Gender Reboot
Gender Reboot: Reprogramming Gender Rights in the Age of AI, is available through the publisher, Palgrave Macmillan, here. The book can also be ordered through Amazon at the following link.
Book Summary
This book explores gender norms and women’s rights in the age of AI. The author examines how gender dynamics have evolved in the spheres of work, self-image and safety, and education, and how these might be reflected in current challenges in AI development. The book also explores opportunities in AI to address issues facing women, and how we might harness current technological developments for gender equality. Taking a narrative tone, the book is interwoven with stories and a reflection on the raising young children during the COVID-19 pandemic. It includes both expert and personal interviews to create a nuanced and multidimensional perspective on the state of women’s rights and what might be done to move forward.
Foreword by Caitlin Kraft-Buchman, Women at the Table
We need a gender reboot! A restart, an upgrade, a systems change. And it all starts with a new way of articulating how all our systems are intricately interconnected, and particularly how analog systems are being permanently wired into our new digital universe with AI […].
Endorsements
“In a captivating narrative style, Eleonore Fournier-Tombs shares her perspective on the gender discrimination rampant in our contemporary society. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic (and beyond), the author demonstrates how societal inequalities not only persist but are even amplified in artificial intelligence technologies. From the representation of women embedded within these technologies, to the respective roles of men and women in the job market, and even through to the position of women in the sciences, her argument is impeccably made, substantiated by a plethora of concrete examples from different parts of the globe. This book is a major contribution to the paramount struggle for a better and more equitable society. It deserves to be widely read and shared, and we must thank the author for showing us this reality in such a lucid and accessible way.” - Céline Castets-Renard, Chair of Accountable AI in a Global Context, University of Ottawa
“Covering such a complex and sensitive issue such as women’s rights and gender equality in the age of AI in a candid, comprehensive, compelling, captivating and constructive manner seemed all but impossible, but Eleonore Fournier-Tombs did it.” - Emmanuel Letouzé, Director, Data-Pop Alliance