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The Effects of AI on the Working Lives of Women Year of publication: 2022 Author: Clementine Collett | Gina Neff | Livia Gouvea Gomes Corporate author: UNESCO | Inter-American Development Bank | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) The use of AI technologies will affect women’s opportunities for work, and their position, status and treatment in the workplace. Around the globe, women in the labour force earn less than men, spend more time undertaking unpaid child- and elder-care jobs, hold fewer senior positions, participate less in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, and tend to hold more precarious jobs overall. In harnessing AI, governments, institutions and companies must narrow gender gaps rather than perpetuate or exacerbate them. This report, by the IDB, OECD and UNESCO, outlines current knowledge of the impact that AI systems have on women’s opportunities for work, and their position, treatment and status in the workforce. It does so by exploring how AI is used within and outside the workplace, and how it could be used in the future. It looks at the potential impact of new and emerging AI technologies on the skills that employers will require, on how women look for and are hired for jobs, and on how jobs are structured through automated monitoring and oversight. The report maps the opportunities and challenges that AI presents for the working lives of women and highlights the complexities that varying national and regional contexts present for understanding the impact of AI on the work of women. The report also notes that current research does not offer a complete or definite picture of how AI impacts the working lives of women and calls for further research and analysis in this area. 
#EquiTalks: How Can We Turn Division into Dialogue? Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: Equitas This brochure gathers the answers of five human rights defenders during the 2024 #EquiTalks panel discussion, who attempted to answer the question: How can we turn division into dialogue? The brochure suggests potential solutions and tips to counteract the polarization of opinions on human rights. 
[Podcast] Back to Srebrenica Year of publication: 2022 Corporate author: Doctors without Borders Since its creation in 1971, Médecins Sans Frontières has been providing medical assistance to populations in need in numerous extremely complex situations. Its staff has often witnessed various types of crimes and abuses. In this podcast, we will take a closer look at one of these crises: the siege of the city of Srebrenica and the massacre that followed the fall of this city during the Bosnian War in the 1990s. 
Our Reflections: Global Inequality and Solidarity Year of publication: 2022 Author: Jenny Bien-Aimé Corporate author: Quebec Association of International Cooperation Organizations (AQOCI) In 2022, the SDI took place from February 6 to 12, and the member organizations of AQOCI chose the theme "In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: calling for the co-construction of a just and united world."With this theme, the public was invited to discuss the persistent global inequalities and injustices and to explore solutions for making our world more just, united, and equitable.For the occasion, the comic book Nos Reflets was created by the artist Jenny Bien-Aimée. 
World Migration Report 2024 Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: Organisation Internationale pour les Migrations (OIM) The World Migration Report 2024 provided by the IOM aims at providing a better understanding of the migration phenomenon through a series of key questions: What is the proportion of migrants in the world? Are most migrants men or women? Which are the main host countries? The interactive edition presents only some of the key information contained in the full report. 
Protection of Victims of Sexual Violence in Côte d'Ivoire: Progress Made, but Many Gaps Remain (FIDH; no. 818f) Year of publication: 2023 Author: Alice Mogwe | Eléonore Morel Corporate author: International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) has published a follow-up report on sexual violence protection measures in Côte d'Ivoire, in association with several other local associations. The aim of this note is to study these new measures in the light of the recommendations in the FIDH report, in order to gain an overall view of the situation, draw up an initial assessment of the progress made, and highlight the points to be strengthened in order to improve the status of women in the country. 
Global Toolkit on AI and the Rule of Law for the Judiciary Year of publication: 2023 Author: Miriam Stankovich | Ivana Feldfeber | Yasmín Quiroga | Marianela Ciolfi Felice | Vukosi Marivate Corporate author: UNESCO What is Artificial Intelligence (AI)? How does it work? And more importantly, how does it find its way into the judicial context? Technologies such as AI have been around for decades, but only recently have they begun to be used in a variety of justice and law enforcement settings. While AI has immense potential for the justice system, helping judges make better decisions, improving efficiency, increasing access, and helping to detect and prevent crime, there are also some important issues that justice stakeholders should consider as they prepare for a future in which AI is increasingly used in justice systems.In 2022, UNESCO launched two needs assessments. First, through UNESCO’s Artificial Intelligence Needs Assessment Survey in Africa, 90% of the 32 countries surveyed requested capacity building support for the Judiciary on AI. At the same time, a second global survey of judicial actors in 100 countries underlined the need for better understanding the use of AI in the administration of justice and its wider legal implications on societies.The “Global Toolkit on AI and the Rule of Law” for the Judiciary responds to these needs and provides judicial actors (judges, prosecutors, state attorneys, public lawyers, law universities and judicial training institutions) with the knowledge and tools necessary to understand the benefits and risks of AI in their work. The toolkit will assist judicial actors in mitigating the potential human rights risks of AI by providing guidance on the relevant international human rights laws, principles, rules and emerging jurisprudence that underpin the ethical use of AI. 
Missing Links in AI Governance Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: UNESCO | Mila – Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute Over the next decade, Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) will continue to significantly impact societies. While these scientific and technological advances take place at an extraordinary pace, it is necessary that we simultaneously stimulate a global and inclusive conversation around their development and governance. It is in this context that Mila and UNESCO join forces to steer a collective work to identify and understand missing links in AI governance. This publication is a compilation of 18 selected submissions from a global open call for proposals launched in 2021. The works featured cross disciplinary and geographical boundaries, and include the perspectives of academics, civil society representatives, and innovators to help shift the conversation on AI from what we do know and foresee to what we do not, the missing links. The topics covered are wide ranging, including AI and Indigenous rights, Deepfakes, Third-Party Audits of AI Systems, AI alignment with SDGs, and the centralization of decision-making power AI allows. Policymakers and civil society members will benefit from the insightful perspectives brought forward to face the immense task they are presented with – which is to ensure the development of AI in a human-centred, responsible and ethical way, in accordance with human rights.