WSIS Forum 2026
Rapport généré par l'IA

WSIS women and girls trendsetters and action plan

21 intervenants
Résumé

Résumé

La discussion s’est concentrée sur la collecte de contributions concrètes pour un Plan d’action SMSI pour les femmes et les filles visant à améliorer l’inclusion, la sécurité et le leadership des femmes et des filles dans la transformation numérique.

Les organisateurs ont présenté cet effort comme s’inscrivant dans une dynamique plus longue en faveur de la parité entre les sexes au SMSI, notant des progrès dans la visibilité des femmes, mais aussi le fait que la parité complète de 50-50 n’a pas encore été atteinte.. Plusieurs intervenants ont soutenu que l’inclusion doit aller au-delà de l’accès et de la participation pour englober le pouvoir de décision et un changement institutionnel durable.

Giulia Massimetti a déclaré que les bonnes pratiques n’ont de valeur que lorsqu’elles se diffusent et perdurent au-delà de leurs fondatrices, tout en soulignant l’importance de modèles féminins visibles pour les filles.Monika Magami, Annarina Komljenovic et Alice Paola Pomè ont également soutenu que la technologie n’est pas neutre sur le plan des valeurs, que les femmes doivent façonner les valeurs intégrées dans les systèmes, et qu’une inclusion véritable exige la présence des femmes dans la gouvernance, l’élaboration des normes et les espaces politiques, plutôt qu’une simple représentation.

De nombreuses interventions a porté sur la sécurité numérique, la gouvernance de l’IA et les biais. Une intervenante a appelé à une approche réglementaire globale, fondée sur les droits humains et exécutoire, de la sécurité en ligne des femmes et des filles, la sécurité dès la conception devant devenir une norme par défaut plutôt qu’une bonne pratique facultative.Cette même intervenante et d’autres ont averti que l’IA peut reproduire des discriminations dans le recrutement, les salaires et l’automatisation du travail, alors même que les femmes restent sous-représentées dans les effectifs de l’IA.Une autre participante a ajouté que des chatbots d’IA biaisés peuvent automatiser et amplifier des stéréotypes misogynes, proposant des jeux de données open-source audités et des tests standardisés de biais avant le déploiement.L’éducation, les compétences et les parcours pratiques ont constitué un autre thème récurrent. Carrine Teoh Chooi Shi et Nermin Selim ont insisté sur la sensibilisation à la cybersécurité, la culture numérique, l’éducation à une IA responsable et la sécurité en ligne comme éléments essentiels dès le plus jeune âge.

Plusieurs intervenants ont également souligné la nécessité de soutenir les filles et les femmes non seulement en tant qu’utilisatrices, mais aussi comme créatrices et dirigeantes, grâce au mentorat, à des ateliers, à un encouragement précoce, et à des interventions pratiques pour les femmes plus âgées et les apprenantes non techniques.

Des exemples régionaux et de terrain ont illustré ces priorités en pratique. Les intervenants ont évoqué la demande croissante de compétences en TIC en Afrique, parallèlement à la forte exclusion des filles de l’usage d’internet, et mis en avant des initiatives telles que Miss Geek Africa comme moyen d’inspirer des effets d’entraînement au niveau communautaire.

D’autres ont décrit des outils organisationnels tels que les audits d’équité de genre, les formations au leadership inclusif et les plateformes communautaires afin d’améliorer le recrutement, la rétention et l’avancement des femmes dans la tech.

Dans l’ensemble, la table ronde a convergé vers un message commun : le plan d’action devrait combiner politiques publiques, responsabilité, éducation et action communautaire concrète afin que les femmes et les filles puissent participer en toute sécurité et façonner activement l’avenir numérique.

Points clés

- L’objectif central de la session était de recueillir des propositions concrètes pour le Plan d’action WSIS pour les femmes et les filles, en particulier dans des domaines prioritaires tels que les entreprises, l’éducation, l’IA, la sécurité numérique, la cybersécurité, la finance numérique et l’intégration des femmes et des filles dans les lignes d’action du WSIS. Les organisateurs ont explicitement demandé aux participants d’aider à élaborer un plan de travail pratique et de proposer des idées de collaboration. - Un point majeur et récurrent a été que l’inclusion doit aller au-delà de l’accès ou de la participation et s’étendre à un véritable pouvoir de décision dans la conception des technologies, la gouvernance, les normes et les politiques. Plusieurs intervenants ont soutenu que les femmes ne devraient pas seulement utiliser la technologie, mais aussi en façonner les valeurs, la construire, la gouverner et exercer une autorité dans les espaces où les règles et les systèmes sont définis. - De nombreuses contributions ont porté sur la sécurité numérique, la cybersécurité et la nécessité de protections plus fortes pour les femmes et les filles en ligne. Les intervenants ont appelé à une réglementation fondée sur les droits humains, à des normes exécutoires de sécurité dès la conception, à une meilleure sensibilisation et éducation en matière cyber, et à une meilleure protection contre la violence facilitée par la technologie et les systèmes d’IA biaisés. - L’éducation et le développement des compétences ont été présentés comme essentiels, mais les intervenants ont souligné que l’objectif devrait être une capacité adaptée à l’avenir plutôt qu’une simple alphabétisation de base. Les recommandations comprenaient une éducation numérique précoce, l’aisance en IA, la sensibilisation à la cybersécurité, le mentorat, le mentorat inversé pour les femmes plus âgées, et des ateliers pratiques animés par des femmes de la tech afin que les filles et les femmes puissent devenir des créatrices et des dirigeantes plutôt que des utilisatrices passives. - Les participants ont également mis l’accent sur la mise en œuvre, la responsabilité et des modèles pratiques de changement. Ils ont souligné la nécessité d’étendre et de partager les bonnes pratiques, de maintenir un suivi annuel entre trendsetters, d’utiliser des audits d’équité de genre et des formations en milieu de travail inclusif, d’envisager des quotas et la publication de la représentation de genre dans les organes de gouvernance, et de soutenir les initiatives de terrain qui créent un impact local visible.

L’objectif global de la discussion était de recueillir des contributions concrètes et multipartites pour le Plan d’action SMSI pour les femmes et les filles et d’identifier des moyens pratiques d’améliorer l’égalité de genre dans la transformation numérique, y compris en matière de représentation, de sécurité, de compétences, de leadership et de gouvernance.

Le ton général était constructif, collaboratif et fortement orienté vers le plaidoyer. Il a commencé sur un ton accueillant et réfléchi, reconnaissant les progrès vers la parité de genre tout en notant que l’objectif n’a pas encore été atteint. Au fil de la discussion, le ton est devenu plus urgent et davantage axé sur les politiques publiques, notamment autour des biais de l’IA, de la sécurité en ligne et de la sous-représentation des femmes dans le leadership et la gouvernance.

Il est resté centré sur les solutions tout au long des échanges, de nombreux intervenants proposant des recommandations concrètes, des exemples et des bonnes pratiques plutôt que de se limiter à décrire les problèmes.

Intervenants

- Gitanjali Sah - Intervenante d’ouverture ; associée à l’UIT/WSIS dans la discussion ; a parlé des gender trendsetters du WSIS et du Plan d’action pour les femmes et les filles. [S30] - Amélie Washington - Modératrice/facilitatrice de la session. - Sarah El Omari - Modératrice/facilitatrice de la session. - Giulia Massimetti - Intervenante ; a abordé la transformation numérique, les initiatives d’inclusion, les communautés de femmes dans la technologie et des initiatives de terrain telles que Code/Color Dojo for Girls. - Carrine Teoh Chooi Shi - Intervenante ; professionnelle de la cybersécurité avec plus de 15 ans d’expérience ; a parlé de sécurité numérique, d’éducation et de représentation des femmes dans le leadership numérique. - Speaker 4 - Intervenante ; travaille sur le droit et les politiques entourant la sécurité numérique des femmes et des filles ; a parlé de réglementation fondée sur les droits humains, de sécurité dès la conception et de l’IA au travail. - Ana Gabriela Valdiviezo - Intervenante ; a déclaré avoir été la première femme dans l’histoire de l’Équateur à présider le Conseil national des télécommunications, ainsi qu’avoir occupé les fonctions de vice-ministre et sous-secrétaire aux technologies de l’information et de la communication, de PDG, de professeure d’université, de mentor internationale et de défenseure de l’égalité de genre. - Ladé Araba - Intervenante ; s’est exprimée depuis une perspective africaine ; a fait référence au travail mené à Smart Africa et à des initiatives concrètes telles que Miss Geek Africa. - Monika Magami - Intervenante ; s’est présentée comme membre de la communauté bahá’íe, faisant partie des Soroptimists, juriste, et travaillant dans la gouvernance de l’IA. - Marcela Mogilska - Fondatrice de Radia, décrite comme le plus grand réseau féminin de la tech en Allemagne ; fondatrice d’une start-up d’IA axée sur l’enseignement des soft skills. - Annarina Komljenovic - Intervenante ; a fait référence à une expérience dans les discussions du NATO Digital Foundry ; a parlé de souveraineté numérique, de normes, de gouvernance de l’IA et des femmes dans la prise de décision. - Alice Paola Pomè - Intervenante ; a parlé des technologies émergentes, de l’innovation numérique, de l’intelligence artificielle et de la transformation numérique inclusive. - Nermin Selim - Dr Nermin Selim ; secrétaire générale de Creators Union of Arab, une ONG en Égypte ; a indiqué avoir co-développé une plateforme de vérification de la propriété intellectuelle et diriger l’initiative Sustainable Digital Schools. - Abiola Laseinde - Fondatrice des CIO Association Awards and Club Africa ; fondatrice de Ladies in Tech and Leaders ; juriste et professionnelle de la gouvernance. - Prof. Margherita Pillan - Professeure ; mène une étude au Politecnico di Milano sur l’impact de l’usage de l’IA par les patientes ; a parlé de l’éducation à l’IA pour les femmes vieillissantes et de la fracture numérique. - Carina Zehermeier - Intervenante ; a déclaré avoir fondé sa première entreprise d’IA et Women in AI Austria ; travaille dans la gouvernance de l’IA et sur une plateforme de gouvernance de l’IA. - Saima Malik - Intervenante ; plus de 25 ans d’expérience en tant que dirigeante d’entreprise dans les technologies d’entreprise, le numérique et la transformation ; fondatrice d’Amana, une plateforme mondiale autour de l’IA pour l’humanité centrée sur les femmes et les filles. - Saci Assala - Ingénieure réseaux et télécommunications d’Algérie. - Speaker 1 - Intervenante ; a parlé des chatbots d’IA, des biais, de la sécurité dès la conception, des jeux de données open-source audités et des tests standardisés de neutralité de genre. - Dragana Babic - Fondatrice de Pentora Plus de Bosnie-Herzégovine ; ambassadrice Google Women Techmakers. Intervenants supplémentaires : - Speaker 5 - Brève interjection confirmant la qualité audio (« Yeah, now it’s better ») ; aucun rôle ou domaine d’expertise indiqué.

Intervenants
GS
Gitanjali Sah
161 wpm · 3 min
AW
Amélie Washington
136 wpm · 2 min
SE
Sarah El Omari
169 wpm · 4 min
GM
Giulia Massimetti
97 wpm · 3 min
AG
Ana Gabriela Valdiviezo
99 wpm · 3 min
MM
Monika Magami
141 wpm · 2 min
AK
Annarina Komljenovic
129 wpm · 3 min
AP
Alice Paola Pomè
137 wpm · 3 min
CZ
Carina Zehermeier
155 wpm · 2 min
MM
Marcela Mogilska
144 wpm · 2 min
DB
Dragana Babic
161 wpm · 2 min
CT
Carrine Teoh Chooi Shi
149 wpm · 3 min
LA
Ladé Araba
145 wpm · 4 min
NS
Nermin Selim
122 wpm · 3 min
AL
Abiola Laseinde
146 wpm · 2 min
PM
Prof. Margherita Pillan
151 wpm · 2 min
SA
Saci Assala
94 wpm · 2 min
SM
Saima Malik
149 wpm · 2 min
S4
Speaker 4
157 wpm · 4 min
S1
Speaker 1
160 wpm · 2 min
S5
Speaker 5
98 wpm · 4 s

La session a été présentée comme une contribution pratique au plan d’action SMSI pour les femmes et les filles. Gitanjali Sah a remercié les participants, a relevé la présence de nombreuses précurseuses des dynamiques de genre du SMSI, et a indiqué que le groupe avait décidé quelques années plus tôt qu’une initiative de ce type était nécessaire pour aider à faire progresser les sessions et les intervenants du SMSI vers une parité 50-50 entre femmes et hommes à l’UIT.Elle a déclaré que cette parité n’avait pas encore été pleinement atteinte, mais a établi un contraste avec les événements numériques d’il y a 15 à 20 ans, où les femmes étaient souvent très rares dans la salle.Elle a également indiqué qu’il y avait eu de nombreuses candidatures solides et a suggéré de trouver un moyen de donner un rôle à toutes les personnes nommées avant de décider qui serait désigné comme pionnier ou pionnière.Comme exemple de la valeur du SMSI, elle a mis en avant la participation à la base, mentionnant Gadby du Tchad et affirmant que la « beauté du SMSI » réside dans le fait que les participants peuvent venir, entrer en relation avec d’autres acteurs issus de la société civile, du secteur privé et des organisations internationales, puis ramener ces collaborations dans les villages et les communautés.Amélie Washington et Sarah El Omari ont ensuite expliqué que la table ronde visait à recueillir des contributions concrètes au plan d’action de la part de personnes nommées travaillant dans les domaines du plaidoyer, de la recherche, de l’éducation, de l’entrepreneuriat, du design, de la cybersécurité et de l’inclusion numérique.Elles ont demandé aux participants de se concentrer sur les entreprises, l’éducation, l’IA, la sécurité numérique, les femmes et les filles dans la sécurité numérique, la finance numérique, et la manière dont ces enjeux devraient être intégrés dans les lignes d’action du SMSI.Un premier thème portait sur la manière de transformer des initiatives prometteuses en structures durables. Giulia Massimetti a déclaré que les bonnes pratiques comptent lorsqu’elles circulent, avertissant que trop souvent les idées fructueuses restent cantonnées à une seule organisation avant d’être réinventées ailleurs.S’appuyant sur son expérience de développement à grande échelle d’une communauté de femmes dans la technologie à travers 25 pays, elle a soutenu que les initiatives ne durent que lorsqu’elles sont conçues pour survivre à la personne qui les a lancées et qu’elles reçoivent une structure institutionnelle.Elle a ajouté que le travail de terrain en faveur des filles dépend aussi de la visibilité, afin que ces dernières puissent voir des femmes concevoir, développer, déployer et diriger la technologie.Plus tard, après s’être reconnectée, elle a proposé un point annuel pour les cohortes de pionnières afin de rendre compte de ce qui avait fonctionné ou non, de sorte que le partage devienne systématique et que le plan d’action demeure un processus vivant.La sécurité, les abus en ligne et la protection fondée sur les droits ont constitué un autre axe majeur de la discussion. Une intervenante non identifiée présente dans la salle, travaillant sur le droit et les politiques relatifs à la sécurité numérique des femmes et des filles, a appelé à une approche globale et unifiée centrée sur la sécurité dès la conception et ancrée dans les droits humains.Elle a déclaré que le paysage actuel était fragmenté et trop dépendant du droit souple et des bonnes pratiques, et plaidant à la place pour des politiques, des normes et une législation contraignantes aux niveaux national, régional et international.La même intervenante a également lié l’IA aux inégalités sur le lieu de travail, évoquant les biais dans les outils de recrutement par IA, les systèmes de fixation des salaires susceptibles de recommander une rémunération inférieure pour les femmes, ainsi que des recherches suggérant que l’automatisation et l’IA pourraient supprimer un grand nombre d'emplois féminins alors même que les femmes restent sous-représentées parmi les professionnels de l'IA.Carrine Teoh Chooi Shi, s’appuyant sur plus de 15 ans d’expérience en cybersécurité, a déclaré que la cybersécurité n’est plus facultative et doit être traitée comme un pilier essentiel.Elle a soutenu que les femmes et les filles ont besoin de connaissances, de sensibilisation et d’une compréhension pratique des signes d’alerte et des vulnérabilités, et elle a relié cela à un problème plus large de leadership, notant des schémas selon lesquels les femmes peuvent entrer dans les environnements de travail numériques à hauteur d’environ la moitié des effectifs, mais voient ensuite leur présence diminuer fortement au niveau du management intermédiaire et des postes de direction.Elle a appelé à des interventions structurelles et culturelles, parallèlement au mentorat et au parrainage, pour former des dirigeantes du numérique et accroître la présence des femmes dans les conseils d’administration et les espaces consultatifs.Ladé Araba est intervenue à deux reprises sous des angles légèrement différents. Lors d’une première intervention, elle a apporté une perspective africaine, citant des estimations selon lesquelles 230 millions d’emplois en Afrique exigeront des compétences en TIC d’ici 2030, tandis que dans les pays à faible revenu plus de 90 % des jeunes filles n’utilisent pas du tout internet.Elle a déclaré que cela rend le défi immédiat et structurel, et a cité l’initiative Miss Geek Africa de Smart Africa comme modèle pratique dans lequel les filles retournent dans leurs communautés et créent un effet d’entraînement en inspirant d’autres personnes.Elle a également exhorté les participants à ne pas rester uniquement au niveau des politiques, mais à se demander quelles actions concrètes chacun pourrait entreprendre.Plus tard, s’exprimant au nom de Visiola Foundation, elle a affirmé que les compétences d’avenir dans le cadre de cette vision 2035 doivent être redéfinies de manière radicale.La maîtrise numérique de base, a-t-elle soutenu, n’est que le minimum ; les filles et les femmes ont besoin d’une maîtrise de l’IA afin de pouvoir interroger la technologie, la coder et construire des algorithmes qui résolvent des problèmes locaux et mondiaux.Elle a également souligné que la sécurité est indissociable de la préparation à l’avenir, car les filles sont souvent poussées hors ligne par la violence facilitée par la technologie.Nermin Selim a elle aussi relié l’inclusion à l’éducation et à la protection. Elle a décrit son initiative Sustainable Digital Schools comme couvrant la sensibilisation au climat, l’utilisation responsable et éthique de l’IA, ainsi que la sensibilisation à la cybersécurité pour les élèves, les enseignants et les parents, de la 1re à la 12e année de scolarité.Elle a soutenu que la citoyenneté numérique, la littératie numérique et la sensibilisation à la cybersécurité doivent commencer tôt et devraient être considérées comme un pilier stratégique de l’autonomisation.Un thème central tout au long de la session a été que les femmes et les filles ne devraient pas seulement accéder à la technologie, mais aussi façonner, gouverner et décider de la manière dont elle est construite et utilisée. Ana Gabriela Valdiviezo a déclaré que la transformation numérique ne peut être inclusive si les femmes et les filles restent uniquement des utilisatrices ; elles doivent devenir créatrices, innovatrices, dirigeantes et décisionnaires.Elle a affirmé que l’inclusion ne consiste pas à donner aux femmes et aux filles une place plus grande à la table de quelqu’un d’autre, mais à leur permettre de concevoir la table, de définir l’ordre du jour et de construire l’avenir.Elle a également soutenu que de nombreuses femmes plus âgées sont exclues non pas à cause de l’âge en lui-même, mais parce qu’elles n’ont jamais eu l’occasion de recevoir une éducation numérique.Monika Magami a développé un point connexe en soutenant que la question clé n’est pas seulement de savoir comment faire entrer davantage de femmes dans la technologie, mais comment les femmes et les filles peuvent façonner les valeurs intégrées dans la technologie elle-même.Elle a déclaré que la technologie n’est pas neutre du point de vue des valeurs, parce que les systèmes et plateformes d’IA reflètent les hypothèses et les priorités de ceux qui les conçoivent et les gouvernent.Elle a donc appelé à des espaces significatifs pour les femmes dans les politiques publiques, les apprentissages, la recherche, la prise de décision internationale et l’élaboration des normes, et a soutenu que les femmes peuvent contribuer à faire entrer dans les systèmes technologiques des valeurs telles que la compassion, la justice, l’égalité et la dignité humaine.Annarina Komljenovic a déclaré que le plan d’action devrait nommer explicitement la sous-représentation des femmes dans la prise de décision, rappelant qu’elle avait récemment été l’une des cinq seules femmes dans une discussion de l’OTAN sur les technologies émergentes et la gouvernance du cloud.Elle a soutenu que, tout comme la souveraineté numérique ne concerne pas seulement l’accès aux infrastructures mais aussi la décision sur la manière dont les systèmes sont construits et gouvernés, l’inclusion de genre doit également être comprise en termes de pouvoir de décision.Elle a déclaré que l’accès aux appareils, à la connectivité et à la formation demeure nécessaire mais insuffisant si les femmes sont absentes des instances qui définissent les normes et gouvernent les politiques relatives à l’IA et aux données.Elle a cité des recherches du Boston Consulting Group et de Bain pour étayer la tendance plus large qu’elle décrivait, et a averti que les indicateurs sur l'emploi peuvent être trompeurs si les femmes sont cantonnées à des rôles subalternes.Ses propositions comprenaient des quotas pour les femmes dans les organes de normalisation et de gouvernance, la divulgation de la composition par genre, et un meilleur suivi de la représentation dans la prise de décision.Alice Paola Pomè a avancé un argument similaire, affirmant que la fracture numérique de genre ne porte plus seulement sur la connectivité, mais aussi sur les opportunités, la représentation, la sécurité et le pouvoir.Parce que la technologie reflète les valeurs et les biais de ceux qui la conçoivent et la gouvernent, a-t-elle dit, l’inégalité s’inscrit dans les systèmes lorsque les femmes et les filles sont absentes de ces processus.Elle a relié l’accès universel, les compétences prêtes pour l’avenir, la sécurité en ligne, les droits humains, la participation et l’autonomisation économique comme des piliers liés d’une société numérique inclusive.Sa conclusion a été que les femmes et les filles ne doivent pas seulement apprendre à utiliser les technologies, mais apprendre à les créer, les gouverner, les interroger et les améliorer, et que les femmes doivent être présentes là où la technologie est gouvernée.Carina Zehermeier a ajouté que Women in AI Austria était passée d’une communauté à une organisation de plaidoyer intervenant sur l’EU AI Act, le Digital Services Act et des processus connexes, tout en travaillant aussi au niveau national dans le cadre de l’initiative autrichienne « She Goes AI ».Elle a déclaré que la gouvernance de l’IA doit garder les femmes et les humains aux commandes, car l’IA est sociotechnique plutôt qu’objective ou neutre.Elle a également souligné que les femmes peuvent contribuer à l’IA à partir de nombreux parcours, notamment l’informatique, les mathématiques, l’éthique et les sciences sociales.Dragana Babic a illustré la question du leadership par une histoire tirée d’un atelier sur la cybersécurité impliquant une jeune fille atteinte de trisomie 21 qui avait été invitée à faire une présentation.Elle a raconté que toute la posture de la jeune fille avait changé lorsqu’on lui avait demandé non pas comment se tient une présentatrice, mais comment se tient une dirigeante, et s’en est servie pour soutenir qu’un sentiment d’appartenance dans les rôles de leadership est crucial pour les femmes et les filles, y compris celles en situation de handicap.L’éducation, les parcours professionnels et l’inclusion tout au long de la vie ont constitué une autre partie substantielle de la discussion. Marcela Mogilska a déclaré que le problème n’est plus la sensibilisation mais la mise en œuvre, et a décrit des outils pratiques utilisés par son organisation, notamment des audits d’équité de genre, des formations sur la diversité, l'équité et l'inclusion (DEI) et une éducation aux biais.Elle a également insisté sur l’importance de commencer tôt, dès la maternelle, et a déclaré qu’il faut enseigner aux garçons l’empathie, la bienveillance et la collaboration afin que les lieux de travail de demain deviennent plus inclusifs.Abiola Laseinde a élargi la discussion sur les parcours en se décrivant comme une personne entrée dans la tech depuis le droit et la gouvernance, et a plaidé avec force en faveur de passerelles « des profils non techniques vers la tech » qui aident les femmes sans bagage technique à trouver leur place dans l’écosystème technologique et à devenir des ambassadrices et des défenseuses.Saci Assala a ajouté que, dans son expérience en Algérie, le principal obstacle pour de nombreuses filles n’est pas la technologie elle-même mais la peur de l’apprendre.Elle a recommandé des ateliers dans lesquels les filles apprennent directement auprès de femmes travaillant dans la technologie, ainsi qu’une exposition précoce afin que les filles grandissent en considérant la technologie comme leur place.La professeure Margherita Pillan s’est concentrée spécifiquement sur les femmes âgées, soutenant qu’elles sont souvent exclues des possibilités de formation à l’IA.Elle a donné trois raisons d’investir dans leurs capacités en IA : éviter l’obsolescence professionnelle, comprendre le rôle de l’IA dans les systèmes publics afin de pouvoir participer au débat public, et gérer plus efficacement la vie quotidienne.Se référant à une étude du Politecnico di Milano, elle a déclaré que l’IA peut aider les patientes à gérer des problèmes de santé et peut également apporter une aide pour les services publics, les réglementations, les impôts, la finance et les opportunités de travail.Elle a appelé à une éducation portable à l’IA pour les femmes plus âgées et a suggéré le mentorat inversé par des femmes plus jeunes comme modèle possible.Saima Malik a décrit un cadre en trois volets (accès,adoption et accélération) à travers sa plateforme Amana.Elle a déclaré que la conversation a dépassé la simple littératie en IA pour entrer dans une phase façonnée par l’automatisation et les systèmes d'IA autonomes, et a proposé un programme « Work Reimagined » pour aider les femmes à comprendre comment leurs rôles vont évoluer et leur donner les moyens de repenser leur travail plutôt que de subir l’IA comme quelque chose qu’on leur impose.La discussion a également inclus des propositions plus techniques sur la responsabilité de l’IA. Une intervenante non identifiée présente dans la salle a indiqué plus tard que les chatbots d’IA destinés au public constituent souvent le premier contact des gens avec l’intelligence artificielle, et que lorsque de tels systèmes sont biaisés, ils ne se contentent pas de refléter l’inégalité mais l’automatisent et la déploient à grande échelle.Elle a proposé deux réponses spécifiques : des ensembles de données open source audités pour l’entraînement des modèles, et un cadre standardisé de test et de notation pour évaluer la neutralité de genre et l’atténuation des biais avant le déploiement des applications d’IA auprès du public.La mise en œuvre et le suivi ont été des préoccupations récurrentes. Giulia Massimetti a appelé à un rapport annuel entre les cohortes de pionniers des tendances.Marcela Mogilska a déclaré que les outils pratiques et la responsabilité sont désormais plus urgents que la seule sensibilisation.Annarina Komljenovic a appelé à des quotas, à la divulgation et à des indicateurs de gouvernance.L’intervenante non identifiée sur l’IA a proposé des ensembles de données audités et des normes de test avant déploiement.Ladé Araba a exhorté les participants à réfléchir aux actions concrètes qu’ils pourraient entreprendre, et non seulement à des déclarations politique.Dans l’ensemble, les intervenants se sont accordés sur les objectifs, tout en mettant des accents différents sur la collaboration volontaire, le mentorat et l’action de terrain d’une part, et sur la réglementation, les quotas et les normes contraignantes d’autre part.

