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AI is already rewriting reality for billions of people. It is getting women wrong.
A study of 133 AI systems found that 44 per cent demonstrated gender bias and 26 per cent demonstrated both gender and racial bias. Yet only 51 per cent of marketers currently use human oversight to test AI-generated creative before release. UN Women calls for gender equality and the rights and experiences of women and girls to be embedded at every stage of AI life cycle from development, deployment, and governance.
Number of students in higher education more than doubled in 20 years, but inequalities remain
The number of students enrolled in higher education worldwide has more than doubled over the past two decades, reaching 269 million in 2024. Women now outnumber men in higher education but lag behind at doctoral level. Read the full report to dive deeper into how equity, quality, and financing remain pressing challenges in attaining higher education.
Advancing women's health through equity in quantitative sciences: promoting sex- and gender-based modeling in clinical trials and real-world studies
Gaps in our understanding of the impact of sex and gender in health outcomes have profound consequences for women. A new Frontier's article dives into this by promoting a sex- and gender-based modeling.
Why women should be at the helm of health emergency leadership
Women comprise 70% of the health workforce but hold only 25% of emergency leadership positions. Read the opinion piece of Sharon Salmon from WHO-WPRO as she pushes for global health systems to recognize women’s participatory, empathetic leadership style to improve future crisis responses.
Invest in women’s health, invest in tomorrow
Advancing gender equality and ensuring equitable access to health services for women and girls is not only critical for achieving universal health coverage (UHC) but also for building stronger communities and economies worldwide. Read the UHC2030’s 2023 State of UHC Commitment review to know more about the current landscape of gender equity in UHC globally.
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