UK Statement for the Interactive Dialogue on Discrimination against Women and Girls. Delivered at the 62nd Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Thank you, Madam Vice President.
The UK is committed to protecting and promoting the rights of women and girls in all their diversity - including through tackling discrimination. The Foreign Secretary has placed women and girls globally at the heart of the UK's foreign policy and is committed to championing their ability to live in a world free from violence and discrimination.
Women and girls are disproportionately targeted by AI-enabled harms, including deepfakes and online abuse at scale. The lack of safety-by-design in AI is intensifying technology-facilitated gender-based violence, with real-world impacts on safety, participation, and wellbeing.
States should adopt a human rights based approach to AI, with gender equality at its core.
Artificial Intelligence for Development (AI4D) is a major international development programme, co-funded by the UK, Canada and Sweden, that aims to ensure AI works for inclusive, safe and equitable development outcomes in the Global South. Through AI4D Africa, the UK has supported women-led AI research and strengthened the pipeline of female AI leaders.
Madam Vice President,
How can Member States work with the UN to ensure that protection from discrimination is embedded in the design of AI systems?
Thank you.