La table ronde s’est achevée sans adopter de plan d’action final, mais Sarah El Omari a conclu en remerciant les intervenants et en déclarant que leurs perspectives alimenteraient le plan d’action du SMSI pour les femmes et les filles.

Gitanjali Sah
Sarah and of course also Shulia for organizing this session and for getting us together. It's so nice to see all of you here. I can see so many WSIS gender trendsetters here today. We decided as a group couple of years back that we needed something like this because to ensure that there's 50 -50 parity, you know, in sessions, in intervenants and in making sure that when we come to the WSIS forum at least, we see women and men 50 -50 here at the ITU. However, we haven't still achieved that parity but I think we are getting there. Those of you who've been coming to these events, especially digital events, Tatyana, if you look like 15 or 20 years back, we probably were the only women in the room, you know, and it was like, oh, what's going on? But today, look around the room, there's so many of you and really thanks for being here today because this is an initiative we want to grow with all of you. We had the first cohort of the gender trendsetters around two years back and this year it's grown so big. We received so many nominations and so many great nominations that now we really want to find a way to give all the nominations a role as well, you know, before even concluding to see who's going to be the gender trendsetters. So please give us some ideas about that. Please give us some ideas on what the WSIS women and girls action plan could look like. Tell us what we could do together because WSIS has an advantage. We are sort of not bound by many rules and regulations. So as a group of stakeholders, civil society, private sector really women and men driven to do something to make a difference international organizations I can see Derek, my friend from WHO who is so committed sitting here as well ITU all of us should be able to draw up an action plan and make a difference in our own way I can see my friend Gadby she has come all the way from Chad and she is working at the grass root level there with the villagers making sure that they have the benefits of technology so Gadby, this is the beauty of WSIS that you were able to come here and now you will be able to take back some collaborations back to the villages you are working in so thank you very much I look forward to a productive discussion and we will be very interested in the work plan that comes out of this group Emily, back to you
Amélie Washington
So as Keith and Julie just said, we are really pleased to welcome the nominees of this Women and Girls Trendsetters as intervenants for the WSIS Forum Women and Girls Action Plan Roundtable. The nominees represent a diverse group of inspiring voices from advocacy, research, education, entrepreneurship, design, cybersecurity and digital inclusion. Thank you all for making it today. The aim of the session will be to contribute concrete inputs to WSIS Women and Girls Action Plan. So we encourage the discussion to center around the themes that are shared on the screen, which is going to go in presentation mode in just a few seconds, which is business, education, AI, digital safety, women and girls in digital security, digital finance and integrating women and girls in the action lines. We look forward to a fruitful conversation and we would now like to invite all of you who confirmed to speak to take the floor. So thank you so much. And let's start. We can start with a machine that inspires you and whoever wants to start can start.
Sarah El Omari
The aim of the session will be to contribute concrete inputs to WSIS Women and Girls Action Plan. So we encourage the discussion to center around the themes that are shared on the screen, which is going to go in presentation mode in just a few seconds, which is business, education, AI, digital safety, women and girls in digital security, digital finance and integrating women and girls in the action lines. We look forward to a fruitful conversation and we would now like to invite all of you who confirmed to speak to take the floor. So thank you so much. And let's start. We can start with a machine that inspires you and whoever wants to start can start.
Giulia Massimetti
So thank you to the ITU team, to the WISIS process for having us. I am excited about the topic on integrating women and girls into the action lines. When we talk about best practices, I can say that. Best practices only matter when they travel. Too often, good work stays inside one company. one silo, one and gets reinvented somewhere else a year later that is the gap I want to speak about across 20 years in digital transformation I have learned that inclusion initiatives only last when they are built to outlive the person who starts the initiative at work I have had the opportunity to have founded a women in technology community that began as a local space for colleagues to connect and was later adopted across 25 countries my lesson is that a good practice needs a structure it's not just about the one who starts that specific practice or that crazy enthusiast starting everything right The same holds at the grassroots level. Through initiatives like Color Dojo for Girls, I have seen that closing the digital divide is about resources, of course. It's about infrastructure, but it's also about the visibility that girls, young ladies, need to see by looking at women that are designing, developing, deploying, but also leading before they imagine that they can do it themselves. Thank you.
Amélie Washington
Have we lost the speaker? Yeah, I'm not hearing anything too.
Giulia Massimetti
From top to bottom and from bottom to top, so that resources are being enriched all the way. The short answer for me today is that the trendsetters cohorts should come together. A short annual check -in. Where we can report how we have worked, what has worked, what has not worked, so that we can move the needle. So, sharing what works is the easy part. Building the habit, the discipline of sharing. is important, but also it's important to stay connected year after year, and that's the real action plan. I thank you.
Sarah El Omari
Thank you so much. Thank you so much for your time. We'll now invite Karen Teo. And we also can remind you to please stay within the two minutes. So everybody should have a chance to speak. Go ahead. Thank you. Thank you.
Carrine Teoh Chooi Shi
Hi, I'm Karen Teo here. I'd like to chip in on how the digital tools can help to mitigate the inequalities between men and women. The tools itself for us to make it to be relevant and to be able to contribute to our content, one, we need to meet the tools.
Sarah El Omari
We can't hear you right now. Okay. So while we're waiting, we'll take somebody else from the room. So anybody else like.
Speaker 4
I am here yes well first of all thank you for convening that space I think it's absolutely crucial that we have a conversation about women and girls and not only digital safety but digital skills I would like to really comment on two things safety and the other one is business particularly AI and women in the workplace I'll start with digital safety I work a lot on law and policy surrounding women's and girls' digital safety and I think one thing that I would really like to call for is a comprehensive and unified approach to regulate which centres safety by design and is also human rights based. I think at the moment we see very fragmented regulatory efforts, very patchy approaches to it and what I think we should really move towards is and that we're and that we're doing the right thing doing the right thing doing the right thing doing the right thing development of policies and standards, not only amongst private actors, that's of course very much needed, but also legislation at national, regional and international levels. We see emergence of it in some regional contexts, particularly in Europe, but we have not yet seen this being a kind of a unified effort in other parts of the world. But what would make it work is that these policies are actually enforceable. Quite a lot of time we see regulations or attempts at regulation, particularly when it concerns women and girls and their online safety or their participation in all things digital being really pushed towards soft law, so good practice rather than obligation. area, which I think is a missed opportunity to really make a change and really move the dial in this space. Likewise, with safety by design, I think we see language of safety by design emerging more and more and being recognized as a priority. However, when we look at the language of legal obligations and where they are enforceable, safety by design is still a good practice or a selective good practice rather than a standard by default to which actors need to adhere. If I still have time, I would like to comment on the women and AI in the workplace. And I think there is a threefold issue arising here. One, I think we see gender bias in use of AI tools in recruitment. And then, of course, this has impact on women. It's not only gender, but also intersectional discrimination that we see in that space. And we now have research that very clearly documents that. This, of course, has direct. implications for women, their access to workspaces across different sectors, particularly tech and digital. But also we see the use of AI tools in, for example, recommending lower salaries to women than to men for comparable jobs. That, of course, also has implications of long existing attempts to close gender pay gap. Second, there is an issue of the impact of AI on women's jobs. And research from my center, Center for Protecting Women Online and Fawcett Society in the UK, estimated that by 2030, automation and AI could replace up to 40 % of women workforce in some industries. I think this is something that we need to not only take notes of, but actually act upon. And third is a question of participation of women, as well as young women and girls, in AI and digital tech. In the UK, there is a lot of research on AI and digital tech. In the UK, women make up only 22 % of AI workforce. That, of course, raises questions of inclusion. I'll stop here.
Sarah El Omari
Thank you so much. We'll now turn to Greenview. Does it work now? Can you hear me? Hi, can you all hear me? We unfortunately still cannot hear you. So we will take another person from the room while we are figuring it out. Sorry, can you try again, please? Can you
Carrine Teoh Chooi Shi
hear me? How about now? Yes, we can. Amazing. Please take the floor. Okay, I will say that the time is the lucky one. All right. Yeah, so I'm going to touch on digital safety and education. I've been in the field of cybersecurity for over 15 years. So what we are seeing is the escalation of the need and also the urgency in terms of protecting women and girls in cyber. So the need of cyber safety now is... no longer good to have. It definitely has to be a critical, I would say that pillar for all of us. So we need to look into how are we going to use education with the right knowledge and know -how and also increase in terms of awareness, basically equipping both the girls and the women in terms of the knowledge and also the telltale signs, what are potentially the loophole that they will fall into in case they become a victim in terms of the cyberspace. And the other one that we need to look at is in terms of education. So what we are seeing is that in the digital workspace, I've graduated as an engineer previously. So what we can see that in terms of technology and also in the digital space, women workforce, when you go in at the entry level, always at 50%, as you move up to the middle, management is 39. And by the time you reach senior leadership, you're already at 50%. is only 29%. So we need to come up with most probably both a structural and a cultural intervention in terms to build and also to mentor and also to sponsor small digital leaders, women digital leaders to be out there. So we need to see better representation in the board, better representation in advisory, workspace and also for women advocates to be able to champion the causes and also the need of women and girls in the digital space. Thank you.
Sarah El Omari
Thank you so much, Karen Dio. I will take one other person from online, Anna Gabriela Valdiviedo, if you'd like to take the floor, please. Can you hear me? Yes, we can hear you
Ana Gabriela Valdiviezo
Thank you very much, Isatruho. It's an honor to be part of this important conversation. The future of digital societies is defined by who has the opportunity to design it, lead it, and benefit from it. Throughout my career, I have learned that societies transform faster when women and girls are empowered to lead the transformation. This conviction has guided every stage of my professional journey. Along the way, I have the privilege of serving as the first woman in the history of Ecuador to chair the National Telecommunication Council as Vice -Minister and Under -Secretary of Information and Communication Technology. As a CEO of a technology company. As a university professor. As an international mentor. And as a gender equality advocate. leading initiatives that inspire, train, and empower girls and women to become scientists, engineering, innovators, and digital leaders. Across each of these roles, I have felt a profound ethical and moral responsibility to use my voice to amplify the voices of those who have historically been underrepresented, and take great opportunities and help reduce inequalities. I firmly believe that true leadership is not measured by the position we hold, but by our ability to empower others to live and transform their futures. That's why I firmly believe that true inclusion is not, um, about giving women and girls a bigger seat at someone else's table. It's about ensuring they have an opportunity to design the table, define the agenda, and build the future. Because a digital transformation will never be truly inclusive if women and girls are only used of technology. They must become creators, innovators, leaders, and decision makers. And it is from this perspective that I would like to answer the question, the biggest barrier is not age. It is opportunity. Many older women have never had access to digital education. Design is for them a reality. digital inclusion has become a lifelong commitment.
Sarah El Omari
Thank you, Ana Gabriela. Thank you very much. Could you please wrap it up? Because we need to keep the two minutes limit really strict to be able to hear. But you can have one last sentence, please. Okay. Well, thank you so much. Thank you very much. So from the African perspective, we've seen that estimatedly about 230 million jobs will require ICT skills by 2030. However, if you
