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https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2020/08/discussion-paper-the-digital-revolution-implications-for-gender-equality-and-womens-rights#:~:text=Publications-,The%20digital%20revolution%3A%20Implications%20for%20gender%20equality%20and,rights%2025%20years%20after%20Beijing&text=The%20digital%20revolution%20brings%20immense,existing%20patterns%20of%20gender%20inequality. - conceptual framework for understanding the mutual shaping relationship between gender & technology. It focuses on three areas in the digital revolution: education, work, and social/welfare services.

Policy recommendations:

  • Governments should ensure new technologies are developed within a regulatory framework that prioritizes, protects and promotes women’s human rights

  • AI governance frameworks should put gender equality at its core

  • Gender analysis in all tech investments

  • National gov’t must tackle the gender data gap

  • Universities, schools & other educational Educational institutions must advance the technical skills and digital literacy of women and girls

  • Education and training on women’s rights-compliant technology is needed for those designing, developing and using AI in decision-making.

  • Policymakers must examine exclusionary practices and language

  • Companies, particularly in the tech sector, must incorporate gender mainstreaming in human resources policy

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