At Gender at Work, we are committed to reflection as both a political and pedagogical act, using it to reveal insights, challenge assumptions, and adapt our practices. Our approach to learning is emergent: shaped by context, grounded in feminist values and open to the unknown. We see learning as both a method and a muscle: something strengthened through practice, vulnerability and shared reflection.
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.
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.
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).
Dans le huitième blog de la série Recherche sur l’IA et COVID : voyages vers l’égalité des genres et l’inclusion), Tidiane Ndoye explique comment ses expériences ont nourri sa passion pour les questions de genre dans le domaine de la santé et son rôle en tant qu’expert principal en matière de genre dans le projet de recherche AI4COVID, Utilisation de l’intelligence artificielle pour lutter contre le COVID-19 au Sénégal et au Mali.
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 seventh blog post of the AI Research and COVID: Journeys to Gender Equality and Inclusion series, Ethan Gilsdorf reflects on the way he feels most engaged and enriched when visiting places that are least like his native land.
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.
