Our Reflections

In this first blog in the “Keeping the light on: Reflections on GEI and AI in Africa” series, Daisy Salifu, a biostatistician at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) Data Management, Modelling and Geo-information unit, reflects on her own “aha moments” finding meaning and relevance of GEI in her own AI work in the agriculture and food systems field, implementing inclusion-by-design with women farmers and people living with disabilities in Uganda and Nigeria.

Dans le neuvième blog de la série Recherche sur l’IA et COVID : voyages vers l’égalité des genres et l’inclusion), Hélène Diéne partage son expérience de la pandémie, où elle travaillait dans une clinique COVID-19 comme assistante de recherche et tombe elle-même malade par la suite.

In the ninth blogpost of the AI Research and COVID: Journeys to Gender Equality and Inclusion series, Hélène Agnès Diéne shares her experiences during the pandemic, working in a COVID-19 clinic and later falling ill herself.

G@W Associate Nina Benjamin reflects on her role in the facilitation team for the project with the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) to support science granting councils (SGCs) across the African continent to advance gender transformation in relation to science, technology and innovation (STI).

G@W Associate Khanysa E. Mabyeka reflects on her role in the facilitation team for the project with the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) to support science granting councils (SGCs) across the African continent to advance gender transformation in relation to science, technology and innovation (STI).

In early 2020, Gender at Work (G@W) was invited by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), to partner in a project to support science granting councils (SGCs) across the African continent, to advance gender transformation in relation to science, technology and innovation (STI).

In the the eighth blog post of the AI Research and COVID: Journeys to Gender Equality and Inclusion series, Tidiane Ndoye shares how his experiences nurtured his passion for gender issues in health, and his role as a lead gender expert in the AI4COVID research project, Using artificial intelligence to combat COVID-19 in Senegal and Mali.

In the sixth blog post of the AI Research and COVID: Journeys to Gender Equality and Inclusion series, Sylvia Kiwuwa Muyingo reflects on her early fieldwork collecting health information from HIV-affected communities in Uganda and how this experience motivates her focus on vulnerable communities and appreciation of women’s unpaid caregiving roles.

In the fifth blog post of the AI Research and COVID: Journeys to Gender Equality and Inclusion series, Mahlet Hailemariam shares her experiences of juggling online work, challenged by unreliable internet connection and power blackouts while caring for her mother.

In the fourth blog post of the AI Research and COVID: Journeys to Gender Equality and Inclusion series, Jim Todd questions his own positionality as a white privileged male academic who becomes a mentor to a younger female academic of colour.

In the third blog post of the AI Research and COVID: Journeys to Gender Equality and Inclusion series, Michelle Mbuthia discusses her personal experience of gender inequality and unfair distribution of domestic labor during the Christmas season in Kenya, and the need for candid discussions and collective efforts to challenge and change traditional gender norms and create a more equal society.

In the first blog in the AI Research and COVID: Journeys to Gender Equality and Inclusion series, Amelia Taylor, a Senior Lecturer in AI at the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences and researcher with the INSPIRE PEACH project under AI4COVID, raises the ethical dilemmas of trying to create unbiased and representative algorithms of women and men impacted by epidemics.