Ladé Araba
So from the African perspective, we've seen that estimatedly about 230 million jobs will require ICT skills by 2030. However, if you look at the low -income countries,more than 90 % of young girls do not use the Internet. They don't know what it is. So that's already an exclusion. So at Smart Africa, an organization that works across Africa, we're going to be able to help young girls. We're going to be able to help young girls. We're going to be able to help young girls. We're going to be able to help young girls. We're going to be able to help young girls. We're going to be able to help young girls. We're going to be able to help young girls. We're going to be able to help young girls. We're going to be able to help young girls. We're going to be able to help young girls. policies to support these girls, but also practically we have something that I'm very proud to share, which is the Miss Geek Africa. So think of it as a beauty pageant, but now we are talking about innovation. And what we have seen is that the girls go back into their communities and inspire the other girls, causing a ripple effect. This is one of the best practices I'd like to share, but most importantly also in the action line for us to be able to look at the practicality of it. As we sit here, as we talk about the policies, let's not just focus on policies, but also what are the practical actions each of us can take, no matter how small.
Sarah El Omari
Thank you. Thank you so much. I will leave the floor to Mrs. Monika Magami.
Monika Magami
Thank you, Sarah, and also thank you, Emily, WSI. I believe we really need to move from asking how we can bring more women to technology. And the deeper questionneeds to be, how do women and girls help shape the values that are embedded in technology? That's the most important question. And technology is not value neutral. Every AI system, every AI platform reflects the assumptions, priorities, and values that are constructed by those that have designed, implemented, and governed the platforms. If we women are absent from those decisions, this means that half of humanity is not going to be able to contribute to technology. And that is why inclusion cannot stop at representation. Thank you. And this means creating meaningful spaces where there is public policy representation of women. Women are in apprenticeships. They are in research, in international decision -making, in standards developments. And participation alone is not enough. The way we make decisions also really matters. We have to think that consultation is so important. It's when we bring different perspectives into the same table. And it's not just to have a checkbox of having our participation there. We have to think that it's about strengthening trust and being really purposeful as women. We women, we can bring service to the common good. How can we think about service to the common good? How can we think about bringing the values of compassion, of justice, of equality of men and women, of human dignity to the table to shape technology? And that's the test for us. So I think that we have here a very big representation of women. The narrative is very deep. And I'm very happy as a member of the Baha 'i community. Also, I was asked as a part of the Suroptimists to be here. And as a lawyer and as AI governance, I see that it's much more than regulations and much more than compliance check. It's about really thinking about human delivery. Thank you. Bravo. Thank you so much. We'd now like to invite Lade Araba to speak.
Sarah El Omari
We'd now like to invite Lade Araba to speak. online.
Ladé Araba
Thank you so much to the colleagues at the ITU, WSIS, and fellow colleagues It's a real pleasure for me to be here with you this afternoon. I want to speak from the perspective of the fact that by 2050, 20 % of the global workforce will be African, one in five. When you look at the population, 60 % of Africans are under the age of 30. In a country like Nigeria, we have about 30 % of our youth who are not in education, not in employment, and not in training. Unfortunately, three out of five of these are women. At the Vizela Foundation, we believe that if we truly want African women and girls in particular to contribute to the future and to be trendsetters, innovators, and decision makers, which is what this session envisions, that we must radically redefine what we mean by future -ready skills under the 2035 plan. For a girl, whether she is in... Bolivia, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, or even Uganda, or in a rural community... her future and being future ready can no longer just mean basic digital literacy. Basic literacy is really the floor. It's not the ceiling. And being future ready means that AI fluency is common. What this means is equipping girls and women not just to use technology, but to interrogate it, to code it, and to build algorithms that solve their communities, their countries, their continents, and global challenges in various sectors, whether it's in agriculture, health, climate change, and so on. It also means moving girls and women from being passive consumers of the digital economy to actually architects. But we cannot... talk about scaling these pathways if we don't confront the other pillars in this 2035 vision. At the Visiola Foundation, we see brilliant girls. I'm wrapping up the last sentence. At the Visiola Foundation, we see brilliant girls who have the technical chops, but who are still forced offline by technology -facilitated violence. So what we are contributing towards this agenda is really a holistic view that addresses all of these gaps and shortcomings.
Sarah El Omari
Thank you, Ladi, for this very interesting insight. We invite Marcela to take the floor. Thank you, Marcela.
Marcela Mogilska
Thank you so much for having me. It's a really big pleasure to be part of this discussion. I'm Marcela, I'm a founder of Radia, a non -profit organization, which is the biggest in Germany female tech network, and we help women to succeed in the tech industry. On top of that, I'm also a founder of an AI startup where we teach people soft skills. Through my work, I understood that something very important is not only awareness, but actually implementation. We know what needs to change, but now we need very practical tools and actions and accountability. And at Radia, we help to bridge this gap through community support, practical education and guidance that helps organizations attract women, retain them and empower them at the workplaces. And how do we do that? We offer gender equity audits, so any organization knows what needs to be done. what is the status quo and then we also offer innovative DEI trainings and we believe that this education about biases is extremely important and why because this is not a challenge for women to solve we need men to be allies and this means learning how to recognize unconscious biases how to become more inclusive leaders how to support female talent and create inclusive workplaces and we really hope that we can make a big change through that and then the women can find it much easier to become creators founders researchers and decision makers because they will have support also from men and representation at the company is extremely important and I also believe we need to start early we need to inspire girls to see themselves as future engineers scientists entrepreneurs already in the kindergarten so they have the confidence and the opportunities. At the same time, we need to teach boys empathy, kindness, and collaboration, preparing them for a world where leadership is shared and success comes from working alongside women as equals. And I think that is why these trainings for unconscious bias, for being more inclusive, is a key to achieve a more balanced world. And, yeah, so that's from my side. And thank you so much.
Sarah El Omari
Thank you so much, Marcela. We now would like to invite one of the confirmed intervenants from the room to speak go ahead.
Annarina Komljenovic
Thank you for having me, and thank you, Sir Optimist, for nominating and inviting me. Last December, I sat at a table at NATO where emerging and disrupting technologies, the NATO Digital Foundry was launched and the cloud governance was also being described at the same time. I was one of the only five women in the whole room full of men and nobody planned it that way. That is exactly what the action plan needs to name directly. The women and girls in the decision making. Digital sovereignty and gender inclusion in technology governance rest on the same principle. Sovereignty is not defined by the access to the infrastructure. It is defined by the capacity to You decide how systems are built, governed, and deployed. And the same logic applies to the women and girls in the digital economy. Equal access to devices, connectivity, and training, yes, that is necessary, but it's not sufficient. What determines outcomes is whether the women hold the decision -making power and authority in the bodies that set the technology standards, standards, AI governance frameworks, and data policy. That the women have a seat at the table and are in the rooms where the decisions are being made for everybody. Independent research from firms like Boston Consulting Group and Bain confirms this pattern at scale. A large service of executives, only a minority of digital and business transformation initiatives achieve their intended objectives. And the primary constraint? Is people, processes, and change. This extends directly to AI and AI governance. When women are structurally underrepresented in the rooms where AI systems are being designed, tested and standardized, biased outcomes are predictable consequence, not an anomaly. And what holds true here, regardless of how the technology itself evolves, which is rapidly. So my recommendation for this action plan is concrete. Move beyond training and mentoring pipelines as valuable as they are and institutionalize quotas of women in bodies that write the standards and set the government frameworks. Require disclosure. Of gender composition of governance and design teams as conditions of certification. Track the decision making representation, not only in the workforce participation as a form of metrics. because we know that this is sort of gender washing. Companies tend to say we have 50%, but the entry -level junior colleagues are normally the women. So sovereignty for the nations and inclusion for the women are the same fight. Both fail when we settle for less than instead of authority.
Sarah El Omari
Thank you so much. Please try to stick with the time limit as we only have 12 minutes left. So if you want everyone to be able to speak, we'll stick with the two minutes. I will now invite Alice. Thank you.
Alice Paola Pomè
Thank you very much. It's an honor to join this important conversation at a moment when we are not simply reflecting on the use of digital technologies and technology. We are not only reflecting on the use of artificial intelligence, but we also are imagining the next. years of digital transformation. Technology has become one of the most powerful forces shaping our society, and it's entering all levels of our work, activities, education, life. The gender digital divide is no longer only about connectivity. It is about opportunity. It is about representation. It's about safety and also power. So, for my work, I have had the opportunity to engage with emerging technologies and digital innovation, and what emerges is that technology is never neutral. It reflects the values, the priorities, and the biases, too, of those who design and govern and deploy it. So, if women and girls are absent from these processes, inequality becomes embedded into the various systems that are meant to be. So, I think that's one of the things that I'm trying to empower us. So, but... The solution is not slow innovation. The solution is to build better innovation, right? So it's prioritized, recognized that digital empowerment cannot be achieved through a single intervention. Universes access future ready skills on life safety, human rights, participation, economic empowerment are not separate goals. They are interconnected pillars, in my opinion, for an inclusive digital society. Society, women and girls should not learn how to use digital technologies then, but they should learn how to create them, govern, question them and improve them itself. So finally, and perhaps most importantly, women must be present where decisions are made. We often speak about empowering women through technology, but we must also empower women to go to govern technology. And women and girls are not simply future leaders. They are ready innovators. Entrepreneurs, researchers, developers. developers, activists, and changemakers. They are creating solutions for our communities, advising scientific discovery and redefining what leadership looks like in the digital age. Our responsibility is not to tell them what to future build, but to remove the barriers that prevent this for building it in the future. Thank you.
Sarah El Omari
Thank you. Thank you so much for sharing the info. Thank you. We will now give the floor to Dr. Nerman Selim.
Nermin Selim
Hello. Good morning, distinguished colleagues and attendees. I'm Dr. Nerman Selim, the Secretary General of Creators Union of Arab. It's an NGO in Egypt. And for the first time, I would like to express my sincere appreciation to ITU and WC's forum for their leadership to this important session and for providing this valuable opportunity to contribute to the WC's Women and Girls Action Plan. And thank you for all intervenants for their insightful intervention. I firmly believe that empowering women and girls begins in the classroom. Digital inclusion is not only about access to technology. It is about equipping future generations with knowledge, ethical values, and digital skills needed to thrive safely and confidently in the digital world. Along side co -developing the intellectual property verification platform that I have leaded at current time and also lead the sustainable digital schools, SDS initiative. This is an educational framework for students starting from grade 1 until grade 12. This initiative is built on three pillars. The first one promoting climate awareness and innovation, and the second one teaching the responsibility and ethical use of AI as a learning tool. And the third one is fostering digital citizenship and cybersecurity awareness for students, teachers, and parents. It was presented at World Summit for Social Development in Qatar as a practical model for preparing future generation for sustainable digital society. As the WC's Women and Girls Action Plan is being developed, I respectfully encourage the WC's community to recognize digital literacy, responsible AI education, and online safety from early childhood as a strategic pillar for digital development. The WC's Women and Girls Action Plan is being developed while promoting women's equal participation in digital governance, innovation, and emerging technologies. So empowering women and girls is not a matter of inclusion. It is a strategic investment to achieving sustainable development and economic growth. And with my experience more than 15 years in NGO and civil society, we have faced a lot of challenges according to technological revolution.
