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LOCATION:Geneva (Hybrid)\, Switzerland
SUMMARY:Side Event: Data asymmetry and equitable stewardship: the gender im
 perative for development
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:From data asymmetry to equitable stewardship: the gender impera
 tive for developmentOfficial side event during the UN CSTD Multi-Stakehold
 er Working Group on Data Governance\, in advance of the CSTD 2026–2027 I
 nter-sessional Panel.Data has become foundational to artificial intelligen
 ce\, public services and economic development\, yet the underlying data re
 cord remains uneven. Women are underrepresented in areas such as clinical 
 evidence and official statistics\, while unpaid work\, informal economic a
 ctivity and the knowledge of low-resource language communities are often o
 verlooked. These gaps risk being perpetuated or amplified as data is reuse
 d and AI models evolve.The Gender Advisory Board to the CSTD will present 
 a proposed framework of data symmetry covering four interdependent dimensi
 ons: representational (who is included in data)\; distributive (who receiv
 es the value it creates)\; temporal (whose knowledge is preserved over tim
 e)\; and procedural (who participates in data governance). The session wil
 l explore the implications for developing countries\, including representa
 tion\, provenance\, ownership\, equitable benefit-sharing and data flows\,
  and consider practical directions for CSTD deliberations on inclusive inn
 ovation and development.Moderator: Caitlin Kraft-Buchman (Co-Chair\, CSTD 
 Gender Advisory Board\; CEO and Founder\, Women at the Table). Confirmed s
 peakers: Li Ning (CSTD Gender Advisory Board member\; Director\, Asian and
  African Affairs\, China Science and Technology Exchange Center\, Ministry
  of Science and Technology of China)\; and Anita Gurumurthy (Founding Memb
 er and Executive Director\, IT for Change).&lt\;p&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;From
  data asymmetry to equitable stewardship: the gender imperative for develo
 pment&lt\;/strong&gt\;&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;&lt\;em&gt\;Official side eve
 nt during the UN CSTD Multi-Stakeholder Working Group on Data Governance\,
  in advance of the CSTD 2026–2027 Inter-sessional Panel.&lt\;/em&gt\;&lt
 \;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;Data has become foundational to artificial intelligenc
 e\, public services and economic development\, yet the underlying data rec
 ord remains uneven. Women are underrepresented in areas such as clinical e
 vidence and official statistics\, while unpaid work\, informal economic ac
 tivity and the knowledge of low-resource language communities are often ov
 erlooked. These gaps risk being perpetuated or amplified as data is reused
  and AI models evolve.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;The Gender Advisory Board to 
 the CSTD will present a proposed framework of data symmetry covering four 
 interdependent dimensions: representational (who is included in data)\; di
 stributive (who receives the value it creates)\; temporal (whose knowledge
  is preserved over time)\; and procedural (who participates in data govern
 ance). The session will explore the implications for developing countries\
 , including representation\, provenance\, ownership\, equitable benefit-sh
 aring and data flows\, and consider practical directions for CSTD delibera
 tions on inclusive innovation and development.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;&lt\;
 strong&gt\;Moderator: &lt\;/strong&gt\;Caitlin Kraft-Buchman (Co-Chair\, C
 STD Gender Advisory Board\; CEO and Founder\, Women at the Table). Confirm
 ed speakers: Li Ning (CSTD Gender Advisory Board member\; Director\, Asian
  and African Affairs\, China Science and Technology Exchange Center\, Mini
 stry of Science and Technology of China)\; and Anita Gurumurthy (Founding 
 Member and Executive Director\, IT for Change).&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\nView meetin
 g on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/side-event-data-asymmetry-and-
 equitable-stewardship-gender-imperative-development
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