G7 AND G20 DIGITAL GENDER GAP ENGAGEMENT - DIGITAL GENDER GAP STUDY

Unfortunately, persistent gender gaps in digital access and literacy, STEM education, and biased algorithms based on historic exclusions of women in the data perpetuate outdated gender stereotypes and the exclusion of women in the creation and use of new digital tools, including AI, and the underrepresentation of women in careers in the digital and technology sectors. [...] 6 THE ROLE OF THE G7 AND G20 COUNTRIES According to a new report by the International Monetary Fund, Gen-AI: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work9, advanced economies will experience the benefits and pitfalls of AI sooner than emerging and developing economies, largely because they have the necessary digital infrastructure and human capital. [...] Locate, collect, review, and analyze publications from the Women7 (W7) and the Gender Equality Advisory Council (GEAC), and Women20 (W20) and G20 EMPOWER official engagement groups on gender equality issues to the G7a and G20b deliberations and summits, respectively, and represent the voice of feminist civil society. [...] As a starting point for this Study, analysis of W7, GEAC, W20, and G20 EMPOWER publications has allowed for the creation of a timeline of engagement and advocacy on the digital gender gap and a map of issues identified and targeted on the topic of the digital gender gap by global feminist civil society, as represented at the W7 and W20 engagement groups and GEAC and G20 EMPOWER. [...] 9 W20 ENGAGEMENT ON THE DIGITAL GENDER GAP AND ALIGNMENT WITH G20 HIGH-LEVEL DECLARATIONS Was the digital gender gap a W20 priority? x Did W20 publish a statement on digital? xi Was the digital gender gap a G20 concern? xii • G20 leadership has been engaged on some aspect of the digital gender gap since 2015, the year the W20 was launched under Turkey’s Presidency and has been addressed by multipl.