Amélie Washington
Dr. Nermin, thank you so much. Can you please wrap it up? Thank you so much. We're at the time limit, but thank you so much for your intervention. And we'll now invite Abiola Lesendi to speak, please.
Abiola Laseinde
Thank you. Thank you so much. Really great for this opportunity. I just wanted to talk from the practical standpoint. I'm the founder of the CIO Association Awards and Club Africa. I'm also the founder of Ladies in Tech and Leaders. I'm a lawyer, I'm a governor's professional.
Sarah El Omari
We cannot hear you well. We cannot hear you well. Maybe you can, there's a problem with your mic.
Abiola Laseinde
Oh. Is it louder?
Speaker 5
Yeah, now it's better. Yeah, it's better.
Abiola Laseinde
Okay. Okay. Yeah, I was just introducing myself that I founded the Native in Tech and Leadership Network, as well as a CIO and CCO of Africa. And I was saying that I had no background in tech, but jumping into the people system, pivoting from my law, my governance, professional background, opened my eyes to the world of possibilities that we really need to become ambassadors. We need to become leaders. We need to become the change agent. I'm a strong advocate for non -tech for tech. I'm a strong advocate for non -tech for tech. I'm a strong advocate for non -tech for tech. right and I feel that there is huge opportunity in all of us especially those who have strong tech backgrounds to begin to help those who are a bit intimidated who are a bit afraid to embrace tech and don't go into the basics we begin to help them to settle into the tech ecosystem and then all our laudable goals and objectives can be easily sold to this ecosystem that are always afraid of tech. I'm sitting here I'm feeling very comfortable being in a tech room because I see that tech is in our DNA I think that we all need to embrace it we need to know that if we don't embrace it it will become irrelevant and how can we help the younger girls how can we sponsor them when we're still intimidated so most of our programs are sensitization for the non -tech for tech to embrace the life of digital technology, emerging technology, and to amplify the issue and the strategy that you don't need to know the story, you don't need to know everything. Thank you so much.
Sarah El Omari
Thank you for your speech. That was absolutely my take. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Does anyone in the room? Yeah, please. Go ahead.
Prof. Margherita Pillan
Okay, thank you for organizing this. My focus today is on the digital divide, and I want to talk about the aging women in particular, who very often do not have access to AI training opportunities. There are three main reasons we should invest on AI capabilities for aging women. The first one is that the ability of using AI for professional purposes is a vital skill for avoiding anticipated obsolescence in the workplace. The second reason is that the ability of using AI for professional purposes is that people must be unable to understand the role of AI. in the new structural systems and infrastructures of the world to be able to fully participate to the public debate on public services. And third, last but not least, learning to use AI provides an opportunity to cope more effectively with daily life chores. And aging women should not lose this opportunity. As an example, I'm conducting a study at Polytechnic in Milano to investigate the impact of the use of AI by patients. And the study shows that when used correctly, AI tools can be valuable aid for patients managing their conditions. Healthcare is not the only example. AI can help people use public and private services, deal with regulations, taxes, financial and work opportunities. Aging people are an important part of society in countries such as in Italy. and they should not be left out. In conclusion, I would like to emphasize the importance of a portable AI education also for aging women. And we must start from understanding what practical value we can create through AI to motivate people to break the ice. An ideal for civil society could be invent forms of reverse mentoring for aging women from young ones. It's a matter of equity and justice and also for economical convenience. Thank you for your attention. So we're going to
Sarah El Omari
So we're going to try to have you all speaking, but as you know, there are so many people, but please try to be as concise as possible. Please, very simple. Yeah, of course, but we have a colleague there and then we will be next. No problem.
Carina Zehermeier
So seven years ago, when I left my job in diplomacy here in Geneva, everyone assumed I was leaving impact or global impact, only to realize that seven years later in Austria, we managed to establish a very big grassroots movement. And so just to say that it's been now, or it was in 2019, when I first started my first AI company and also Women in AI Austria. And already back then, we realized, or a lot that has been said, that we need more women shaping the future. So we became very soon a lobby organization to the European Union, influencing the lawmaking processes of the EU AI Act, Digital Services Act, Markets Act, and so on. We are now partners to diverse research projects. And we are very happy that even the Austrian government took on this initiative and called it She Goes AI, where we are now trying on a national level to really push more women to get into artificial intelligence. And on a company level, I'm very happy to work in AI governance. We've been building an AI governance platform for many years, and we see it as an integral part of competence building, as well as taking the stand and making sure we women and humans are actually in the charge or in the driving seat. And all that to say that, or to conclude that what also you all have added, AI is not objective, it's not neutral. It is a socio -technical field, which means in order to shape it in a way that it contributes and serves us as women, as humanity, we need to all contribute. And I think it's very important to know that every woman in this room and outside can have a role in the development of AI. And she can have a contribution no matter whether she studied informatics, mathematics. or ethics, social science, or she's just working in the field trying to make an impact. So future isn't happening. We are shaping it. And I think it's really great that we are doing this here together in this room. Thank you very much.
Sarah El Omari
Thank you so much. Please, we're going to have two people online and two more people on the site. Saima, Malik, please go ahead.
Saima Malik
Thank you so much. My name is Saima Malik. I have over 25 years experience as a corporate executive in the enterprise technology, digital, and transformation space. I'm also a serial community builder and have founded many organizations and partnered with key organizations in Canada, including Move the Dial and Women in Digital. I'm also now the founder of Amana. Our mission is a global platform around AI for humanity, specifically focusing. on women and girls. This comes out of my own lived experience around the transformation that is happening and ensuring specifically women and girls are not left behind as part of the digital and AI transformation. Part of what I've learned in the 25 years is all of the playbooks and tools and capabilities that are now available within, think about corporate and enterprise spaces, but how do you make them available to everybody at all levels, especially female founders, non -for -profits, and underserved communities for women and girls. One of the things I'd like to offer is an approach that I'm building at Amana around a three -pronged pillar approach, access, adoption, and acceleration. One of the things that I'm seeing in the corporate space is well beyond AI literacy. We've leapfrogged into the space in the interest of section of Agentic. And that is the space that I'm working in right now. And what I'm hoping to share through the adoption and acceleration pillars is helping women understand how their work is going to be impacted and that the AI is not going to be done to them, but rather they'll be part of that change. There's specifically a program called Work Reimagined. And what it will do is really help women understand what their role is today, how their work is going to be changed through automation and Agentic and AI, and empower them to help redesign their work and come to work in the next day or wherever they are, ready to leave that shift.
Sarah El Omari
Thank you so much. We'd now like to invite Sasi and Salah to speak, please.
Saci Assala
Good morning, everyone. Good morning. Can you hear me?
Amélie Washington
Yes. Good morning. Good morning. We can hear you. Good morning.
Saci Assala
Thanks for this opportunity. I am a network and telecommunication engineer from Algeria. So my opinion from my experience as a student in network and telecommunication, the big thing is for girls, it's not learning technology, it's the fear from learning technology. And I see this when I speak with them. So for me, I start helping them. I help them with simple digital skills and guiding them in the final project, graduate. This I do to see how the girl can be in the technology field like other people. So my recommendation for this session is to create more workshops where girls can learn directly from women working in technology. And visiting girls from any early age so they grow up knowing that technology is also their place. And for the older women, learn technology from people who know and trust. Thanks for this opportunity. It's big for me.
Amélie Washington
Thank you so much. And we'll now take somebody from the room. Yes, please go ahead.
Speaker 1
thank you i'll be very brief um so for the vast majority of people with public public with access to internet ai chatbots are going to be the first point the first entry point to the world of artificial intelligence however we are repeatedly seeing how these ai chatbots can reinforce negative stereotypes about women when models are biased the implications are profound they do not just reflect inequality they automate it and they scale it that is actively working against our goals for gender equality so the practical answer is safety by design implementing safety by design principle so i have just two concrete action points for today first is to create open source audited data sets for model training models don't guess they repeat the patterns that are embedded in their training data so if inequality is reflected in the data that will always lead to systemic bias A private and public sector together with academic institutions can work to release data sources that minimize the bias found within historical data sets. And the second is the introduction of a standardized testing and scoring framework to prevent bias application from actually reaching the public. So just like physical products must undergo testing, then why shouldn't AI applications? So they should be tested and transparently scored on gender neutrality and bias mitigation. So by ensuring that digital policies uphold rights and prevent discrimination, we can guarantee that women and girls act as the innovators and decision makers driving global digital development. Thank you.
Amélie Washington
Thank you. So, Dragana, you will have the last word.
Dragana Babic
My name is Dragana Babic. I am the founder of Pentora Plus from Bosnia and Herzegovina, also a Google's Women Techmaker ambassador. And I will share the best practice. Because everyone is... tired and I'm at least. So a few years ago, I was a leading cybersecurity workshop for children with developmental challenges. And one of our presenters was a girl with Down syndrome. It was like, I believe, the first time that somebody included actually a girl with Down syndrome into to be presenter, not to be in a, you know what I mean, in people in a workshop. So as I watched the group, they were all in line. As I watched the group, the girl with Down syndrome was like this. And everyone else was so confident. They were smiling. They were there leading. And there was also girls and boys. But she didn't. And I noticed that. And after the session, I walk over to her. I told her she had done well. And but I say, but how do presenters stand when they present? And she said, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. And she looked at me. and she was confused and then I said but but how the presenter stand and she didn't understand the question so then um so I was like what what I'm going to do then I asked her but this time instinctively I asked her how the leader stand how how the leader stand and then I posed my own and then she copied my posture and then we just look at each other and and smile and uh at that moment uh I wasn't uh obviously um even imagine that I'm going to speak that story in front of you at all but um it's kind of shift uh the way she feels about herself like I gave her somehow but instinctively I didn't plan that to do I I gave her somehow the sense of belonging to the role and I think that sense of belonging uh because we all ask about leadership but owning the leadership roles and a sense of belonging is crucial in a woman leadership roles thank you very much
Sarah El Omari
Thank you so much. Thank you so much for everybody, for all the intervenants who have shared their wonderful insights with us. So we're running short on time, but we would like to thank you for your insightful words, and your perspectives are highly valuable for us to inform the WISIS Women and Girls Action Plan.
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The knowledge base supports the broader WSIS context for this framing: WSIS processes regularly produce action-oriented outcomes through multistakeholder consultations, and emerging trends in the WSIS Action Lines are produced annually as forum outcomes [S140]. More recent UN and WSIS-related materials also emphasise practical digital inclusion efforts starting with women and girls [S106].

