AI & Equality – Human Rights Toolbox is a collaboration between Women at the Table and EPFL, in consultation with OHCHR.
Sofia developed the AI Toolbox workshop and methodology as her Masters Thesis in Data Science at EPFL in 2021. She continues to lead the technical evolution of the project and related components. She was a 2021 Women At The Table Tech Fellow. In 2023 was named one of 10 Women in Tech in Switzerland to Follow by Girls In Tech Switzerland.
PhD student at University of Cambridge (UK), supervised by Thomas Bohné, Stephen Cave, and Alan Blackwell. Student Fellow at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence and a Research Fellow at the Responsible AI Institute.
A serial coalition builder from New York and permanently based in Geneva. Co-founder of the International Gender Champions (2015), and the A+ Alliance for Inclusive Algorithms (2019). Co-chair of Expert Group for 2023 UN Commission on the Status of Women CSW67 on priority theme of Technology & Innovation.
Strategic designer from Santiago, Chile, now based in London, UK. She is currently studying a MPA at the UCL Institute of Innovation and Public Purpose.
BA in Environmental Science from Smith College & MA in International History & Politics from the Graduate Institute. Winner of the Student Leadership Award in 2021 for her work on Decolonizing the Curriculum.
PhD Candidate in Anthropology at the University of Cape Town (South Africa) investigating human-machine interactions in hospitals, and contextualized ethics of care. Doctoral Research Fellow at HUMA — Institute for Humanities in Africa.
Senior at Smith College with a double major in Government and Statistics & Data Science, with a concentration in Journalism.
Consultant from Costa Rica. He runs his own film production company, Soma Films, producing short films, animation, sound and music design.
Mario is our expert in everything web-related.
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Mentorship and supervision
The Toolbox is the subject of an EPFL Masters Thesis expanding the technical portions of the workshop as part of Women at the Table’s Tech Fellows programme. The thesis is validated at EPFL and University College Dublin/School of Information & Communication through workshops, evaluation and iterations as Proof of Methodology/Concept for the <AI & Equality> Human Rights Toolbox.
Additional workshop delivery at
First workshop delivered at EPFL in concert with the EPFL Digital Humanities Lab, and EPFL Equalities Office.
EPFL workshop (initially titled AI & Gender: University Edition) conceived in collaboration with OHCHR to catalyze discussions on a human rights-based approach to AI with students and researchers.
Women at the Table Roundtable for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) with whom Women at the Table continues to collaborate. University of Geneva and EPFL join us in conversation on AI & Gender (supported by w@tt’s flexible core funding from the Oak Foundation).
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