BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//AI and Equality - ECPv6.13.2.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://aiequalitytoolbox.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for AI and Equality REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20251006T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20251006T160000 DTSTAMP:20260424T012854 CREATED:20250813T075207Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250828T092111Z UID:10000005-1759762800-1759766400@aiequalitytoolbox.com SUMMARY:The African AI & Equality Toolbox Webinar 2: System Requirements DESCRIPTION:In many African AI deployments\, system requirements are defined by international technical partners or funders\, often without fully understanding the day-to-day realities of use. This leads to design choices—like requiring high-speed internet\, English-only interfaces\, or complex interfaces—that make tools ineffective or even harmful. In this webinar we look at how requirement setting should function as a bridge between vision and use: Aligning system features with cultural context\, infrastructure gaps\, and social expectations; Identifying constraints early on—connectivity\, literacy\, consent\, power dynamics—and building around them and making conscious trade-offs between speed\, scale\, and equity. \n \n  \nThe African AI & Equality Toolbox is a strategic initiative designed to empower African stakeholders—policymakers\, technologists\, civil society actors\, and communities—to shape Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems that are contextually relevant\, inclusive\, and grounded in human rights. \nDeveloped by Women at the Table and the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS)\, and adapted from the global AI & Equality Human Rights Toolbox Initiative in collaboration with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)\, this African iteration provides practical tools and methodologies to guide equitable AI development across the continent. \nThe Toolbox applies a Human Rights-based AI Lifecycle Framework\, integrating reflective questions and the Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) developed with the Alan Turing Institute. It emphasizes participatory\, multidisciplinary approaches and is rooted in feminist\, decolonial\, and Justice\, Equity\, Diversity\, and Inclusion (JEDI) principles and incorporates lessons from emerging digital rights challenges\, ensuring AI systems are designed with safety and dignity at their core. \n1PM GMT | 3PM SAST | 4PM EAT \nRegister here \n  URL:https://aiequalitytoolbox.com/event/the-african-ai-equality-toolbox-webinar-2-systems-requirements/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://aiequalitytoolbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/AI-EQ-Toolbox-black-w-gradient-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20251016T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20251016T170000 DTSTAMP:20260424T012854 CREATED:20250816T100611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251013T161112Z UID:10000013-1760630400-1760634000@aiequalitytoolbox.com SUMMARY:The Latin American AI & Equality Toolbox Introduction DESCRIPTION:We have partnered with the Chilean Centro Nacional de Inteligencia Artificial\, CENIA\,  to co-construct a Latin American Spanish language version of the validated Toolbox\, with use cases relevant to the regional experience.\nThe partnership builds on the learnings from the workshop structure and outreach from the African Toolbox.\n\n\nTranslating and adapting tools like the Human Rights Toolbox can facilitate the co-creation of a common vocabulary and common understanding on the specific needs and challenges of each region of the world\, unlocking informed debates about their visions for data with purpose and collaboratively finding examples of regional use cases of AI.\n\nRegister here URL:https://aiequalitytoolbox.com/event/the-latin-american-ai-equality-toolbox-introduction/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://aiequalitytoolbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/AI-EQ-LAC-logo.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20251020T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20251020T160000 DTSTAMP:20260424T012854 CREATED:20250813T075327Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250828T090918Z UID:10000007-1760972400-1760976000@aiequalitytoolbox.com SUMMARY:The African AI & Equality Toolbox Webinar 3: Data Discovery DESCRIPTION:In many African AI projects\, available datasets are either imported (trained on non-African populations) or incomplete (lacking local language\, gender\, or cultural nuance). This misalignment risks perpetuating systemic bias under the guise of neutrality.This webinar will offer a deep dive into the Essential Questions of Data Discovery including a case study on the requirement for building effective TFGBV prevention datasets that include African languages.\n \n  \nThe African AI & Equality Toolbox is a strategic initiative designed to empower African stakeholders—policymakers\, technologists\, civil society actors\, and communities—to shape Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems that are contextually relevant\, inclusive\, and grounded in human rights. \nDeveloped by Women at the Table and the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS)\, and adapted from the global AI & Equality Human Rights Toolbox Initiative in collaboration with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)\, this African iteration provides practical tools and methodologies to guide equitable AI development across the continent. \nThe Toolbox applies a Human Rights-based AI Lifecycle Framework\, integrating reflective questions and the Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) developed with the Alan Turing Institute. It emphasizes participatory\, multidisciplinary approaches and is rooted in feminist\, decolonial\, and Justice\, Equity\, Diversity\, and Inclusion (JEDI) principles and incorporates lessons from emerging digital rights challenges\, ensuring AI systems are designed with safety and dignity at their core. \n1PM GMT | 3PM SAST | 4PM EAT \nRegister here \n  URL:https://aiequalitytoolbox.com/event/the-african-ai-equality-toolbox-webinar-3-data-discovery/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://aiequalitytoolbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/AI-EQ-Toolbox-black-w-gradient-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20251029T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20251029T150000 DTSTAMP:20260424T012854 CREATED:20250813T075518Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T091102Z UID:10000006-1761746400-1761750000@aiequalitytoolbox.com SUMMARY:The African AI & Equality Toolbox Webinar 4: Model Selection DESCRIPTION:Imported or generalized models often underperform—especially when they are trained on data that does not reflect local language\, environment\, or lived experience. For AI to be trustworthy\, accuracy alone is not enough. In this webinar we dive into what inclusion and efficiency means ensuring the development or building of systems that don’t require technical expertise to interpret—ensuring that trust\, oversight\, and agency are accessible to all users. Whether a rural health worker\, a student\, or a community organizer\, each person should be able to understand what a system is doing and why.\n \nThe African AI & Equality Toolbox is a strategic initiative designed to empower African stakeholders—policymakers\, technologists\, civil society actors\, and communities—to shape Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems that are contextually relevant\, inclusive\, and grounded in human rights. \nDeveloped by Women at the Table and the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS)\, and adapted from the global AI & Equality Human Rights Toolbox Initiative in collaboration with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)\, this African iteration provides practical tools and methodologies to guide equitable AI development across the continent. \nThe Toolbox applies a Human Rights-based AI Lifecycle Framework\, integrating reflective questions and the Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) developed with the Alan Turing Institute. It emphasizes participatory\, multidisciplinary approaches and is rooted in feminist\, decolonial\, and Justice\, Equity\, Diversity\, and Inclusion (JEDI) principles and incorporates lessons from emerging digital rights challenges\, ensuring AI systems are designed with safety and dignity at their core. \n1PM GMT | 3PM SAST | 4PM EAT \nRegister here URL:https://aiequalitytoolbox.com/event/the-african-ai-equality-toolbox-webinar-4-model-selection/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://aiequalitytoolbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/AI-EQ-Toolbox-black-w-gradient-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR