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Location: Cedar Hall, HQ1-1-660
Seminar Report |
The session discussed a recent book that highlighted damaging effects of gender data gaps in our work, our homes, and our policies, and how the COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating gender inequality. The discussant described serious implications of the omission of gender disaggregated data in research, which has contributed to policies that adversely impact women in various fields.
Key Points:
Quotes:
“Women are not scaled down men." Caroline Criado Perez
"If you want to measure reality, you need to collect all the data that represents reality." Caroline Criado Perez
"Machine learning just doesn’t reflect our biases back at us, it amplifies them by a significant amount." Caroline Criado Perez
"Algorithms are not humans, we think of them as better than humans; but they are only as good as data we feed them. If we feed them bad data, they are far worse than humans." Caroline Criado Perez
“The pandemic threatens to reverse the gains in women’s economic opportunities, widening gender gaps that persist despite 30 years of progress.” Kristalina Georgieva
Contributor: Smita Aggarwal
#IMFINSPIRED – Bridging the Gender Data Gap |
Speakers |
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Kristalina Georgieva Managing Director, IMF (Opening Remarks) |
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Caroline Criado Perez Author of Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men |
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Sabina Bhatia Deputy Secretary, IMF |