk about smart production for advanced climate action, innovation, digital transformation for...
WS #225 Gender inequality in meaningful access in the Global South — We do a lot of workshops. We do a lot of advocacy. We explain what UMC is, Universal Meaningful Connectivity, how to measure it, but also why it's important for policy makers. And we're trying to get, at the country leve...

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