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Walking through a data feminist journey from data dilemma to knowledge co-creation

Why we should critically understand what AI models are really doing and why it changes how we should use them. 

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a significant part of our daily lives, with applications ranging from virtual assistants to automated customer service.

Why we should critically understand what AI models are really doing and why it changes how we should use them.

During the Asia and Pacific Transport Forum in May 2024 in Manila the GIZ Projects “NDC Transport Initiative Asia” and the “TUMI Women mobilize Women” Initiative hosted the session “Building Feminist Cities: Looking at the Intersection of Inclusivity”. GIZ Data Lab had the enormous pleasure of supporting them with an innovative approach to inclusive and feminist transport planning by leveraging AI-generated images.

AI, Global Tech and the Need for Feminist Arab and African Perspectives

In the second Data Feminism event, the GIZ Data Lab and the Data Pop Alliance welcomed Papa Alioune Seck, Chief of Research and Data at UN Women, who delivered a keynote on Gender Data, the gaps in Gender Data and why they matter for our work. 

“Data feminism begins with a belief in gender equality, and a recognition that achieving equality for folks of all genders (and all races, and all sexual orientations, and all locations in the world) requires a commitment to examining the root cause of the inequalities that certain individuals and groups face today” – Catherine D’Ignazio, Lauren Klein: Data Feminism

In Mexico, two-thirds of all girls and women above the age of 15 have reported experiencing at least one incident of violence in their lifetime.