UN / GUTERRES CSW CIVIL SOCIETY
13-Mar-2023
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The UN Secretary-General warned, “Rather than presenting facts and addressing bias, technology based on incomplete data and badly-designed algorithms is digitizing and amplifying sexism – with deadly consequences.” UNIFEED
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DATELINE: 13 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
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SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 13 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
SHOTLIST
RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters
13 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, General Assembly Hall
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Sima Bahous, Under-Secretary-General, United Nations / Executive Director, UN-Women:
“Just as technology brings people closer, and it's crucial to advancing gender equality, it also has the potential to widen the inequalities gap. We hope that this year CSW will result in strong agreed conclusions that seek to recognize women's leadership and that address the significant gender gaps in technology.”
4. Med shot, General Assembly Hall
5. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Many of the challenges we face today – from conflicts to climate chaos and the cost-of-living crisis – are the result of what it is a male-dominated world and male-dominated culture taking the key decisions that guide our world. And while men still largely make those decisions, women and girls often pay the price. Ninety percent of refugees from the war in Ukraine are women and their children. And women and children are fourteen times more likely to die in disasters than men. As women’s civil society organizations, you are on the front lines of these crises every day and you know the facts better than anyone.”
6. Close-up, participants
7. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Today’s digital technology often uses algorithms designed by a male-dominated tech industry, based on male-dominated data. Rather than presenting facts and addressing bias, technology based on incomplete data and badly-designed algorithms is digitizing and amplifying sexism – with deadly consequences.”
8. Med shot, General Assembly Hall
9. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Medical decisions based on data from men can damage women’s health. Safety features based on men’s bodies can put women’s lives at risk, mainly in the car industry. And policies based on men’s data will leave women and girls even farther behind. Artificial Intelligence will be shaping the world of the future. Now, without women’s equal input, it will continue to be a man’s world. The gender digital divide is fast becoming the new face of gender inequality.”
10. Med shot, General Assembly Hall
11. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Without the insights and creativity of half the world, scientific progress will fulfil just half its potential. And a safe, humane online environment requires the contributions of all of humanity. But let me be clear: this will not happen on its own. It will take decisive and deliberate action. Policymakers must create and, in some circumstances, must be forced to create transformative change by promoting women and girls’ equal rights and opportunities to learn by dismantling barriers and smashing glass ceilings. I call on all leaders, as a matter of urgency, to take up the recommendations in the UN’s first-ever report on technology, innovation, education and gender equality.”
12. Wide shot, General Assembly Hall
13. Close-up, participants
14. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“So, we are working in several provinces, where it was possible to turn around this thing so in several provinces, we have schools working with girls, but it is not a government policy. It's something, I mean, the country is huge, there are several ethnic groups, there is not full control by the Taliban at the situation. So, we have been supporting schools wherever it is possible, schools with girls wherever it is possible, in the secondary level. With universities we are now in a terrible setback. Second battle is for women to be allowed to work normally. And we are in the present moment in a big struggle to allow for humanitarian aid to be for all humanitarian agencies and the NGOs to have women working.”
15. Close-up, participants
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters
13 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, General Assembly Hall
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Sima Bahous, Under-Secretary-General, United Nations / Executive Director, UN-Women:
“Just as technology brings people closer, and it's crucial to advancing gender equality, it also has the potential to widen the inequalities gap. We hope that this year CSW will result in strong agreed conclusions that seek to recognize women's leadership and that address the significant gender gaps in technology.”
4. Med shot, General Assembly Hall
5. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Many of the challenges we face today – from conflicts to climate chaos and the cost-of-living crisis – are the result of what it is a male-dominated world and male-dominated culture taking the key decisions that guide our world. And while men still largely make those decisions, women and girls often pay the price. Ninety percent of refugees from the war in Ukraine are women and their children. And women and children are fourteen times more likely to die in disasters than men. As women’s civil society organizations, you are on the front lines of these crises every day and you know the facts better than anyone.”
6. Close-up, participants
7. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Today’s digital technology often uses algorithms designed by a male-dominated tech industry, based on male-dominated data. Rather than presenting facts and addressing bias, technology based on incomplete data and badly-designed algorithms is digitizing and amplifying sexism – with deadly consequences.”
8. Med shot, General Assembly Hall
9. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Medical decisions based on data from men can damage women’s health. Safety features based on men’s bodies can put women’s lives at risk, mainly in the car industry. And policies based on men’s data will leave women and girls even farther behind. Artificial Intelligence will be shaping the world of the future. Now, without women’s equal input, it will continue to be a man’s world. The gender digital divide is fast becoming the new face of gender inequality.”
10. Med shot, General Assembly Hall
11. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Without the insights and creativity of half the world, scientific progress will fulfil just half its potential. And a safe, humane online environment requires the contributions of all of humanity. But let me be clear: this will not happen on its own. It will take decisive and deliberate action. Policymakers must create and, in some circumstances, must be forced to create transformative change by promoting women and girls’ equal rights and opportunities to learn by dismantling barriers and smashing glass ceilings. I call on all leaders, as a matter of urgency, to take up the recommendations in the UN’s first-ever report on technology, innovation, education and gender equality.”
12. Wide shot, General Assembly Hall
13. Close-up, participants
14. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“So, we are working in several provinces, where it was possible to turn around this thing so in several provinces, we have schools working with girls, but it is not a government policy. It's something, I mean, the country is huge, there are several ethnic groups, there is not full control by the Taliban at the situation. So, we have been supporting schools wherever it is possible, schools with girls wherever it is possible, in the secondary level. With universities we are now in a terrible setback. Second battle is for women to be allowed to work normally. And we are in the present moment in a big struggle to allow for humanitarian aid to be for all humanitarian agencies and the NGOs to have women working.”
