Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) technology has enjoyed widespread interest, experimentation, investment, and adoption since late 2022. GenAI has the potential to transform service delivery in a range of fields including law, healthcare, and social welfare.
Similarly, multiple estimates dub GenAI as a paradigm shifting force that could have tremendous impact on businesses and users. Yet, amid this continuing GenAI surge, states, businesses and society must grapple with the implications of scaling and expansion. The development and deployment of GenAI has also witnessed appreciable human rights consequences – with harms such as violent speech, bias and exclusion, and invasion of privacy of often vulnerable and marginalised populations.
In this context of dynamism and opportunity, with emergent harms, this report takes a systematic look at understanding the human rights risks that result from the use of GenAI for women and gender minorities and attempts to offer mechanisms for mitigation anchored in the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), drawing from the Gender Dimensions of the UNGPs. For context, the UNGPs outline the roles and obligations of businesses, state, and society regarding the protection, prevention and remedy of business-related human rights violations.
You can read the full report below:
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