African OBSERVATORY
FOR RESPONSIBLE
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
May 23, 2023
On February 22-24, 2023, members of the AI4COVID research teams COLEV, ACADIC, APHRC and UCAD convened in Nairobi, Kenya for the third and final workshop of the Gender Action Learning (GAL) process, a peer-based learning methodology for building gender-responsive capacity, which they had engaged in since July 2021.
This in-person peer learning event was an opportunity to reflect and connect experiences on the intended and unintended outcomes, challenges, and lessons learned from their efforts to meaningfully and intentionally integrate gender equality and inclusion (GEI) into their multi-disciplinary research. Research teams’ participation in the GAL explored what it takes to have gender responsiveness in developing and scaling up responsible and evidence-based AI and data science approaches that support COVID-19 responses and recovery in the Global South.
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