15. Close-up, participants
STORYLINE
The UN Secretary-General warned, “rather than presenting facts and addressing bias, technology based on incomplete data and badly-designed algorithms is digitizing and amplifying sexism – with deadly consequences.”
The Women’s Civil Society Town Hall, the UN Secretary-General's annual consultation with women's and feminist civil society on the margins of the Commission on Status of Women (CSW), was held today (13 Mar) in New York.
The Executive Director of UN Women, Sima Bahous, chaired the meeting. She said, “Just as technology brings people closer, and it's crucial to advancing gender equality, it also has the potential to widen the inequalities gap. We hope that this year CSW will result in strong agreed conclusions that seek to recognize women's leadership and that address the significant gender gaps in technology.”
Speaking at the meeting, the Secretary-General António Guterres said, “Many of the challenges we face today – from conflicts to climate chaos and the cost-of-living crisis – are the result of what it is a male-dominated world and male-dominated culture taking the key decisions that guide our world. And while men still largely make those decisions, women and girls often pay the price.”
He continued, “Ninety percent of refugees from the war in Ukraine are women and their children. And women and children are fourteen times more likely to die in disasters than men.”
Guterres highlighted, “As women’s civil society organizations, you are on the front lines of these crises every day and you know the facts better than anyone.”
The Secretary-General also said, “Today’s digital technology often uses algorithms designed by a male-dominated tech industry, based on male-dominated data.”
He explained, “Medical decisions based on data from men can damage women’s health. Safety features based on men’s bodies can put women’s lives at risk, mainly in the car industry. And policies based on men’s data will leave women and girls even farther behind. Artificial Intelligence will be shaping the world of the future. Now, without women’s equal input, it will continue to be a man’s world. The gender digital divide is fast becoming the new face of gender inequality.”
According to the Secretary-General, “Without the insights and creativity of half the world, scientific progress will fulfil just half its potential. And a safe, humane online environment requires the contributions of all of humanity.”
He noted, “But let me be clear: this will not happen on its own. It will take decisive and deliberate action. Policymakers must create and, in some circumstances, must be forced to create transformative change by promoting women and girls’ equal rights and opportunities to learn by dismantling barriers and smashing glass ceilings.”
The UN chief also said, “I call on all leaders, as a matter of urgency, to take up the recommendations in the UN’s first-ever report on technology, innovation, education and gender equality.”
Answering questions from participants about Afghanistan, the Secretary-General said, “we are working in several provinces, where it was possible to turn around this thing so in several provinces, we have schools working with girls, but it is not a government policy.” He also said that the situation with universities is “in a terrible setback.”
He continued, “Second battle is for women to be allowed to work normally. And we are in the present moment in a big struggle to allow for humanitarian aid to be for all humanitarian agencies and the NGOs to have women working.”
The Women’s Civil Society Town Hall, the UN Secretary-General's annual consultation with women's and feminist civil society on the margins of the Commission on Status of Women (CSW), was held today (13 Mar) in New York.
The Executive Director of UN Women, Sima Bahous, chaired the meeting. She said, “Just as technology brings people closer, and it's crucial to advancing gender equality, it also has the potential to widen the inequalities gap. We hope that this year CSW will result in strong agreed conclusions that seek to recognize women's leadership and that address the significant gender gaps in technology.”
Speaking at the meeting, the Secretary-General António Guterres said, “Many of the challenges we face today – from conflicts to climate chaos and the cost-of-living crisis – are the result of what it is a male-dominated world and male-dominated culture taking the key decisions that guide our world. And while men still largely make those decisions, women and girls often pay the price.”
He continued, “Ninety percent of refugees from the war in Ukraine are women and their children. And women and children are fourteen times more likely to die in disasters than men.”
Guterres highlighted, “As women’s civil society organizations, you are on the front lines of these crises every day and you know the facts better than anyone.”
The Secretary-General also said, “Today’s digital technology often uses algorithms designed by a male-dominated tech industry, based on male-dominated data.”
He explained, “Medical decisions based on data from men can damage women’s health. Safety features based on men’s bodies can put women’s lives at risk, mainly in the car industry. And policies based on men’s data will leave women and girls even farther behind. Artificial Intelligence will be shaping the world of the future. Now, without women’s equal input, it will continue to be a man’s world. The gender digital divide is fast becoming the new face of gender inequality.”
According to the Secretary-General, “Without the insights and creativity of half the world, scientific progress will fulfil just half its potential. And a safe, humane online environment requires the contributions of all of humanity.”
He noted, “But let me be clear: this will not happen on its own. It will take decisive and deliberate action. Policymakers must create and, in some circumstances, must be forced to create transformative change by promoting women and girls’ equal rights and opportunities to learn by dismantling barriers and smashing glass ceilings.”
The UN chief also said, “I call on all leaders, as a matter of urgency, to take up the recommendations in the UN’s first-ever report on technology, innovation, education and gender equality.”
Answering questions from participants about Afghanistan, the Secretary-General said, “we are working in several provinces, where it was possible to turn around this thing so in several provinces, we have schools working with girls, but it is not a government policy.” He also said that the situation with universities is “in a terrible setback.”
He continued, “Second battle is for women to be allowed to work normally. And we are in the present moment in a big struggle to allow for humanitarian aid to be for all humanitarian agencies and the NGOs to have women working.”
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