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The knowledge base confirms that gender parity in Geneva-based international policy spaces has been an concern, though it does not verify this exact ITU parity initiative. For example, a Diplo/IGC analysis found women held only one-third of positions at permanent representations to the UN in Geneva and only 22% of heads of mission were women [S94]. This adds context to why parity efforts at WSIS and ITU would be seen as necessary.

3

The knowledge base broadly supports the historical context of persistent underrepresentation of women in digital and diplomatic spaces. It notes that women and girls have remained among the groups most excluded online and in digital policy processes [S61], and that gender equality in diplomacy has long lagged, including in Geneva [S94].

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This description of WSIS is consistent with the knowledge base. WSIS Forum is described as a major multistakeholder gathering that creates structured opportunities to network, learn, exchange knowledge, share best practices, and build public/private and multistakeholder partnerships [S140]. Day 2 of WSIS Forum 2017 likewise stressed bottom-up, open, inclusive policy development and stronger links between Geneva discussions and local realities [S141].

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The knowledge base supports the relevance of these thematic areas to WSIS and related UN digital agendas. WSIS discussions have covered cybersecurity, gender mainstreaming, digital economy, education, inclusion and multistakeholder implementation [S66] and [S141], while UN digital transformation guidance explicitly prioritises women and girls, human-centred design, and protection against risks including technology-facilitated gender-based violence [S106].

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The knowledge base confirms that these focus areas align with established WSIS and UN priorities. WSIS sources discuss digital economy and trade, cybersecurity, education, connectivity, and gender mainstreaming [S66] and [S141]. The Global Digital Compact policy brief also identifies online safety, safe design, accountability, and AI governance as urgent priorities [S90].

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The knowledge base adds nuance rather than direct confirmation. It supports the value of knowledge-sharing across institutions through repositories and practitioner exchange mechanisms [S146], and it also cautions that 'best practice' should not be treated as universally transferable without regard to context [S144]. Together these sources suggest that sharing is useful, but adaptation matters.

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This is consistent with wider evidence in the knowledge base that durable change requires institutionalisation, monitoring, and organisational architecture. For example, sustaining gender progress requires a plan and continuous monitoring rather than one-off gains [S116], and WSIS-related reflection highlights the importance of organisational architecture and cross-institutional links for long-term cooperation [S61].

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The knowledge base supports the broader factual basis for this claim: women and girls remain excluded in digital spaces, and inclusion requires empowering them not only as users but also as entrepreneurs and policymakers [S66]. It also notes the need to strengthen girls' ICT education, employment, and participation in the economy through inclusion and empowerment [S154].

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The knowledge base supports the value of systematic follow-up and monitoring. In another gender-parity context, sustained progress depended on regular evaluation and monitoring; once monitoring stopped, results declined [S116]. This adds factual support to the practicality of annual cohort check-ins.

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This is strongly corroborated by the knowledge base. The UN policy brief states that the same safe design approaches used in physical industries should be applied to digital technologies and platforms, based on universal human rights [S90]. It also stresses that digital transformation efforts should protect human rights and address technology-facilitated gender-based violence [S106].

