Women need reliable internet and computing devices. But it is equally important that they get to shape how AI systems are designed, deployed, and governed.

Women need unhindered access to technological tools, especially in rural India, where the gap between men and women’s ownership of these tools such as smartphones is much higher.

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Women need reliable internet and computing devices. But it is equally important that they get to shape how AI systems are designed, deployed, and governed.

Conversations on women and AI often begin with representation and, in many cases, end there.