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The knowledge base supports this characterisation. It explicitly notes that current digital safety efforts are fragmented, with organisations often working only within their own countries rather than collaboratively across regions [S89]. The UN policy brief also warns that regional, national, or industry initiatives, however well-meaning, can further fragment the Internet if not coordinated [S90].

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This is directly supported by the knowledge base. A WSIS-related discussion on women’s digital safety found agreement on the need for comprehensive legislative frameworks and updated penal laws to address internet and social media offences affecting women and children [S89]. The UN policy brief likewise notes that states and regions are exploring legally binding arrangements and online safety legislation, while arguing that current approaches remain insufficient without stronger accountability and oversight [S90].

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Kaarika Das — https://diplo-media.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/2023/09/Kaarika-Das-1.jpg Ms Kaarika Das is a PhD candidate in Economics of Education at the National Institute of Education Planning and Administration in New Delhi. Her...
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Day 0 Event #262 Enhancing the Role of the IGF Through Gdc Follow Up and WSIS — She argues this framework should be maintained and strengthened in future processes. Preuves She notes that WSIS currently works 'with more than 50 UN entities' and describes it as 'really one UN in action looking a...
15 years of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) — The same applies to human rights, tech, commercial, and other communities. The key will be to nurture boundary spanners via training, organisational architecture, and the like. The IGF Plus proposal includes a Cooperat...
‘Women still under-represented in the ICT sector’ - Kroes — European Commissioner Vice-President Neelie Kroes has blogged about it again: women are still under-represented in the ICT sector. I continue to find it troubling that women are under-represented in the ICT sector at ev...
WS #166 Breaking Barriers: Empowering Women in Internet Network — She introduced the Digital Egypt generations program and advocated for flexible work policies. 3. Arinola Akinyemi (Nigeria): Addressed workplace discrimination and harassment, proposing incentives for companies that e...
Women in Diplomacy – Equal representation: Are we there yet? — Monday, 26 June, 12:00 UTC (14:00 CEST)Online The second-ever Women in Diplomacy Day is coming up on 24 June and we’re having an online event the following Monday, 26 June, to use this opportunity to ask some important...
 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 ...
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...
WSIS Forum 2017: Résumé of Day 1 — When it comes to start-ups, the role of collaborative environments, innovation and start-up policies, and business incubators, can offer important support for new businesses (session 275). While the growing digital socie...
Unpacking the High-Level Panel’s Rapport on Digital Cooperation: Geneva policy experts propose action plan — On 24 June, the digital policy community in Geneva gathered to discuss ways of implementing the final report of the UN High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation, The Age of Digital Interdependence. More than 80 participant...
Open Forum #24 Open Forum on Digital Cooperation in the Arab Region — Impact This perspective shifted the conversation from viewing ADA as another agenda to seeing it as a corrective mechanism for inclusive governance, influencing later discussions about bottom-up approaches and institut...
[WebDebate #20 summary] Strategies for African States in Multilateral Diplomacy — The emergence of multistakeholder diplomacy adds to this complexity. It is challenging for African countries to open up to this form of international relations, but it is important for them to do so in order to have genu...
A 12-step guide to implementing the SDGs — Based on contributions from: Evelyn Namara, Meri Baghdasaryan, Adriana Castro, Alessia Zucchetti, Victor Ryan Biran, June Okal, Derek Yam, Manuel Sebastian Roa Gomez, Lai Ying Jojo Tang, and Michael J. Oghia A few months...
One year of the ‘new normal’ — All of these features, and much more, are depicted and marked in our survey. Online working spaces Most of all, we learn to share empathy for all emerging changes and issues that people were facing during the shift to on...
Massimo’s choice (actually, his pledge) — It is ‘puzzle-solving’ – to use Kuhn’s words again. Skilful manipulation has replaced discovery as the criterion for success. With a modicum of application, one can master manipulation of rules and gain acceptance with...
Multigenerational Collaboration: Rethinking Work, Learning and Inclusion in the Digital Age — But what if I told you that demographic structure, not only aging, demographic structure in many countries will change 30 to 40 percent? To me, that's even more threatening and even much more important to take care of, b...
Dynamic Coalition Collaborative Session — So it would mean in other way that those courses, online courses, capacity building, which could have been easier, less costly, and less cumbersome for people with disabilities to follow and to learn from, right from the...
Open Forum #82 Catalyzing Equitable AI Impact the Role of International Cooperation — More people in STEM, for instance. People that really deal with AI, build AI. But we also need to endow the population with the social-emotional skills that are needed in order to address the change. Because let's not fo...
Connecting the dots and (finally) understanding international security — Women are even more negatively impacted by the lack of infrastructure, connectivity, and digital skills. There is still a long way to go before we reach global connectivity, despite internet advancements brought about by...
Digital technology for the sustainable development goals — Technology has great potential to help deliver the SDGs, but it can also be at the root of exclusion and inequality. We need to harness the benefits of advanced technologies for all. - UN Secretary-General, Antonio Gut...
Open Forum #54 Closing the gender divide for inclusive economic growth — Okay, thank you. Thank you so much. Good morning. I think one of the issues, I totally agree with all that has been said, and one of the issues that I would add is the lack of women at the decision-making and policy-maki...
Inclusive AI governance: Universal values in a pluralistic world — These values can inform governance models that prioritise relational accountability, ethical cultivation, and social cohesion, offering alternatives to transactional, compliance-driven frameworks.This is why I dare here ...
Leaders TalkX: Moral pixels: painting an ethical landscape in the information society — The stereotype, the inequity, particularly impacting children and women and the elderly Major discussion point Risks and Challenges of AI Topics Human rights | Sociocultural Technology-facilitated gender-based ...
Placing gender equality at the heart of the Global Digital Compact: Taking forward the recommendations of the sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women — 19. Catalyst. 2022. “Women in Science, Technology,Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) (Quick Take).” Even when women reach senior positions, they tend to be excluded from the most strategic decisionmaking roles. Data on ...
What does a former coffee-maker-turned-AI say about AI policy on the verge of the 2020s? — ‘This is what we have now. We can say this kind of research has been done in human behavior. We can refer to other kind of research that focuses on machine learning systems. Not only the AI systems, but try to understand...
DC-Inclusion & DC-PAL: Transformative digital inclusion: Building a gender-responsive and inclusive framework for the underserved — She argues that this gap intersects with other factors like education and class to create new layers of inequality. Preuves The study found that women living in rural areas were three times more likely to lack inter...
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...
Networking Session #232 Bringing Safety Communities Together a Fishbowl Style Event — Preuves Study of 300 young people across four countries (Ghana, Kenya, Colombia, Vietnam); 75% prevalence rate; specific targeting of LGBTQ+ and HIV-affected populations Major discussion point High prevalence of t...
Internet Governance Forum 2025 — In Parliamentary Session 5, Anusha Rahman Ahmad Khan from Pakistan provided a stark example: "And in my country, even an aspersion on a girl is good enough to kill her. So even if they would not die physically, but they ...
Lightning Talk #180 Cross Border Collaboration for Womens Digital Safety — This would provide better protection for women and children facing digital threats and harassment. Preuves Senator Catherine Muma from Kenya asking about legislative frameworks and policy frameworks for protection o...
A Global Digital Compact - an Open, Free and Secure Digital Future for All | Our Common Agenda Policy Brief 5  — States are also exploring legally-binding arrangements to tackle criminal threats as well as capacity for governments and judiciaries to counter, investigate, prosecute and adjudicate cybercrime. Regions and states are p...
Bridging the Digital Skills Gap: Strategies for Reskilling and Upskilling in a Changing World — This represents a potentially revolutionary method for making AI education more accessible and effective. Preuves Maybe the revolutionary sentence could be, let us, AI teach us about AI Major discussion point Hu...
WSIS Action Lines C4 and C7:E-employment: Emerging technologies in the world of work: Addressing challenges through digital skills — She made a particularly thought-provoking observation about the need for systemic transformation: "It's not only the people who need to be future ready. It's also our own international labour standards that need to be fu...
Gender diplomacy — In September 1995, over thirty thousand activists, researchers, and government officials from 189 nations descended on Huairou, a district outside Beijing, for the Fourth World Conference on Women. Amid regular surveilla...
Gender and diplomatic training – towards better curricula and holistic approaches — Our WebDebate in November focused on the question: ‘What is needed for a curriculum on Gender and Diplomacy in diplomatic training academies?’ The debate produced the first building blocs for a curriculum and pilot train...
Gender equality in Africa: Priorities, policies, and initiatives — Gender equality and gender digital divides In 2022, Namibia and Rwanda were ranked among world’s top 10 gender equal societies. Namibia has made significant progress in bridging the gender gap as it moved up from the ...
‘Women still under-represented in the ICT sector’ - Kroes — European Commissioner Vice-President Neelie Kroes has blogged about it again: women are still under-represented in the ICT sector. I continue to find it troubling that women are under-represented in the ICT sector at ev...
Addressing the Digital Divide in the Joint Statement Initiative on E-Commerce: from enabling issues to data and source code provisions — 2.6 E-commerce and Closing the Gender Gap in Trade: Toward gender-inclusive e-commerce As mentioned above, new business models are emerging due to the fast digitalization of the economy and the rise of e-commerce. Some o...
Review of AI and digital developments in 2024 — Work inclusion: support and promote equal access to careers in the tech industry and elsewhere irrespective of gender, culture, or nationality. Gender inclusion: educate and empower women and girls in the digital and ...
Open Forum: Levelling the Playing Field / DAVOS 2025 — many virtual labs. So we use the virtual labs online. The girls are able to log in and then create circuit boards online. And then you just need a few devices for them to experiment. So I think AI is a big technolo...
Transforming Education | Our Common Agenda Policy Brief 10 — A. SHIFTING TOWARDS AN INTEGRATED AND COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM OF EDUCATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING In order to promote a true learning society, education systems must shift away from rigid, fragmented structures and towards...
Rethinking education: Investing in skills for better socio-economic outcomes — Although broad challenges are well known, such as the need to make it more attractive to females, it is also now important to increase understanding of the career pathways followed by STEM graduates. …but the first step...
Work for a brighter future — From shifts in the organization of work to the new technologies making their way into farms, factories and offices, change is a constant feature of the world of w...
Working group on education: Digital skills for life and work — competency development into formal This is clearly a concern, as these forms education settings, and in accessible, of critical digital understanding become face-to-face, ‘traditional’ formats. ...
Unpacking the High-Level Panel’s Rapport on Digital Cooperation: Geneva policy experts propose action plan — In the era of ‘trust deficit’, the legitimacy of the help desk is of high relevance especially for actors from small and developing countries. Action: Ensure that help desks are associated to, or linked with, the UN syst...
15 years of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) — For example, small and developing countries are underrepresented in the current digital governance process. Second, once actors are included, there is a need to ensure their meaningful participation beyond mere formal pa...
UN 2.0 | Our Common Agenda | Policy Brief 11 — Only around 40 per cent of United Nations entities assess that they have the capacity to optimally assist Member States in their digital journeys, and advanced expertise remains scarce. This is partly because global deve...
Placing gender equality at the heart of the Global Digital Compact: Taking forward the recommendations of the sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women — Gender-based all policies at all levels and stages. digital exclusion – and, indeed, inclusion – must be The Committee of Ministers, located in broader structural trends and institutional the Council...
20 Keywords for the Digital 2020s: A Digital Policy Prediction Dictionary — The United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) is working on building a digital ecosystem for the planet that aims to provide a governance framework for co-operation across businesses, governments, academia, and inter...
Inclusive AI governance: Universal values in a pluralistic world — These values can inform governance models that prioritise relational accountability, ethical cultivation, and social cohesion, offering alternatives to transactional, compliance-driven frameworks.This is why I dare here ...
Day 0 Event #248 No One Left Behind Digital Inclusion As a Human Right in the Global Digital Age — Impact This concept became a central theme that other intervenants referenced throughout the discussion. It shifted the conversation from celebrating digital achievements to critically examining their unintended consequenc...
Cornerstones of Persuasion: Inclusion and Empathy — We also shortened the fishing season considerably and introduced significant control measures (i.e. spot planes, prohibition of certain fishing methods, onboard inspection of vessels, etc.). It was the strongest control ...
Rights of persons with disabilities — There are approximately 1 billion people around the world, or 15% of the world's population, who experience some form of disability. There are several factors that contribute to the increase of this number, including: h...
Meaningful Youth Engagement in Policy and Decision-making Processes | Our Common Agenda Policy Brief 3 — Kigali, 2022) of the World Telecommunication Development Conference.PROGRAMME OF ACTIONOF THE INTERNATIONALCONFERENCE ONPOPULATION ANDDEVELOPMENTHigh-Level Commissionon the NairobiSummitProvides high-level leadership and...
We all need accessibility. To everything. Really. — It’s below zero here in Wisconsin (USA). It’s gone up to -16ᐤC as I write. And even though our +30 cm of snow has been mostly ploughed off the roads, the hardened, icy remains are very slippery, both for cars and pedestr...
Gender diplomacy — The initiative inspired over a dozen nations – including Canada, France, and Germany – to adopt similar frameworks, proving that gender diplomacy could transform from a niche advocacy position into an explicit, structura...
Towards Parity in Power / DAVOS 2025 — Mina Al-Oraibi highlighted the UAE's progress, with women now representing 50% of the Federal National Council. Challenges and Barriers The panellists identified several key challenges that women face in accessing poli...
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...
WSIS Forum 2017: Résumé of Day 1 — When it comes to start-ups, the role of collaborative environments, innovation and start-up policies, and business incubators, can offer important support for new businesses (session 275). While the growing digital socie...
 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 ...
WSIS Forum 2017: Résumé of Day 5 — ), and global approaches and local actions (session 343). Bridging the gender digital divide is a way to promote the social and economic inclusion of girls and women. But connectivity alone will not solve the problem. It...
High-level policy session 12: Gender mainstreaming — https://dig.watch/wp-content/uploads/WSIS2019_46-1.png Read more session reports and live updates from the WSIS Forum 2019 Ms Doreen Bogdan-Martin (Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau) said that men contin...
Gender issues and democratic participation: Reclaiming ICTs for a humane world — https://dig.watch/wp-content/uploads/IGF2018_18-1.png [Read more session reports and live updates from the 13th Internet Governance Forum] That technology is not neutral is shown in examples from around the world of wome...
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...
Empowering women in the IG process — https://www.diplomacy.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/CD_Deirdre_Williams.pdf https://www.diplomacy.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Deirdre-Williams_0.jpg
15 years of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) — The same applies to human rights, tech, commercial, and other communities. The key will be to nurture boundary spanners via training, organisational architecture, and the like. The IGF Plus proposal includes a Cooperat...
Internet Governance Forum 2025 — In Parliamentary Session 5, Anusha Rahman Ahmad Khan from Pakistan provided a stark example: "And in my country, even an aspersion on a girl is good enough to kill her. So even if they would not die physically, but they ...
Open Forum #35 Advancing Online Safety Role Standards — The convention requires states to implement measures for prevention, protection, and prosecution of offenders. Preuves The convention criminalizes various forms of online sexual abuse, including grooming, and emphas...
Networking Session #232 Bringing Safety Communities Together a Fishbowl Style Event — Preuves Study of 300 young people across four countries (Ghana, Kenya, Colombia, Vietnam); 75% prevalence rate; specific targeting of LGBTQ+ and HIV-affected populations Major discussion point High prevalence of t...
Disrupt Harm: Accountability for a Safer Internet | IGF 2023 Open Forum #146 — Startling statistics reveal that three out of ten women internet users in Mexico have become victims of cyberbullying. Furthermore, a staggering 74.1% of women victims of digital violence are between the ages of 18 and 3...
Lightning Talk #180 Cross Border Collaboration for Womens Digital Safety — This would provide better protection for women and children facing digital threats and harassment. Preuves Senator Catherine Muma from Kenya asking about legislative frameworks and policy frameworks for protection o...
Working group on education: Digital skills for life and work — The Skills Coalitions aims to equalize the tech industry and arm women and girls with the skills they need to change the world. UNESCO recognizes that building the digital skills of girls and women req...
WSIS Action Lines C4 and C7:E-employment: Emerging technologies in the world of work: Addressing challenges through digital skills — She made a particularly thought-provoking observation about the need for systemic transformation: "It's not only the people who need to be future ready. It's also our own international labour standards that need to be fu...
Bridging the Digital Skills Gap: Strategies for Reskilling and Upskilling in a Changing World — This represents a potentially revolutionary method for making AI education more accessible and effective. Preuves Maybe the revolutionary sentence could be, let us, AI teach us about AI Major discussion point Hu...
Review of AI and digital developments in 2024 — Work inclusion: support and promote equal access to careers in the tech industry and elsewhere irrespective of gender, culture, or nationality. Gender inclusion: educate and empower women and girls in the digital and ...
A 12-step guide to implementing the SDGs — Such collaboration should also be multistakeholder in nature. 4. Link programs to the SDGs Related to both communication and collaboration, many programs already conduct work related to realizing the SDGs but do not nece...
WS #166 Breaking Barriers: Empowering Women in Internet Network — impact It shifted the conversation to focus more on the quality of inclusion rather than just numerical representation, leading to discussion of workplace culture and barriers women face even when formally included. ...
Gender and diplomatic training – towards better curricula and holistic approaches — Our WebDebate in November focused on the question: ‘What is needed for a curriculum on Gender and Diplomacy in diplomatic training academies?’ The debate produced the first building blocs for a curriculum and pilot train...
New Delhi G20 Leaders' Declaration — iv. Promote investment in the availability and accessibility of social protection, and to affordable care infrastructure to address the unequal distribution in paid and unpaid care and domestic work and to promote the ...
GIP Session at WSIS Forum 2015 — The WSIS Forum 2015, with the theme Innovating Together: Enabling ICTs for Sustainable Development, will be held on 25-29 May 2015, at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Place des Nations, 1211 Geneva 20, S...
WSIS Forum 2017: Résumé of Day 2 — Day 2 at the WSIS Forum 2017 started with the official opening of the event, and continued with eight high-level policy sessions which were mostly focused on issues related to access, the digital divide, and sustainable ...
Diplomatic dialogue: WSIS+20 review – Global South priorities — On 9 July 2025, Diplo and the Geneva Internet Platform hosted a dialogue on 'WSIS+20 review: Global South priorities' for Geneva-based diplomats from permanent misisons of countries from the Global South. The meeting ...
The Italian Public Administration: Ideas for Innovation — We are persuaded that any Public Administration should become the leading force of its own country, generating concrete public value from which people and enterprises may benefit. In order to that, the public sector is c...
The curse of 'best practice' — Or put another way a 'best' practice or solution is often deemed as such only when we disregard the complexities and nuances of the real-world situation. Add context (aka 'realism'), and 'best' vanishes in a cloud of sul...
How to stay relevant in a disruptive world — https://dig.watch/wp-content/uploads/wbds2019_38-1.png [Read more session reports and live updates from the 2nd Western Balkan Digital Summit] Ms Marta Arsovska-Tomovska (Digital Innovation Expert) spoke about the curren...
Good Practices in knowledge management in the United Nations system — The final speaker, Ms Maria Gonzalez Asia from the World Bank, discussed the role of the Global Delivery Initiative as an open knowledge repository. Launched in China in November 2016, the site has since received 24,000 ...
Facilitating an integrated approach to digital issues — dot Valletta). The second is for governments to come together with civil society, business, and other actors to form national policy groups in which to discuss the issues of Internet governance, including cybersecurity, ...
Information and communication technology for African livelihood — In 2019, the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) published the report Measuring digital development. The report presented several important facts and figures, includin...
Digital skills and capacity development in Africa: Priorities, policies, and initiatives — National priorities and policies A few African countries have dedicated national policies on digital capacity development, while most of them address issues pertaining to capacity development – such as workforce upskil...
AI in schools: The reality is messier than the solutions — As the school year is in full swing, the issue of AI in schools and education keeps coming up everywhere. Teachers share stories in faculty lounges, parents worry at dinner tables, and students find themselves in a chall...
Securing Tomorrow: Building Resilience Through Education — Topics: cybersecurity, education Starting cybersecurity education from an early age is fundamental Supporting facts: In the face of burgeoning cyber threats, it's necessary to introduce children to cybersecuri...
Geneva in Action: Scaling School Connectivity Worldwide, part I — On 13 May 2026, Diplo and GIGA launched a a new event series: 'Geneva in Action: Scaling School Connectivity Worldwide' aimed at exploring how collaboration can accelerate progress toward universal, meaningful connectiv...
Open Forum #9 Digital Technology Empowers Green and Low-carbon Development — All these works were finally published on November 1 and recognized by the nation. Entering the age of intelligence, we are trying to use the method of topic-based teaching to incorporate the core values of digital educa...
High-level dialogue: 15 Years of the implementation of WSIS (ITU) — And, finally, new challenges include the inclusion of women, older people, and impaired persons. Dr Vladimir Minkin (Chair of the Council Working Group on WSIS & SDGs, Russian Federation) stressed that the topic of di...

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